Family Engagement Network
USCJ's Family Engagement Network is a cohort of Jewish professionals and lay leaders who are dedicated to engaging young families in Jewish life. Through webinars, symposia, and online communications, participants join together to share best practices and learn from experts in the field of family engagement.
Each cohort runs for one year. Over the course of the program year, each participating congregation will learn how to:
Create a vision for effective family engagement
Build the leadership and volunteer structures necessary to implement this vision
Foster a culture that prioritizes family engagement
Create a plan for meaningful programming that involves families in Jewish life and community
Set goals for family engagement initiatives
Identify and engage unaffiliated families
Plan effective marketing and social media strategies
Build community within the congregation’s young-family population
The Family Engagement Network offered me an opportunity to brainstorm new ways to engage young families and flesh out programs that would appeal to them. Knowing other congregations were grappling with the same challenges gave me the support I needed.
PJ Library
USCJ is proud to partner with PJ Library to help our kehillot create effective family programs, build community among families, and offer unaffiliated families an entry point into Jewish life. Our partnership with PJ Library is made possible by generous grants from:
- The Harold Grinspoon Foundation and the National PJ Alliance Partners
- Howard and Diane Wohl
- Mark Ramer
- David Tarica
- The Josephine Jessar Tulin Foundation
Encourage your congregants to enroll in PJ Library to receive the gift of free books.
Resources
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Planting Seeds of Change: Tu Bishvat and Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
January 8, 2019 2 Shevat, 5779
Family Engagement Specialist Rabbi Cara Weinstein Rosenthal provides programming ideas for synagogues and Hebrew schools to observe Tu Bishvat and MLK Jr. Day.
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I Dreamed My Whole Life When I Was in Your Tummy
June 20, 2017 26 Sivan, 5777Rabbi Cara Weinstein Rosenthal explores the idea of revelation between parents and their children.
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3 Ways to Raise Compassionate Mensches in the Age of Trump
February 21, 2017 25 Shevat, 5777Family Engagement Specialist Rabbi Cara Weinstein Rosenthal teaches how parents can raise compassionate children through Jewish concepts.
