Shalom Baby

Welcoming New Babies & Families to San Diego's Jewish Community


About Us | PJ Library & PJ Our WayViterbi Baby Book Club | Visits to Seacrest Village
Shalom Family | Sleep Workshop | Infant Massage | Redirecting Children's Behavior

 

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.


Tot N Company


Fall II Session Dates - Wednesdays 7 Weeks
Wednesdays: November 6 - December 18, 2024| 9:00 am - 11:00 am

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: $252 | JCC Members $224


Shalom Baby Postpartum Wellness Group December 2024 - January 2025


Thursdays (7-Week Session) | December 5, 12, & 19, 2024, January 2, 16, 23, & 30, 2025 | 10:00 - 11:15 am
Art Gallery

Postpartum Wellness series for our Shalom Baby/PJ Library parents with children ages 0-6 months at the JCC, facilitated by Gabi Kass, M.S., LPCC, PMH-C Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor. br>
Price: $280 | Members: $252

Shalom Baby Postpartum Wellness Group December 2024 - January 2025 Add to Cart


Shalom Baby/PJ Library Hanukkah Celebration


Sunday, December 22, 2024 | 10:30 AM
Rehearsal Room

You, your child(ren), and grandparents are invited to a Hanukkah Celebration. Please join us for songs, stories, and art in the JCC Sukkah. Our amazing Jennifer Meltzer will lead the program. We hope to celebrate with you for a fun-filled morning.

Price: $14|$12 JCC Members

Shalom Baby/PJ Library Hanukkah Celebration Add to Cart


Shalom Baby Parent & Me Yoga


Lawrence Family JCC
Sundays, January 5, 12, 19, 26, 2025 | 10:00-10:45 AM
Dance Studio

Introducing a new Parent & Me Yoga class for our Shalom Baby/PJ Library families at the JCC, facilitated by Sylvia Roth Co-Author of Bal Yoga, Trainer, and Teacher. For parent and child(ren) ages 2 through 5.

Price: $80 | $72 Member (Parent and Child) | 4 Week Session
Additional Child: $20 | Member $16 Member

Shalom Baby Parent & Me Yoga (Parent & 1 Child) Add to Cart

Shalom Baby Parent & Me Yoga: Additional Child Add to Cart


Shalom Baby: Expectant Parents - Your Family, Your Way: A Personalized Parenting Plan


Lawrence Family JCC
Thursdays, January 9, 16, 23, 30, and February 6. 2025 | 7:00 - 8:30 PM | 5 Week Session
Art Gallery

Join Laura Lorber and Joey Brighton Reynolds for an informative workshop designed to equip couples like you with the tools and knowledge to navigate the challenges and joys of raising a child. As mediators and former preschool teachers, we’ve seen too many families struggle through the first years of parenthood. Join us for group discussions, practical exercises, and personalized guidance.

Price: $300/Couple | $280/Couple Members

Shalom Baby: Expectant Parents - Your Family, Your Way: A Personalized Parenting Plan Add to Cart


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

Little Mensches - Challenged Athletes Foundation | Sunday, January 12, 2025| 1:00 PM | JCC - Jerri-Ann and Gary Jacobs Family Harmony Village | Gleiberman Family Playground and the Sharon and David Wax Family Pavilion Add to Cart


Taking The Struggle Out Of Power Struggles


Tuesday, January 14, 2025 | 6:30 - 8:30 PM
Library

Join parent coach, Debbie Zeichner, LCSW, to learn positive discipline and conscious parenting tips and tools, for getting more cooperation, better “listening" and ending the power struggles within your family.

Price: $35/Person | $50/Couple

Taking The Struggle Out Of Power Struggles Add to Cart


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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