Why We Chose This Book: The Parakeet Named Dreidel We at PJ Library are often asked how we choose our books. This post is part of a series by the Book Selection Committee, sharing why we chose one of each month’s selections. The Book Selection Committee may be drawn … Read more »
When the Nights Grow Longer, Shabbat Brings Us Closer When my kids come home from school, I see the exhaustion on their faces. When they have to schlep off to karate or baseball or Hebrew School before even having had a proper snack, I feel a twinge in my … Read more »
How a Quesadilla Changed My View on Being a Mom I was born to be a mom. I’m the one who, as a child, always reminded my friends to grab a sweater before running out the house and later in life showed up to study groups with platters of brain … Read more »
Why We Chose This Book: A Spotlight for Harry PJ Library is often asked how it chooses the Jewish children’s books it sends out. Here we share how we chose ‘A Spotlight for Harry’ as one of this month’s selections. Read more »
New York Metro Region Engagement Grants Awarded We at the Harold Grinspoon Foundation are excited to announce that we have awarded more than $110,000 in grants to expand and deepen engagement opportunities for families raising Jewish children in the New York Metro region. Ranging in size from … Read more »