PJ Library Chicago

08/26/2026

👀Looking for a place to celebrate the High Holidays with your family? Not quite sure where to go?
🍎JUF Young Families has compiled a Young Family Holiday Resource Guide, to help you find a family friendly service, just right for your family.
🐝Check it out here! Shanah tova!

Are you looking for a place to celebrate the High Holidays with your family? Below are congregations and organizations offering High Holy Day Services for Rosh Hashanah (September 11–13) and Yom Kippur...

08/11/2026

😎Summer isn’t over yet!
Join JUF Young Families and PJ Library Chicago on Labor Day Weekend (Sept 4-6) for summers last hurrah at URJ OSRUI in Oconomowoc, WI.

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Think swimming, ropes course, meals cooked for you, activities planned for you, and scheduled childcare and adult schmoozing. It’s the perfect way to end your summer.

Register here: https://www.juf.org/event/pj-library-family-camp-at-osrui-september-4-6-2026/

06/09/2026

It’s always a great day to share Jewish values at the Buffalo Grove Pride Parade!

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✊KAVOD / כבוד / RESPECT

☮️SHALOM BAYIT / שלום בית / PEACE IN THE HOME

👯B’TZELEM ELOHIM / בצלם אלוהים / IN GOD’S IMAGE

💟V’AHAVTA L’REIACHA KAMOCHA / ואהבת לרעך כמוך / LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF

05/15/2026

🍨🍨🍨 Did someone say ice cream?! AND pizza?! Talk about a celebration dairy dinner with your closest friends. Register here:
https://www.juf.org/event/jbaby-pj-library-sunday-sundaes-for-shavuot-city/

05/12/2026

Join JUF Young Families on Sunday, May 17 at 4 PM at the Chicago History Museum 🏛️ for a hands‑on afternoon full of fun! Kids will meet actors portraying famous Jewish Americans 🥼⚾✍️🎓, explore the museum 🔍, enjoy interactive activities 🎨🧠, and snack on classic Jewish American food favorites 🥯🍪. Come celebrate Jewish pride 💙, American stories 📖, and family fun 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 — explore, play, and make history together! 🎊 See you there!

https://www.juf.org/event/juf-young-families-celebrates-jewish-american-heritage-month/

04/21/2026

Looking for a way to involve your children in community action? Check out TOV Volunteer Network (JUF)'s Nourish Our Neighborhoods with School Supply Kits!

Spring into giving! Nourish Our Neighborhoods is back on Sunday, May 3. Donate school supply kits and make a real impact. It's as easy as 1 -2 -3 👇📚✏️📝📓📒 ✂️🎒

Register: www.juf.org/nourish

03/03/2026

🎉Chag Purim Sameach!🎭
Sending joy to all the caregivers juggling costumes, crafts, candy, and kids who insist on being 🦸superheroes and 🦄unicorns at the same time. You’ve got this!💪

To learn more about Purim, and for activities and ideas, visit pjlibrary.org/purim

02/19/2026

🥳 Purim is almost here… which can only mean one thing… Passover is right behind it! 🍷

Get your little one’s classroom ready for the season with a FREE JUF Young Families Passover Show & Tell Kit — packed with kid-friendly activities and everything else you need to share the traditions of Passover in a meaningful (and adorable!) way.

✨ Did we mention it’s FREE? Sign up today! 👇
https://bit.ly/PassoverShowandTell2026

01/27/2026

✨Get ready to kick off a Shavua Tov (good week) with a burst of energy, music, and joy!

📚PJ Library and Bernard Zell Anshe Emet Day School are teaming up for some 💃dancing, 🪇shaking, and 🎶singing to welcome the new week together—it’s the perfect way to spend a Sunday morning with your community!

📆Sunday, February 8th
🕛10 - 11:30AM
📍Bernard Zell Anshe Emet Day School, Lakeview
💻Register here! https://bit.ly/ShakeitUpShavuaTov

01/15/2026

🥯Eat a bagel today, it's a mitzvah!