One of the four Purim mitzvot, matanot l’evyonim establishes the Jewish tradition of giving to poor during this Jewish holiday.
Completed in 2011 in Vancouver, United States. Images by Benjamin Benschneider. The new Vancouver Community Library in Vancouver, Washington, designed by The Miller Hull Partnership, recently opened to the public. With an almost...
A list of resources to help children learn about and understand diversity - from a Jewish perspective.
Act out the Purim story using these printable finger puppets.
When it comes to raising kids, there’s a slew of parenting books you could choose from. However, when it comes to raising Jewish kids, sometimes it can feel hard to get inspiring advice. If you’re lucky, you may have an awesome Jewish community to fall back on when you need some guidance. But sometimes you […]
Have your menorah and eat it too! During our carpool Chanukah project brainstorming session, we also came up with this edible menorah idea. This would be fun for a Chanukah party or Shabbat Chanuka…
The Chocolate Seder is not intended to replace your family’s seder, but rather it is a “practice run,” a family activity designed to acquaint children with the order, songs, and customs of the seder before the fact.
How do you feel about potato latkes? We like them a-latke! Get to know this Hanukkah staple in our everything latkes roundup including recipes, videos, and of course, story ideas.
Picture books, middle-grade novels, and classic folktales about special, unconventional, and amazing relationships.
Let kids create or customize a special challah cover for your family.
Improbable though it may sound now, when I married into a Jewish family I had no idea about the magic that is chicken soup. Oh, I’d had chicken soup before — mostly chicken noodle soup from Campbell’s. And I’d had home-cooked comfort food, like my mother’s chicken and vegetable stew with dumplings. But the sort […]
February is Jewish Disability Awareness and Inclusion Month (JDAIM). Here are several wonderful books to read with your children.
I had a little bit of Christmas envy yesterday when I Can Teach My Child posted the felt christmas tree she made for her kids. The idea is to cut a large piece of green felt into a christmas tree, pin it to your wall and then make felt ornaments that your child can stick to
Nutritious, affordable, fun, trash-free school lunches. Ideas for picky eaters. Making healthy eating fun with bento and muffin tin meals.
Connect with your community. The Jewish Federation of Greater Washington has a number of different networking groups in DC, MD and VA.
Vegan recipes for an Ashkenazi no kitniyot Passover menu
Traditionally recited at the seder by the youngest child present, the Four Questions ask about certain Passover rituals. Use these videos to practice the Four Questions--and their answers--with your children.
Completed in 2017 in Vancouver, Canada. Images by Ema Peter. PAUSE is a pavilion designed as a temporary installation for the TED2017 conference. The unique design was the result of an international competition...
"I have learned over the years that many people who aren't affected by disability do not assist -- not because they don't want to help, but because they aren't sure how to help."
I just finished reading “To Kill a Mockingbird” to my daughters. The last time I read Harper Lee’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel I was 14 or 15, and in all honesty I didn’t enjoy it much. I’d slogged through the book because I felt like I should read it as an educated person and aspiring writer. […]
Jan. 18 is Winnie-the-Pooh Day, in honour of creator A.A. Milne's birthday. To celebrate, here are 90 weird and wonderful facts about the Hundred Acre Wood.
You know Sydney Taylor. Author of the All-of-a-Kind Family books, goddess, namesake of the Association of Jewish Libraries’ awards for books for kids and teenagers that “exemplify high literary standards while authentically portraying the Jewish experience.” I am way more excited about these awards than about the farshtunkiner Golden Globes. This year marks the 50th anniversary of the …
How do you translate Green Eggs and Ham into Hebrew? It’s an extremely difficult feat. Dr. Seuss’s wonderful, rhyming children’s books are, in every possible way, an ode to the English language. Green Eggs and Ham, for example, is the perfect book for beginning language learners. It contains a mere 50 different word — 49 […]
