Learn About the Chevra Kadisha
Tuesday, January 14, 2025 7:30 p.m. ET on Zoom Lappin Foundation, Kavod v'Nichum, and the Community Hevra Kadisha North Shore Boston invite you to learn about the Chevra Kadisha, the sacred community that cares for the deceased and comforts the living through Jewish...
International Holocaust Remembrance Day Commemoration
Thursday, January 23, 2025 7:30 p.m. ET on Zoom Please join us for a memorable International Holocaust Remembrance Day Commemoration. Dr. Hans Fisher, escapee of the Holocaust and passenger on the steamship St. Louis in 1939, will give his testimony of leaving Germany...
Bang! The Bert Berns Story
Thursday, February 27, 2025 7:30 p.m. ET on Zoom Music meets the Mob in this biographical documentary, narrated by Stevie Van Zandt, about the life and career of Bert Berns, the most important songwriter and record producer from the sixties that you never heard of....
Albert Einstein: The Father of Israel’s Academic Excellence
Thursday, March 20, 2025 7:30 p.m. ET on Zoom Please join us for a presentation by Ido Aharoni Aronoff about Albert Einstein's connection with Zionism and his invaluable contribution to Israel's academic prowess. The program is free and everyone is welcome. This...
Rekindle Shabbat
Bring the beauty of Shabbat home for your family and friends! Rekindle Shabbat provides you with everything you need to celebrate Shabbat at home – delicious Shabbat meals prepared by Levine’s Kosher Market in Peabody and a kit full of Shabbat items. Invite a family...
PJ Library Endowment – Great News!
Lappin Foundation’s new PJ Library Endowment will help to ensure that Jewish children in our community will receive beautiful PJ Library books well into the future. PJ Library is the Jewish book-of-the-month-club for children, ages newborn to 8. The books are steeped...
PJ Our Way Book Club
Join 8-12 year olds for a monthly book club, facilitated by teens, over Shabbat kiddush (lunch). We will read the first few chapters of the book together and discuss, and then children may take the book home to finish. The book club is for children ages 8-12 years...
TeensFeed
Jewish teens in grades 7 - 12 are invited to join Repair the World, and its partners Lappin Foundation, Temple Emanu-El, and Congregation Shirat Hayam to participate in the mitzvah of caring for the stranger by preparing meals for Lifebridge North Shore. Teens learn...
Family Shabbat at Temple B’nai Abraham
Join PJ Library at Temple B’nai Abraham in Beverly for a musical Tot Shabbat service geared towards children ages 0-6 and their families. We will sing, hear a story, and then enjoy a pasta dinner together. Free and all are welcome. Questions? Email...
Tot Shabbat
Join PJ Library at Temple B’nai Abraham in Beverly for a musical Tot Shabbat service geared towards children ages 0-6 and their families. We will sing, hear a story, and then enjoy a pasta dinner together. Free and all are welcome. Questions? Email...
PJ Library Tot Shabbat with Congregation Ahavas Achim
Join PJ Library and Morah Katherine for a wonderful celebration of Shabbat! Featuring songs, stories, movement and sensory play designed to engage your child and teach about the Jewish day of rest. Designed for children pre-K and younger with their caregiver. Free!...
Jewish Beginnings
10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Temple B'nai Abraham, 200 E. Lothrop Street, Beverly(on the dates below) DATE REGISTER HERE October 20, 2024 Register Here November 17, 2024 Register Here December 8, 2024 Register Here PJ Library invites you to an interactive program designed...
Build Your Village
10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Temple B'nai Abraham, 200 E. Lothrop Street, Beverly(on the dates below) DATE REGISTER HERE October 27, 2024 Register Here November 17, 2024 Register Here December 15, 2024 Register Here They say it takes a village... Build your community with...
PJ Library Tot Shabbat at Congregation Shalom
Fridays at 6:00 p.m.(on the dates below) Congregation Shalom, 87 Richardson Road, Chelmsford Join Congregation Shalom and PJ Library for an interactive tot Shabbat featuring stories and age-appropriate prayers with Rabbi Shoshana Perry and music with musician Sue...
Temple Emanuel of Andover Tot Shabbat Series
Fridays: 5:00 - 6:00 p.m.(once a month on the dates below) 5:00 p.m. "Nosh" of pizza and snacks5:30 p.m. Age-appropriate Shabbat service Temple Emanuel, 7 Haggetts Pond Road, Andover Join Temple Emanuel and PJ Library for a tot friendly-Shabbat, combining music,...
PJ Library Shabbat Sing-along
Fridays: 5:30 - 6:00 p.m. Congregation Ahavat Olam, 1600 Osgood Street #3068, North Andover This interactive, creative, engaging Shabbat celebration is filled with music, movement, and stories, as well as a welcoming of Shabbat with the blessings. Join us...
