PJ Library has partnered with BimBam to bring a fun, educational, webseries, Shaboom! to life. If your kids love Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood or Little Einsteins, they'll love Shaboom!  The show makes use of the same playful, educational, vibe but with the bonus of Jewish values and themes built in to each story. In this week's episode we learn about the value of kavod, or respect.

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Take a culinary tour of Israel right here at home!  Cooking and taste-testing with your family can provide a great sensory learning activity and jumping off point to learn more about Israel and Jewish culture. In this blog post we introduce five popular American snacks and sides that are actually from Israel!

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PJ Library has partnered with BimBam to bring a fun, educational, webseries, Shaboom! to life. If your kids love Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood or Little Einsteins, they'll love Shaboom!  The show makes use of the same playful, educational, vibe but with the bonus of Jewish values and themes built in to each story. In this week's episode we learn about the value of tzedakah.

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We're 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.

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Welcome to a new series here on the blog: Three Questions With... In each installment we ask a different PJ Library author or illustrator questions about their work, their process, interests, etc... This month we're chatting with Salina Yoon, author and illustrator of Found.

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PJ Library has partnered with BimBam to bring a fun, educational, webseries, Shaboom! to life. If your kids love Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood or Little Einsteins, they'll love Shaboom!  The show makes use of the same playful, educational, vibe but with the bonus of Jewish values and themes built in to each story. In this week's episode we learn about the value of gratitude and giving thanks, or hakarat hatov.
 

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We’ve partnered with Jennifer Stempel of TheCubanReuben.com for a series of special matzah-centric recipes that highlight our collaboration with Streit's Matzo. In the past few weeks we’ve tackled lunch, a side dish, a delicious vegetarian main course as well as dessert. Today Jennifer gives us one last recipe-activity for your seder, a Make Your Own Charoset bar!

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In January we sent out parsley seed packets with our book selections. PJ Library communities all over planted parsley as part of their Tu B'Shevat activites and families have continued to share their "parsley progress" with us on social media. Now that your parsley is here, what do you do with it? (Or with all the left over parsley you have after Passover?). Here are a few ideas from PJ Library staff.

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PJ Library has partnered with BimBam to bring a fun, educational, webseries, Shaboom! to life. If your kids love Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood or Little Einsteins, they'll love Shaboom!  The show makes use of the same playful, educational, vibe but with the bonus of Jewish values and themes built in to each story. In this week's episode we learn about bikur cholim, visiting the sick.

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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.

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