Shalom Baby

About Shalom Baby

Shalom Baby is designed to help San Diego families raising Jewish children celebrate the arrival of their Jewish newborns and welcome them to the San Diego Jewish Community through gift baskets, playgroups, social events, holiday celebrations, and resource guides.

This successful outreach program has expanded to meet new parents' needs by offering: infant massage, Shalom Baby Together – You & Me music and movemement, baby book clubs, sleep solutions classes, and more.

For more information on joining a playgroup or class, or receiving a Shalom Baby gift basket, please contact Shalom Baby Manages, Judy Nemzer, at shalombaby@lfjcc.org or Vivien Dean at shalombabyncounty@lfjcc.org.

Navigating Postpartum Mental Health - Via Zoom

Monday, July 21, 2025 | 10:00 - 10:30 am
Zoom

Feeling foggy, overwhelmed or just not like yourself? You’re not alone, and you don’t have to be. Join Gabi Kass, LPCC, PMH-C, licensed postpartum mental health therapist for a gentle, supportive conversation on postpartum mental health, including common look fors and tools that are backed by science to help you feel more like yourself again. This is for new and veteran parents with babies 0-12 months. Babies are welcome on or off screen for this session. A Zoom link will be sent upon registration.

Price: $18 | Members: $16

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Shalom Baby Together - You & Me! Ages 3-15 Months - Crawlers

Fall Session 1 - Wednesdays 7 Weeks | Friday 7 Weeks
Wednesdays: September 3, 10, 17, and October 1, 8, 22, 29, 2025 | 11:00 AM - 12:15 PM
Fridays: September 5, 12, 19, 26, and October 3, 10, 17, 2025 | 10:30 am - 11:15 am

Join us for a fun-filled, jam-packed, 45 minute class of music and movement with Jennifer Meltzer. We will explore and play with various instruments, sing, move our bodies, and even enjoy some special stories. Fridays (Shabbat Themed).

Wednesday Price: $189 | $175 JCC Members
Friday Price: $189| $175 CC Members $200

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Shalom Baby Together - You & Me 16-24 Months - Walkers

Fall Session 1 - Friday Walkers 7 Weeks
Fridays: September 5, 12, 19, 26, and October 3, 10, 17, 2025 | 10:30 am - 11:15 am

Join us for a fun-filled, jam-packed, 45 minute class of music and movement with Jennifer Meltzer. We will explore and play with various instruments, sing, move our bodies, and even enjoy some special stories. Fridays (Shabbat Themed).

Price: $189 | $175 JCC Members

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Shalom Baby Playgroup Celebrates 10 Year Reunion

From our first meeting in September 2005, our babies have continued to grow up together - learning and developing and preserving the friendships and bonds built a decade ago. Fate and the unparalleled, unique nature of the Shalom Baby mission brought us together. Indeed, we are thrilled to have celebrated our 10-year Shalom Baby reunion this month. Thank you Shalom Baby, for bringing us together. We are eternally grateful for the lifelong connections that we have formed.

Support Shalom Baby

Celebrate Shalom Baby's Chai Year with a Gift!

We are so proud to know that over the last two decades, more than 5,000 San Diego families have been welcomed, connected and embraced through our programs. From baby welcome baskets, playgroups, PJ Library, bar and bat mitzvahs to college tours, we have journeyed alongside you, commemorating milestones in your babies’ lives and those of your family. Please give today and make a difference for generations to come.

Make a contribution online!
To make a contribution over the phone, please contact Ludivine De Anda at (858) 362-1347.

Honor Tribute Cards
Do you have a friend or relative with a passion for Jewish continuity? Are they celebrating a milestone or special event (a birth, bar/bat mitzvah, anniversary or birthday) in their life? You can make a charitable gift in their honor when you donate to Shalom Baby. Provide the name and address of the person you would like to honor and we'll mail them a special card telling them of your gift.
Make your tribute.

Memorial Tribute Cards
Would you like to pay tribute to someone you were close to who has passed on? You can make a charitable gift in their memory when you donate to Shalom Baby. Provide us with the name of the person your gift is in memory of, as well as the name and address of the person that will receive the memorial card, and we'll let them know of your generous contribution.
Make your tribute.

Other Ways You Can Support Shalom Baby
If you would like to make a donation to Baby Book Club or Shalom Baby, contact Shalom Baby Coordinator Judy Nemzer at shalombaby@lfjcc.org

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