Guide Letter: P
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* Listings with an asterisk are part of the JUF/JF partnership of agencies serving the Chicago and worldwide Jewish community.
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People with Disabilities and Their Families
• Community-based group living • Support and assistance for independent living • Home-based waiver for children and adults with intellectual/developmental disabilities • Specialized recreational camp for children and teens atCamp Firefly • Job training and customized employment opportunities
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Pushing the Envelope Farm
A community farm and education center in Chicagoland's Fox Valley serving the greater metropolitan Chicago area. The farm explores Jewish connection to the land, provides hands-on educational experiences, and offers the opportunity to experience sustainable agriculture firsthand. The farm provides a wide variety of custom programs, such as educational programs and workshops for people of all ages and groups such as schools, synagogues, churches, home school and scout groups either on the farm or off the farm.The 14-acre site hosts organic farm that grows anything from small plots to multiple acres of land.
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PDC2
Eight-week camp for grades three to eight featuring daily learning, athletics, swimming, weekly trips, arts & crafts, entertainers and skill development.
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Pirchei Day Camp
Eight-week camp for grades nursery through two featuring daily learning, athletics, swimming, weekly trips, arts & crafts, entertainers and skill development.
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Puzzle Israel
Israeli tourism company that invites tourists and visitors from around the world to get to know Israel. Puzzle's main goal is to give its travelers an Israeli experience "with a twist," a memorable adventure built around the needs and desires of the traveler. The company focuses on unique and personalized journeys in Israel that do not resemble your standard tour, whether it's the client's first or tenth time visiting Israel. It is Puzzle's belief and experience that exposure to different layers of Israeli society and culture, visits to regions less traveled, and interactive activities will make the journey that much better and more special.
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Premier Catering
Full-service kosher, formal catering services to the Chicagoland area. Weddings, rehearsal dinners, corporate dinners, large family dinners, bar/bat mitzvahs or other special events. Caters at the location of your choice or at their new facility, capable of holding up to 100 people. Glatt kosher, cRc-certified. Vegetarian available.
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Philip and Rebecca Esformes Cheder Lubavitch Girls School
State-accreditedDay Schoolfor girls, grades one to eight, and co-ed preschool, run in the Lubavitch tradition.
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Pearl of Israel
Hedva Yitzhak, founding director of Pearl of Israel Home Daycare, is a driven, energetic, educational leader in Jewish studies with an expertise in teaching modern Hebrew. With a passion for the development of young children’s Jewish identity both academically and culturally, Hedva is motivated with a vision to instill the passion for continued Jewish growth and learning. Open to children ages 6 weeks to 5 years old, POI is a Hebrew spoken program that believes that children need to feel unconditional love and acceptance from the adults who take care of them. Secular and Jewish education with warmth, love, professionalism, and competence. Inspiring children to lifelong learning!
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PJ Library Chicago
PJ Library sends high-quality, age appropriate Jewish books to families each month with absolutely no strings attached. We hope you incorporate these timeless stories of Jewish traditions, values and heritage into your family's life - and we are here to help! Beyond the books, PJ Library in Chicago offers holiday events, family meet-ups, opportunities for volunteering and many more ways to connect with the values in the stories and the people in our community.
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Partners in Healthcare
Home care agency that provides non-medical home care services to North Shore residents. Services range from bath visits for one hour to caring for hospice, dementia, and post hospital clients 24 hours per day.