Families with Young Children
Raising children? Raising young children?
Boston is home to a wide variety of opportunities for parents with young children to engage in Jewish life. Interested in a play group? We've got that. Looking for a Jewish preschool? Yup.
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10:00AM - 11:30AM
Metrowest Mitzvah Day Community-wide Event
Jewish Community Centers of Greater Boston
Framingham, MA
Cost:
FREE -
Registration is required.
Metrowest Mitzvah Day – Community-wide EventBirthday Blast! A very special event to support Birthday WishesFor families with children ages 2-6 Sunday, May 1910-11:30amHeritage at Framingham747 Water Street, Framingham Even little... Read More
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Social Activities | Volunteering | Family Friendly | Kosher | Wheelchair Accessible | Families | Free Parking
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May
May
19
10:00AM - 1:00PM
Or Atid's Mitzvah Day and Teddy Bear Brigade
Congregation Or Atid
Wayland, MA
Cost:
FREE -
Registration is required.
Congregation Or Atid's Mitzvah Day 2013 Featuring PJ Library and the Teddy Bear Brigade Join Congregation Or Atid for this day of Tikkun Olam as we come together as a... Read More
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Fairs & Festivals | Children | Family Friendly | Kosher | Wheelchair Accessible | Families | Free Parking
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May
May
19
10:00AM - 12:00PM
Religious School Open House
Congregation Beth Israel (Andover)
Andover, MA
Cost:
FREE -
Registration is required.
All are invited to attend an Open House to acquaint prospective students and their families with our Religious School. There will be crafts for the children and coffee for the... Read More
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Open Houses | Family Friendly | Kosher | Wheelchair Accessible | Art & Crafts | Children & Teens | Families | Free Parking
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May
19
10:00AM - 1:00PM
Kesher Open House: Sunday May 19 (also May 21)
Kesher Nevatim ("Sprouts") Preschool Daycare
Somerville, MA
Cost:
FREE -
Registration not required.
Bring the family and explore Kesher's Preschool, After School, Bar/Bat Mitzvah and Summer Programs to see how our time-tested, project-based learning environment will engage your child intellectually, socially and ethically.... Read More
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Open Houses | Children | Family Friendly | Kosher | Families | T-Accessible | Free Parking
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May
May
19
10:15AM - 11:45AM
Hands in the Water: Creative Expression and Storytelling for Families with Young Children, Ages 3-7
Mayyim Hayyim Living Waters Community Mikveh and Education Center
Newton, MA
Cost:
$10.00
- Registration is required.
Per Family
Per Family
Join us for a fun-filled morning centered around water -- seeing, touching and creating art inspired by it -- featuring the Drawing Lab of Deb Putnoi and local storyteller Cindy... Read More
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Children | Family Friendly | Kosher | Wheelchair Accessible | Art & Crafts | Children & Teens | Families | T-Accessible | Free Parking
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May
May
19
10:30AM - 12:00PM
Blocks & Lox at Temple Reyim
Temple Reyim
Newton, MA
Cost:
FREE -
Registration not required.
BLOCKS & LOX Let’s get together for games, stories, singing, art projects and eating! Temple Reyim Young Families' Blocks & Lox program continues on May 19th at 10:30am, featuring special musical guest Jennifer... Read More
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Music | Infants & Toddlers | Children | Family Friendly | Kosher | Wheelchair Accessible | Children & Teens | T-Accessible | Free Parking
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May
May
19
10:30AM - 12:00PM
Nature Explorers: A Family Exploration of the Natural World for Preschoolers and their Grown-ups
Temple Shalom
Newton, MA
Cost:
$100.00
- Registration is required.
This three-session nature discovery series is designed as a hands-on family learning experience to explore the natural world through a Jewish lens. Through a variety of activities and materials, preschoolers... Read More
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May
May
19
11:00AM - 11:45AM
Zimkudia! Singing and Dancing for Kids!
Temple Shalom of Medford
Medford, MA
Cost:
FREE -
Registration is required.
Do you like to sing and dance with your children? Would you like to have more Jewish songs for little ones at your fingertips? Do you want to encourage musicality... Read More
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Music | Children | Family Friendly | Kosher | Wheelchair Accessible | Families | T-Accessible | Free Parking
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May
May
19
12:00PM - 1:30PM
Open House & Ice Cream Social @ TI of Natick
Temple Israel of Natick
Natick, MA
Cost:
FREE -
Registration not required.
Open House & Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream Social at Temple Israel of Natick! In our beautiful courtyard, with tours of the building available. http://www.tiofnatick.org/uploadedFiles/site/Home/2013%20TI%20ice%20cream%20social%20open%20house.pdf
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Fairs & Festivals | Open Houses | 20s & 30s | Family Friendly | Singles & Dating | GLBT | Russians | Interfaith Couples & Families | Israelis | Kosher | Wheelchair Accessible | Everyone | Families | T-Accessible | Free Parking | Food | Newcomers
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19
2:00PM - 3:30PM
Race Time Class for Boys and Girls Ages 7-12 Years, Sundays, April 7-June 9
Jewish Community Centers of Greater Boston
Newton, MA
Cost:
$205.00
- Registration is required.
