Kitchen Playground / מפגשים למישפחות
Bedtime getting in the way of your Shabbat? Kitchen Playground is a group of parents with kids five and under, coming together to build community and grow Jewishly. Feel free to come before services, hang out with other Kitchen parents and families, and get some shabbat in before your kids turn into pumpkins. Don’t forget to bring food for your early diners. Together we'll support, eat, and maybe tap into some Jew-ified parental wisdom that goes way beyond the healing powers of good matzah ball soup. Also? We have a lot of great programming coming your way this spring. Check it all out:
Upcoming Events
Shabbat play + learning for families with 4 + 5 year olds
Playground TK
Anti-Racism Resources
Over the last year and a half, we've begun a national reckoning around race, racism, privilege, and white supremacy. Whether talking about these topics is already a part of your home life or you don't even know where to begin, here are some Kitchen-Playground-approved resources to help:
Grown-Up Articles
for post-bedtime reading
Against Analogy - powerful essay in Jewish Currents magazine
America, This is Your Chance (Op-Ed by Michelle Alexander)
Believe Us: Black Jews Respond to George Floyd Protests in Their Own Words
Jews of Color, Covid-19, Civil Unrest — An Argument for Inclusion
Resources for Your Littles
to help you have the conversations
100 Race Conscious Things to Say to your Child to Advance Racial Justice
Talking Race With Young Children (Life Kit podcast)
These Books Can Help You Explain Racism and Protest to Your Kids (NY Times)
If you've been using others you'd like to share or you want to talk about how to talk about your kids, be in touch with Joel