PJ Library Shabbat Shalom Circle
Children, ages 8 and younger, and parents, grandparents, and friends, are invited to welcome Shabbat with Shabbat stories, songs, friendship, and a free dinner! 5:30 - 6:30 p.m. on the following dates in the following locations: NSJCC, 240 Lynnfield Street, Peabody...
Fridays with Friends
Welcome Shabbat with music, dancing, songs, snacks and stories! Featuring Cantor Sarah! For families with children ages 5 and younger (siblings welcome). Free and all are welcome. Congregation Shirat Hayam, 55 Atlantic Avenue, Swampscott(Enter through the chapel...
One2One
Conversations will take place in the comfort of your home on five Sundays: November 17 | November 24 | December 1 | December 8 | December 15 | December 22 (make-up session) 12:00 p.m. - 12:30 p.m. or 1:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. One2One is a unique and exciting...
The Rabbis Slurp Spaghetti!
Saturday, November 23, 2024 6:00 p.m. Congregation Shirat Hayam, 55 Atlantic Avenue, Swampscott Help us crown the spaghetti-slurping champion of the North Shore! Lappin Foundation’s PJ Library invites you to the craziest Havdalah of the year, featuring your favorite...
PJ Library Pajama Hanukkah Havdalah
Enjoy Hanukkah with PJ Library and Congregation Shirat Hayam. Come in pajamas for a craft, story, songs with Cantor Sarah, and dinner. Designed for families with children 0-7 (& siblings/grandparents). Free and all are welcome. Membership at Shirat Hayam not...
Caring Cards Project
Meaningful Volunteer Opportunity for Adults to do from the Comfort of Your Home Volunteers are needed to design Caring Cards for homebound older adults, who are clients of Jewish Family & Children's Service (JF&CS). The cards are free and will be mailed to...
PJ Library 4th Annual Hanukkah Story Lantern Walk
Sunday, December 8th, 2024 Sunny Meadows Farm - 168 Robin Hill Road, Chelmsford MA Please Join PJ Library, Congregation Shalom, Temple Emanuel of Andover and The Chelmsford Open Space Stewardship as we celebrate the 4th year of the largest Hanukkah Story Lantern...
PJ Library Presents: Hanukkah! A Celebration of Light with Temple Emanu-EL of Haverhill
Sunday, December 15th, 2024 11:00 a.m. Temple Emanu-El of Haverhill, 514 Main Street, Haverhill MA 01830 Starensier Assembly 10th Ave. Brindis entrance (side entrance). Please join PJ Library and Temple Emanu-EL as we celebrate our annual Hanukkah party! We will have...
PJ Library Hanukkah Storytime at Haverhill Public Library
Tuesday, December 17th, 2024 4:00 p.m. Haverhill Public Library, 99 Main Street - Haverhill MA Please join PJ Library and Rabbi Stevens from Temple Emanu-EL of Haverhill at the Haverhill Public Library for a special Hanukkah story time. Enjoy some holiday treats, a...
Caring Cards Project
Meaningful Volunteer Opportunity forTeens and Tweens Teens and tweens are invited to design Caring Cards for homebound older adults, who are clients of Jewish Family & Children's Service (JF&CS). After your child decorates the cover of the card and signs their...
Hanukkah Story Walk on Swampscott Town Lawn
Saturday December 14 - 21, 2024 Swampscott Town Lawn, Monument Ave, Swampscott Celebrate Hanukkah with a story walk! As part of the Town of Swampscott holiday festivities, PJ Library and Lappin Foundation are thrilled to recognize the Jewish festival of lights...
PJ Library Hanukkah Storytime at the Pollard Memorial Library
Thursday, December 19th, 2024 10:30 a.m. Pollard Mermorial Library, 401 Merrimack Street -Lowell, MA Please join PJ Library at the Pollard Memorial Library for a special Hanukkah story time. Enjoy some holiday treats, a craft, and a PJ Library story about the festival...
Y2I
To learn about the 2025 Y2I trip and that will take place from June 26 – July 7, join us for an informational meeting on one of the following dates: DATE LOCATION REGISTER Sunday, November 17, 2024 at 7:30 p.m. JCCNS, 4 Community Road, Marblehead Register Here ...
Israeli Folk Dancing
At the JCCNS, 4 Community Road, MarbleheadWK room on the first floor Wednesdays 7:30 - 9:00 p.m. Sundays 8:00 - 9:50 a.m. Are you a fan of Israeli music? Do you want to learn traditional and modern Israeli dance moves, immerse yourself into Israeli culture and get an...