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.

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 - Ronald McDonald House | Sunday, February 23, 2025| 1:00 PM | San Diego Jewish Academy Add to Cart

Leadership & Blessings (LAB)

Workshop Series: Includes 4 Programs
Wednesday, March 5, 2025 | 6:30-8:00 pm - Hidur Mitzvah | Lawrence Family JCC
Wednesday, March 26, 2025 | 6:30-8:00 pm - L'dor V'dor | Lawrence Family JCC
Wednesday, April 23, 2025 | 6:30-8:00 pm - Hachnasat Orchim | Lawrence Family JCC
Wednesday, May 28, 2025 | 6:30-8:00pm - Ahavat Limud | Lawrence Family JCC

LAB wants to provide you with the resources and confidence to help you on your own unique Jewish journey wherever you may be. NOW is YOUR time to experiment and consciously create ritual for yourself and your family

Price: $200 | $180 JCC Member

Leadership & Blessings (LAB) Add to Cart

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

Spring 1 Session Dates - Wednesdays 6 Weeks | Fridays 5 Weeks
Wednesdays: March 5, 12, 19, 16 & April 2, 9, 2025 | 10:30 am - 11:15 am
Fridays: March 14, 28, & April 4, 11, 18, 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: $162 | JCC Members $150
Friday Price: $135 | JCC Members $125

Shalom Baby Together - You & Me! Ages 16-24 Months - Walkers Add to Cart

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

Spring 1 Session Dates - Wednesdays 6 Weeks | Fridays 5 Weeks
Wednesdays: 5, 12, 19, 16, & April 2, 9, 2025 | 11:30 am - 12:15 am
Fridays: 14, 28, & April 4, 11, 18, 2025 | 11:30 am - 12:15 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: $162 | JCC Members $150
Friday Price: $135| JCC Members $125

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

Taking The Struggle Out Of Power Struggles

Tuesday, March 25, 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: $65/Person | $90/Couple

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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.

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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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