Posted 7 months ago
Harry Lerner, owner of Lerner Publishing Group (center), pictured with his son, Adam Lerner, CEO of Lerner, and his daughter, Mia Posada, Illustrator at the company. The Harry Lerner family, lead sponsor of JFCS’ PJ Library program for 13 years, will receive agency’s Friends of the Fami[...]Posted 9 months ago
By Carrie Fink • PJ Library Coordinator In Judaism, 13 years represents a milestone, and like a Bar or Bat Mitzvah, our PJ Library program has grown into its unique leadership role in the community over the past 13 years. In honor of this milestone, PJ Library will hold a “Book Mitzvah” ev[...]Posted 10 months ago
By Carrie Fink • PJ Library Coordinator PJ Library and TCJewfolk/MN Mammalehs are thrilled to be partnering again this summer for the popular Shabbat in the Park program. The goal of the program is to encourage Jewish families to get to know one another in their neighborhoods. The gatherin[...]Posted 2 years ago
Parent Connectors got creative to create bonds among young families during pandemic By Carrie Fink • PJ Library Coordinator Raising newborns and toddlers is challenging regardless of circumstance, but doing so during the pandemic has been especially difficult. So many of the normal acti[...]Posted 3 years ago
PJ Connectors provide connections to families with young children PJ Library Minneapolis is excited to announce the hiring of three Parent Connectors who will be engaging with parents of children ages 0-3 this year. The three positions are funded by a PJ Library Implementing Partner Engag[...]Posted 3 years ago
PJ Library Minneapolis is excited to announce that it has added to its popular Shalom Baby programming this year with the addition of two new PJ Parent Connectors, who are leading bi-weekly gatherings for families with children ages 0-2 this fall. The two positions are funded by a PJ Library Implem[...]Posted 4 years ago
Parent connectors will lead gatherings for families with children ages 0-2 JFCS is excited to announce that it has received a PJ Library Implementing Partner Engagement Grant from the Harold Grinspoon Foundation to expand and deepen engagement opportunities for families raising Jewish chi[...]Posted 4 years ago
PJ Library Minneapolis has given out more than 100,000 free books over 11 years By Carrie Fink • PJ Library Program Coordinator There are PJ Library programs throughout the U.S., but we are proud to say that PJ Library Minneapolis is one of the most generous communities[...]Posted 4 years ago
Registered Dietician Andrea Potashnick will lead educational and fun evening for moms on diet/nutrition on June 13 By Carrie Fink • PJ Library Coordinator As summer break begins, with longer days, more social gatherings, and lots of time outside, you may find your child[...]Posted 4 years ago
PJ Library, a program of Jewish Family and Children’s Service of Minneapolis’ (JFCS), will be celebrating two major milestones on Sunday, Nov. 11 – its 10th birthday, marking the 10 years the program has been in Minneapolis, and the delivery of its 100,000th free book! The event will be held [...]