PJ Library Southern Maine

05/31/2022

Shavuot, the Jewish festival of “weeks” is celebrated seven weeks after Passover. This holiday combines two major religious observances; the grain harvest of the early summer and the giving of the Torah on Mount Sinai seven weeks after the exodus from Egypt. 🌾📜

This year, Shavuot will begin the evening of Saturday, June 4th and end the evening on Monday, June 6th. We hope you enjoy our "Holiday Hub" filled with Shavuot activities to help your family celebrate!

Enjoy our Shavuot Hub, filled with Craft Ideas, Recipes, Music, Cooking Videos, and more to help your family celebrate together or apart.

04/13/2022

Very excited to once again share our Passover Holiday Hub; a collection of Craft Ideas, Recipes, Music Videos, Podcasts, Cooking Videos, and more to help your family celebrate together or apart. 🌊🙌🌊

Passover Hub Craft Ideas, Recipes, Music Videos, Podcasts, Cooking Videos, and more to help your family celebrate together or apart. Passover (‘Pesach’ in Hebrew) comes in the springtime and is among the most celebrated of Jewish holidays. This year, Passover begins at sundown on April 15 and en...

04/01/2022

Woohoo! Two new songs from The Macaroons 🍕🌮

SURPRISE! We have TWO brand new songs available today EXCLUSIVELY on Bandcamp! Kids will love these two new songs even more than the foods they're about. Passover is only two weeks away, so download "Matzah Pizza" and "Matzah Nachos" today!

LINK: https://themacaroons.bandcamp.com/album/matzah-pizza-vs-matzah-nachos

03/21/2022

PJ Library is a national program that sends free, age-appropriate, Jewish-themed books and music each month to children from birth through age 8. 📚🎶🧒🏽

Kids love getting them, and parents will love reading them.

PJ books are provided at NO COST to families thanks to the Harold Grinspoon Foundation, the Jewish Community Alliance of Southern Maine, and donors like you!

Sign your children up today at www.mainejewish.org/kids-family/pj-library

03/11/2022

It's almost Purim! Check out the JCA's 2022 Purim Holiday Hub with specially curated craft ideas, recipes, music, cooking clips, and more to help your family celebrate together or apart. 🎭👸🏽🎉

Whatever your favorite Purim traditions are and however your celebrations may look this year, we wish your family much joy this Purim.

03/10/2022

Happy (almost) Purim! 🎭👸🏽🎉 With many Purim parties happening in-person again this year, we hope you are excited to get dressed up, grogg our groggers, and nosh some hamantaschen! Here are 10 great ways to safely celebrate Purim with your community here in Maine.

Happy Purim! Here are 10 great ways to safely celebrate Purim with your community here in Southern Maine this 2022/5782.

02/10/2022

Almost two weeks later and we're still kvelling over our super fun Musical Family Havdalah with Eliana Light!

Here are some of the photos sent in by families with the kiddush cups they decorated as part of the program. 🍷🧃 Special thanks to Lea Steirman for helping to organize the event :)

01/27/2022

The JCA seeks a skilled and passionate professional to run our PJ Library program, which provides age-appropriate, relevant, and fun Jewish programming for kids, as well as sending free Jewish-themed books monthly to enrolled families. 📘🧒

Click below for more information and to apply!

The JCA seeks a skilled and passionate professional to run our PJ Library program, which provides fun Jewish programming for kids.

01/26/2022

Join us this Saturday for our Musical Family Havdalah – A virtual event with Eliana Light! 🎵🕯

Sign up today and receive a free Havdalah Gift Bag!
https://www.mainejewish.org/kids-family/jfamily-events/

01/21/2022

Our Musical Family Havdalah with Eliana Light is one week away! 🎵🕯️

Gather your family for this special interactive virtual program Sat. Jan 29th. Sign up today and receive a free Havdalah Gift Bag!

https://mainejewish.app.neoncrm.com/np/clients/mainejewish/eventRegistration.jsp?event=77453&