PJ Library Southern Maine

Shavuot, the Jewish festival of “weeks” is celebrated seven weeks after Passover. This holiday combines two major religious observances; the grain harvest of the early summer and the giving of the Torah on Mount Sinai seven weeks after the exodus from Egypt. 🌾📜

This year, Shavuot will begin the evening of Saturday, June 4th and end the evening on Monday, June 6th. We hope you enjoy our "Holiday Hub" filled with Shavuot activities to help your family celebrate!

Shavuot Holiday Hub - Jewish Community Alliance of Southern Maine Enjoy our Shavuot Hub, filled with Craft Ideas, Recipes, Music, Cooking Videos, and more to help your family celebrate together or apart.

Very excited to once again share our Passover Holiday Hub; a collection of Craft Ideas, Recipes, Music Videos, Podcasts, Cooking Videos, and more to help your family celebrate together or apart. 🌊🙌🌊

Passover Hub - Jewish Community Alliance of Southern Maine Passover Hub Craft Ideas, Recipes, Music Videos, Podcasts, Cooking Videos, and more to help your family celebrate together or apart. Passover (‘Pesach’ in Hebrew) comes in the springtime and is among the most celebrated of Jewish holidays. This year, Passover begins at sundown on April 15 and en...

Woohoo! Two new songs from The Macaroons 🍕🌮

SURPRISE! We have TWO brand new songs available today EXCLUSIVELY on Bandcamp! Kids will love these two new songs even more than the foods they're about. Passover is only two weeks away, so download "Matzah Pizza" and "Matzah Nachos" today!

LINK: https://themacaroons.bandcamp.com/album/matzah-pizza-vs-matzah-nachos

It's almost Purim! Check out the JCA's 2022 Purim Holiday Hub with specially curated craft ideas, recipes, music, cooking clips, and more to help your family celebrate together or apart. 🎭👸🏽🎉

Purim Holiday Hub - Jewish Community Alliance of Southern Maine Whatever your favorite Purim traditions are and however your celebrations may look this year, we wish your family much joy this Purim.

Happy (almost) Purim! 🎭👸🏽🎉 With many Purim parties happening in-person again this year, we hope you are excited to get dressed up, grogg our groggers, and nosh some hamantaschen! Here are 10 great ways to safely celebrate Purim with your community here in Maine.

Southern Maine Purim Parties 2022 - Jewish Community Alliance of Southern Maine Happy Purim! Here are 10 great ways to safely celebrate Purim with your community here in Southern Maine this 2022/5782.

Almost two weeks later and we're still kvelling over our super fun Musical Family Havdalah with Eliana Light!

Here are some of the photos sent in by families with the kiddush cups they decorated as part of the program. 🍷🧃 Special thanks to Lea Steirman for helping to organize the event :)

The JCA seeks a skilled and passionate professional to run our PJ Library program, which provides age-appropriate, relevant, and fun Jewish programming for kids, as well as sending free Jewish-themed books monthly to enrolled families. 📘🧒

Click below for more information and to apply!

PJ Library Coordinator - Jewish Community Alliance of Southern Maine The JCA seeks a skilled and passionate professional to run our PJ Library program, which provides fun Jewish programming for kids.

Join us this Saturday for our Musical Family Havdalah – A virtual event with Eliana Light! 🎵🕯

Sign up today and receive a free Havdalah Gift Bag!
https://www.mainejewish.org/kids-family/jfamily-events/

Our Musical Family Havdalah with Eliana Light is one week away! 🎵🕯️

Gather your family for this special interactive virtual program Sat. Jan 29th. Sign up today and receive a free Havdalah Gift Bag!

https://mainejewish.app.neoncrm.com/np/clients/mainejewish/eventRegistration.jsp?event=77453&