JCC member cost $175
JCC member cost $175
Get your motor running! This fun and exciting program incorporates team building, fitness and best of all, car racing. Kids will learn how to build a miniature remote controlled race... Read More
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Project Based Learning at Temple Chayai Shalom
Education at Temple Chayai Shalom is SULAM – a Source for Understanding Learning, And Meaning – an opportunity to put Jewish wisdom in to practice...
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The Debrief: Partnering without Parenting
This week we’re happy to share another personal story in this space. Today’s piece comes from 28-year-old Miriam Lazewatsky in Newton. I’ve known I don’t...
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Fake Daisies: Kabbalat Shabbat on My Front Lawn
It’s not an exaggeration to say that we are in middle of the most amazing stretch of Spring weather that I can remember. With midday...
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Motherhood in Israel: A Q&A with a New Mom in Haifa
By Laura Shulman BrochsteinCJP Families with Young Children and Interfaith Specialist My previous role at CJP was with the Boston-Haifa Connection, working with counterparts in...
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Get in the Shavuot Spirit
By Marceline Marsan and Jessica WatermanYal-Day-New Day Care Center Preschool Classroom Shavuot, which marks the giving of the Torah on Mount Sinai, begins at sundown...
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Cutting the Cord: Taking a Break from Technology for the Summer
By Debbie SussmanDirector of Camp Yavneh Does your child come home from school and, after a quick snack, sit down at the TV or other...
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Engaging Families with Young Children in Jewish Life: A Guide for Synagogues
There are approximately 12,000 young children in Jewish households in the Greater Boston Jewish community. Parents are looking for fun, low cost, high-quality activities to...
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Shabbat of the Month Club: Introducing Families to the Joys of Shabbat
In January JewishBoston.com launched its first-ever Shabbat of the Month Club program for families with young children. The free subscription program offers six monthly kits...
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Four Questions with Jenifer Goldman Fraser of the Child Witness to Violence Project
I’m truly at a loss for words about last week’s Boston Marathon bombing. I’m sure many of you are too. But that doesn’t mean your...
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Telling Your Kids that the World Can Stink: Thoughts on Boston
I rarely have the television on when the kids are home, and for good reason. At 5:30, I was living inside my temporary domestic bubble. ...
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Boston Workmen's Circle
A vibrant secular intergenerational Jewish community. A voice for social and economic justice. An arts and education center for Yiddish, Jewish, and progressive culture. A Jewish cultural school for children... Read More
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Camp Pembroke, a Cohen Camp for GIRLS
The only all-girls, trans-denominational Jewish camp in New England, Camp Pembroke is a unique sisterhood and spirited community. Located near Cape Cod, Pembroke offers a classic summer of fun, sun,... Read More
Camp Tel Noar, a NUT-FREE Cohen Camp
Spirited and NUT-FREE, Camp Tel Noar offers a summer of fun, forever friends and confidence, all infused with Jewish living and values. We invite your child to join Camp Tel... Read More
Camp Tevya
Welcome to Camp Tevya, a spirited Jewish overnight camp! We are a co-ed, enthusiastic community that celebrates fun, self-confidence and “forever friends,” and one of three camps in the Cohen... Read More
Chabad Jewish Center of Needham
The Chabad Jewish Center is a multi-service organization serving the Jewish communities of Needham, Dedham, Dover, and Westwood. At Chabad we are dedicated to serving the Jewish community with Ahavas... Read More
Congregation Agudath Achim (Taunton)
As a progressive, independent 100-year-old congregation, we serve the Greater Taunton Area Jewish community with weekly Shabbat morning services, monthly Shabbat evening services, a religious school for children birth to... Read More
Congregation Beth Israel (Andover)
Congregation Beth Israel, the Merrimack Valley's oldest "new" congregation, combines a start-up spirit with over a century of history and experience. We are an active and vibrant congregation which celebrates... Read More
Congregation Kehillath Israel
We are a Conservative synagogue with a membership of 400 family units. We provide religious, educational and cultural programming across all age groups. KI promotes a Judaism that is morally... Read More
Congregation Sha'aray Shalom
We are a Reform congregation, 50 years young, serving liberal Jewish life on the Coastal South Shore of Boston. Located at 1112 Main Street in Hingham we have over 270... Read More
Congregation Shirat Hayam
Our congregation's mission is to encourage and grow our community's active participation in Conservative Jewish life. We do this through study (Torah), worship and joyous practice (Avodah), social justice (Tikkun... Read More
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