Shalom Baby joyfully marks the beginning of your family s Jewish journey in San Diego with welcome gifts, festive gatherings, and connections that last a lifetime. Our story is filled with joy, togetherness, and love for every new arrival! Help us continue this tradition for the next 25 Years! 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.
Make a Contribution
To make a contribution over the phone, please contact Ludivine De Anda at (858) 362-1347. Please give today and make a difference for generations to come.
For more information on joining a playgroup or class, or receiving a Shalom Baby gift basket, please contact Shalom Baby Manager, Judy Nemzer, at shalombaby@lfjcc.org or Vivien Dean at shalombabyncounty@lfjcc.org.
Welcoming New Babies & Families to San Diego's Jewish Community
About Us | PJ Library & PJ Our Way | Viterbi Baby Book Club | Visits to Seacrest Village
Shalom Family | Sleep Workshop | Infant Massage | Redirecting Children's Behavior
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Little Mensches - Making the World Better - One Mitzvah at a Time
Once a month on Sundays at 1:00 PM
Little Mensches provides fun, engaging, and enriching opportunities for children between the ages of 4 and 8 to give back to their community.
Price: $18* per family | $16 Members per family
*An additional $7.00 security fee will be applied when held at the JCC.
Little Mensches - Ronald McDonald House Charities Event | Sunday, February 22, 2026 | 1:00 PM | San Diego Hebrew Day School
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Shalom Baby Purim Celebration
Sunday, March 1, 2026| 3:00 PM
Lawrence Family JCC
We invite you, your child(ren), and grandparents for a special Purim Celebration with Shalom Baby/PJ Library at the JCC - inside at the Nierman Preschool Playground. Come dressed in costume and join us for a joyful time filled with music and songs led by the amazing Jennifer Meltzer, PJ library storytime, and fun activities.
Price: $20 | $15 JCC Members | Per Family
Shalom Baby Purim Celebration
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Shalom Baby Together - You & Me! Ages Newborn - 12 Months - Itsy Bitsy
Spring I Session 2026 - Itsy Bitsy | Wednesdays 7 Weeks | Friday 5 Weeks
Wednesdays: March 4, 11, 18, 25, April 1, 15, & 22, 2026 | 11:30 am - 12:15 pm
Fridays: March 6, 20, 27, April 17, & 24, 2026 | 11:30 am - 12:15 pm
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: $196 | $175 JCC Members
Friday Price: $140| $125 JCC Members
Shalom Baby Together - You & Me! Ages Newborn - 12 Months - Itsy Bitsy
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Shalom Baby Together - You & Me 13-24 Months - Boogie Woogie
Spring I Session 2026 - Friday Boogie Woogie | 5 Weeks
March 6, 20, 27, April 17, & 24, 2026 | 10:30 - 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: $140 | $125 JCC Members
Shalom Baby Together - You & Me 13-24 Months - Boogie Woogie
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Infant Massage March 2026
Mondays (4-Week Session) | March 9, 16,23, & 30, 2026 | 10:00 - 11:00 am
Shalom Baby Room
Promoting Communication, Routines, Bonds & Restful Sleep. This class covers everything you need to know to harness the full potential of your loving touch, unlock your parenting potential and bring the myriad of benefits to you and your baby. Class facilitated by Jennifer Meltzer, CEIM. This class is for babies ages 3 weeks to 6 months.
Price: $123| Members: $108
Infant Massage March 2026
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Tot N Company Spring Session 2026 - 14 months - 3 years
Spring Session - Wednesdays 10 Weeks
Wednesdays: March 18, 25, April 1, 15, 22, 29, May 6, 13, 20, & 27, 2026
We will gather in our classroom for a quick morning circle, then off to play, explore and get messy! Enjoy gym with our PE Specialist Coach Dru, and finish off our day outside in the smaller preschool playground. Every class will incorporate music and movement, the Jewish holidays will be celebrated, and each day ends with bubbles and stamps.
Wednesdays Price: $400 | $320 JCC Members
Tot N Company Spring Session 2026 - 14 months - 3 years
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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.
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.
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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.
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Other Ways You Can Support Shalom Baby
If you would like to make a donation to Shalom Baby, contact Shalom Baby Manager Judy Nemzer at shalombaby@lfjcc.org
