Tag: PJ Library

  • Dixon Gallery & Gardens Hosts TuBishvat Community Day

    Dixon Gallery & Gardens Hosts TuBishvat Community Day

    By Sarah VanderWalde On Sunday February 5, more than 500 people walked through the Dixon Gallery & Gardens to celebrate TuBishvat, the Jewish New Year for trees. The sun was shining outside, music was playing inside, and community members of all ages discovered new ways to observe TuBishvat. While planning…

  • Federation’s PJ Library Book Swap Helps Local Families Refresh Home Libraries

    Federation’s PJ Library Book Swap Helps Local Families Refresh Home Libraries

    Spring cleaning, or cleaning for Passover, is a common annual event. What’s one thing that made preparing for Passover, and spring, different this year? Memphis Jewish Federation’s PJ Library Book Drop & Swap! Over the course of a week, families donate their gently used children’s books, culminating in a Book…

  • Miriam Roochvarg Joins Jewish Community Partners Team to Oversee PJ Library, Israeli Scouts, and More

    Miriam Roochvarg Joins Jewish Community Partners Team to Oversee PJ Library, Israeli Scouts, and More

    Jewish Community Partners announces the hiring of Miriam Roochvarg, who joins JCP as Engagement Associate. Miriam will oversee various Memphis Jewish Federation initiatives, including PJ Library, Newcomers, Shalom Baby, and the Israeli Scouts. A lifetime of rich Jewish experiences and engagement has equipped her with the ideal skillset and outlook…

  • Free Jewish Books Bring Families Together

    Free Jewish Books Bring Families Together

    Five Memphis families of diverse Jewish backgrounds gather around a table, little ones wiggling in their arms. Each adult is holding a blessing card and together they sing and welcome Shabbat. The dinner conversation ranges from Jewish values to parenting challenges, with intermittent pauses to clean up spilled milk and…

  • Celebrate Shabbat with PJ Library

    Celebrate Shabbat with PJ Library

    Are you looking for meaningful ways to celebrate Shabbat with your kids? Then Memphis Jewish Federation’s PJ Library has just the program for you. Shabbat Shalom Y’all Dinners were a hit last year with more than 26 families participating in home-hosted Shabbat dinners made possible through the Memphis Jewish Federation…

  • PJ Library marks a major milestone as it celebrates its 10th anniversary

    PJ Library marks a major milestone as it celebrates its 10th anniversary

    Ten years ago, about 100 Jewish children across Memphis started receiving books with high-quality Jewish content. Now, more than 800 children in Memphis have received free Jewish children’s books each month through PJ Library. “For the past decade, PJ library has helped shape my family’s Jewish identity. We have seen…

  • Memphis Jewish Federation’s PJ Library and MJH&R Bring Kids and Seniors Together for Free Music

    Memphis Jewish Federation’s PJ Library and MJH&R Bring Kids and Seniors Together for Free Music

    Young families and seniors will come together to sing, dance, and celebrate Jewish music on February 4 at the Memphis Jewish Home & Rehab, for the Jewish Family Jamboree – a concert produced in partnership with Memphis Jewish Federation’s PJ Library Memphis and local synagogues, schools, and agencies. Nefesh Mountain,…

  • PJ Library® Launches PJ Library Radio –  A Streaming Music Service for Families with Jewish Children

    PJ Library® Launches PJ Library Radio – A Streaming Music Service for Families with Jewish Children

    PJ Library Radio enables users to listen to Jewish kids music anytime, anywhere. As a part of its continual effort to innovate how families with Jewish children can engage and connect with Jewish culture and values, PJ Library, the global Jewish book program, is launching a streaming music service. You…

  • Survey Shows Cultural Impact of PJ Library In Memphis and North America

    Survey Shows Cultural Impact of PJ Library In Memphis and North America

    In Jewish and interfaith families across the Mid-South, a Jewish children’s book program is helping to preserve the richness and vibrancy of Jewish culture, one book at a time. 81% of Mid-South PJ Library families say the books help them have conversations about Jewish traditions, values, and customs with their…

  • JCP Staff Spotlight- Lauren Luskey Taube

    JCP Staff Spotlight- Lauren Luskey Taube

    Many readers know the Jewish Community Partners staff through our work. On Fridays, you’ll hear from a different member of the team in our own words, sharing more of the story of who we are.   Lauren Luskey Taube Manager, Engagement and YAD Campaign Birthplace: Lubbock, Texas, but I grew up…