Get Together FAQs

A Get Together is all about celebrating Jewish life, no matter how you do Jewish and now it’s easier than ever!

1. Choose a Jewish holiday, tradition, or value as a theme for your gathering.
2. Invite two or more Jewish families (other than your own) to your place, or anywhere else you'd like to gather.
3. Have fun at your Get Together!
4. Submit a Get Together report after you’ve hosted to receive a reimbursement of $100.

A Get Together cannot be:

• A family gathering
• Themed around a secular holiday
• Get Togethers do not include the celebration of personal milestone events (e.g., birthday, anniversary, bris, or baby naming)
• Jewish organizational outings/events, or events open to the community.
• Intended primarily for non-Jewish attendees

You also cannot combine multiple reimbursements for the same Get Together.

Beginning August 22, 2025, you can submit a Get Together Report on a qualifying event (read on for details). Reports must be submitted no later than one month after your gathering in order to receive financial reimbursement.

All current PJ Library and PJ Our Way families in the US and Canada are eligible to host a Get Together!

If you received an email or mailed postcard with a unique link or QR code, you are eligible to participate. If you did not receive a unique link via email or QR code via mailed postcard, and you are a PJ Library subscriber, please contact gettogether@pjlibrary.org for your personalized link.

If you are not yet a PJ Library subscriber, click HERE to become one today! Once your subscription is approved, you’ll receive more details about our Get Together microgrant program within 30 days.

You can submit Get Together reports on up to three qualifying events and receive up to $100 in reimbursement for each Get Together held between August 22, 2025, and December 31, 2025 (and we hope you will!). Beginning in January 2026, you can submit additional Get Together Reports in the new calendar year. Important note! We reserve the right not to issue reimbursements for gatherings that don’t meet our Get Together parameters. Please make sure your gathering qualifies before you host; a Get Together cannot be:

• A family gathering
• Themed around a secular holiday
• Get Togethers do not include the celebration of personal milestone events (e.g., birthday, anniversary, bris, or baby naming)
• Jewish organizational outings/events, or events open to the community.
• Intended primarily for non-Jewish attendees
• You also cannot combine multiple reimbursements for the same Get Together.

We encourage you to celebrate Jewish life together with your friends — there are many fun and easy ways to Get Together for Shabbat or Havdalah, volunteering and Jewish holidays. Check out our ideas page!

We've provided a few themes and suggestions for Get Together events you could host, but if you've got another idea for a great gathering centered around Shabbat, Jewish holidays, culture, or values, we'd LOVE to support it! Your Get Together must also meet the following criteria:

• Invite at least two other Jewish families (other than your own), no more than 10 families.
• Center your Get Together around Shabbat, Jewish holidays, culture, or values.

You are required to have at least two other families raising Jewish children (other than your own) attend your gathering. You can host up to 10 families at your gathering. Please keep in mind that Get Togethers are intended to bring small groups of people together to deepen, renew or create new friendships.

Not sure who to invite to your Get Together? Think about families from your child’s school, camp or activities that you don’t know very well (yet). Or make it a reunion from your preschool class as the kids get older. You can also always ask your local PJ Professional to connect you with other local families; they would be delighted to make the connection!

Definitely not! (Although we’re also happy to help fund a repeat Shabbat or other Jewish practice among the same group of friends.)

We would love for your PJ Our Way kids to Get Together with their friends, too! Parents need to submit the Get Together Report on behalf of their child. The Get Together can be for families or PJOW kids only. The Get Together still needs to meet the following criteria:

• Including people from at least two other Jewish families (other than your own), no more than 10 families.
• Centered around Shabbat, Jewish holidays, culture, or values.

If you are a subscriber, you have received an email from us with a unique link or a QR via our mailed postcard to complete your Get Together Report. If you cannot find that unique link or QR code, please contact customer service at gettogether@pjlibrary.org. If you are not yet a subscriber, please click HERE to sign up!

Submitting photos is optional (but we would love to see your group in action!). Photos submitted with reports WILL NOT BE USED without explicit written permission.

You will receive an email shortly after your Get Together Report is approved asking you to select your preferred method of reimbursement (virtual or physical debit card).

If you choose the physical option, you will receive the debit card loaded with reimbursement funds 7-10 business days after your Get Together Report is approved. There is no activation required for the card. The cards will be sent to you in a simple envelope. Virtual cards should arrive in your email inbox 3-7 business days after your report is approved.

For Canadian residents: The card will be issued in USD. It can be used at retailers across Canada. A 2% conversion fee applies for purchases in Canada.

Please treat reimbursement cards like cash. Electronic debit cards have a 3 month expiration date. Physical debit cards have a 6 month expiration date. If either type of card expires with a balance there is an $18 fee deducted from the card to reissue it.

Please visit together-pjlibraryrewards.org/CardLogin to request a replacement card.

No, you do not have to wait for reimbursement to host and report on your next Get Together! Remember that you can host Get Togethers and receive reimbursement up to three (3) times through December 31, 2025. Beginning January 2026, you will be able to submit additional Get Together Reports in the new calendar year.

After your reimbursement is approved, you can track your reimbursement status by logging into the HGF Grants Portal. If you are logging into the portal for the first time, please request a new password. If you have issues logging in, please contact together@pjlibrary.org.