JEN BAER, Special to the Jewish Light
• March 23, 2022
This time of year brings basketball fever. That’s when the NCAA men’s and women’s basketball tournament occurs.
Each year around this time, people start filling out brackets and entering pools…Not the kind you swim in, but the ones where you...
JENNIFER BAER, Special to the Jewish Light
• July 21, 2021
Does your kid love to sing, draw or play an instrument? Inspire your budding artist or musician with PJ Library stories featuring poets, painters and creators.
JENNIFER BAER, Special to the Jewish Light
• July 7, 2021
Apparently, I’m developing some skills that just can’t be reflected on a résumé, such as my near perfect ability to embarrass my kids. While I know that they don’t need me to hold their hands anymore when we cross the street, something in me...
One of the most influential Torah scholars of the Middle Ages, Maimonides (also referred to by the acronym Rambam), instructs us that "the soul is subject to health and disease, just as is the body." A friend once told me that we are only as happy as...
“Passover Is Coming!”
By: Tracy Newman and illustrated by Viviana Garofoli
Ages: 6 Months to 2 Years
Synopsis: The house is very clean...matzah ball soup is bubbling on the stove...and a seder plate is on the table! Can you guess...
Jennifer Baer, Special to the Jewish Light
• February 24, 2021
If you could have one superpower, what would it be? I was thinking it might be fun to be able to fly, although I probably wouldn’t be able to use GPS up there, which could definitely be a problem.
Who doesn’t love a superhero? From movies and...
By Ellen Futterman, Editor-in-Chief
• October 18, 2020
Meet with other parents and discuss our racial equity habits in parenting during an interactive webinar with Yavilah McCoy from 7:30 to 9 p.m. Monday, Oct. 19.McCoy is a pioneer of the diversity and equity movement and advocate for the empowerment of...
It’s been called inappropriate and much worse and drawn the ire of a Missouri lawmaker. Still, books will be read when PJ Library holds drag queen story time at MaTovu in the Botanical Heights neighborhood later this month.So popular is this event —...
Jewish Rock Radio, a St. Louis-based online streaming service, and PJ Library, the organization that sends children free Jewish books, have launched a new online radio station.PJ Library Radio went live Dec. 1. It features an array of Jewish artists who...
NEW YORK — Families that receive free Jewish children's books from the Massachusetts-based PJ Library say the program has helped them feel more connected to their Jewish communities, with interfaith families especially saying it has spurred them to...
This week, the Jewish Federation of St. Louis is celebrating the 10th anniversary of PJ Library with a #PJPayItForward Campaign. From May 7-12, St. Louis’ founding PJ Library family, Michael and Leslie Litwack, have agreed to match every dollar up to...
Saul Brodsky Jewish Community Library and PJ Library are working together to develop a Jewish Story Festival for the community, launching in May, intersecting with the St. Louis Storytelling Festival. This first event on May 4 will then kick-off a yearlong...
