CJP Families with Young Children Initiative
A Program of CJP - Combined Jewish Philanthropies
CJP, in collaboration with our community partners, is pleased to offer families with young children opportunities for classes, programs and ways to connect with other families in the Jewish community.
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How to Prepare for Jewish Overnight Camp
Thinking about sending your kids to Jewish overnight camp for the first time? We asked Ed Pletman, former camp director and CJP’s current director of...
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Kids & Parenting
Monthly Jewish Value: Making Peace Among People
By Kathy Bloomfield Growing up, my sister and I shared a bedroom and fought over everything. My mother, who never had a sister, couldn’t believe...
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Save the Date for CJP’s Family Farm Festival
Plan a day of fun with the kids at Belkin Family Lookout Farm! Sunday, June 3, 201211:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m.Belkin Family Lookout Farm89 Pleasant St. South,...
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Parenting Through a Jewish Lens Offers New Class for Parents of Children with Special Needs
Parenting Through a Jewish Lens is a 10-session program that enables parents to explore core Jewish values (ikkarim) that strengthen families. Hebrew College and CJP are,...
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Earth-Friendly Bedtime Story
Looking for a great spring bedtime story? The brand new children’s book “Good night, laila tov” does more than tell a simple goodnight story. Author...
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Celebrate Shavuot with an Ice Cream Party
The holiday of Shavuot, or the Festival of Weeks, which falls this year on May 27, marks the Jewish community’s receiving of the Torah on...
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Moms Share Their Proudest Moments (So Far!)
With Mother’s Day approaching on Sunday, May 13, we asked a handful of moms to tell us about some of their proudest mommy moments. “I...
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Guide to Engaging Kids and Adults at the Seder
JewishBoston.com has released a free guide to bring kids and adults together at the seder. This 15-page booklet, written by Jodi Jarvis, director of early...
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Passover Resources for Families with Diverse Learning Styles
Gateways: Access to Jewish Education is proud to share an assortment of free Passover resources. Browse and download illustrated versions of the Passover story (including...
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Monthly Jewish Value: Devotion in Prayer
By Kathy BloomfieldPrayer means a lot of different things to different people; to me it’s sending a message of heartfelt gratitude to God. For example,...
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