The "Perfect" Bat Mitzvah “She’s ready!” announced my daughter’s orthodontist. “We’ll make an appointment to put on her braces next week.” Read more »
Author Spotlight: David A. Adler David A. Adler never thought he would be a writer. It was a chance encounter with his 3 year old nephew that led Adler to write his first children’s book. Read more »
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 »
Medical Researchers Highlight Specific Benefits of Reading Aloud to Children New York Times blogger Perri Klass, MD explains the findings published in recent editions of the medical journals Pediatrics and Psychological Science. Read more »
Photo Book of Life Like most parents with smartphones, I’m prone to taking a lot of pictures of my kids being cute. I’m not at the point of recording all 72 minutes of a dance recital — although there was that time that … Read more »
A Tree Grows in Oregon We were living in a small town in Southern Oregon when I became pregnant with our first child. Five hours from the nearest major city, I was relieved to learn we were having a girl and would be spared the … Read more »