The people of ancient Jerusalem walk a long way to get their water from a spring. It’s a hard job, and Shimri wants to help out, but he’s too small. One day, the king decides to build a tunnel to make the water more accessible. Shimri heeds his grandmother’s advice -- to...
/beyond-books/pjblog/april-2019/why-we-chose-this-book-shimri’s-big-idea
25/04/2019 00:00:00
Kids love to pocket their treasures from hikes, trips to the beach , or just a lazy afternoon in the garden. Any parent who has done a four-year-old’s laundry knows how much stuff gets collected over the course of a day. Of course to a child, these found objects are all u...
/beyond-books/pjblog/august-2019/make-a-summer-treasure-box
08/08/2019 00:00:00
PJ Library, the charity that sends Jewish books to Jewish children, celebrates its fifth birthday next week. They asked me (and four other food writers) to each help them do so with a special recipe. How better to celebrate than with a cake that can be made in minute...
/beyond-books/pjblog/february-2020/pj-library-birthday-mug-cake
27/02/2020 00:00:00
Hi, my name is Esther and I am the children’s author of the Sophie Says series which is all about making life’s most important lessons fun to learn. I want to help children bypass harmful stereotypes before they set in, by changing the face of children’s literature. My m...
/beyond-books/pjblog/may-2021/sophie-says-its-okay-to-not-be-okay
01/05/2021 09:58:58
Every child knows what it feels like to be hungry. An easy "first mitzvah" to involve kids in is, maakhal revi’im, feeding the hungry. Kids are natural helpers--getting involved with filling community fridges, donating to food banks, or just bringing food to a neighbour ...
/jewish-values/feeding-the-hungry-1
03/10/2022 17:12:21
In Judaism there’s a concept called shalom bayit that translates to “peace in the home.” This concept originally represented a standard to uphold between spouses, but today shalom bayit is more of a reminder about the ways that everyone in the family can contribute to a...
/jewish-values/making-peace-in-the-family-1
04/10/2022 09:56:16
To celebrate PJ Library’s fifth Birthday in the UK, we are highlighting five PJ Library families, who feel PJ Library has played a significant role in the family’s access to Jewish education. Shayna Conn lives in Glasgow and loves that the books help connect her famil...
/beyond-books/pjblog/february-2020/pj-library-family-stories-shayna-conn
02/03/2020 00:00:00
To celebrate PJ Library’s fifth Birthday in the UK, we are highlighting five PJ Library families, who feel PJ Library has played a significant role in the family’s access to Jewish education. Deborah Pencharz and her family live in Brighton. She loves how PJ Library b...
/beyond-books/pjblog/february-2020/pj-library-family-stories-pencharz-family
02/03/2020 00:00:00
As Rosh Hashanah approaches in this strange year, we find ourselves reflecting on the obstacles that families around the world have faced in 2020. Through it all, PJ Library has continued to send Jewish books and resources to children, providing families with a sense of ho...
/beyond-books/pjblog/august-2020/you-can-make-a-difference
01/09/2020 00:00:00
PJ Library parent Eli Vichman has been in touch about growing up in Israel and how, now that he is raising his own daughter in London, PJ Library has become a beloved part of his family’s Jewish identity. “PJ Library lit a spark for our family. Through modern stories, we c...
/beyond-books/pjblog/march-2021/we-cant-do-it-without-you
24/02/2021 07:17:42
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