“My son and I have been enjoying each book tremendously and each month, we look ahead joyfully for the next book title.”
Our Parent Connectors are members of our community and would love to meet you. They are experienced parents who have kids the same age as yours. They are here to listen and share stories and connect you to other families in your neighborhood or suburb and other opportunities in the Jewish community.
Email one of our Parent Connectors and take them up on their offer to meet for a play date or go out for coffee. Or email the JUF Young Families team at youngfamilies@juf.org and we’ll be happy to connect you.
My name is Leah Frydman and I am so thrilled to join the PJ Connector Team! I live in Bucktown, Chicago with my husband, Josh, dog, Jeri, and son Myles ...
Alice Mintz and her husband Thomas, lifelong Chicagoans, blend the heritage of their family with the vibrancy of the city's Hyde Park/Woodlawn community...
Aaron is a queer, Jewish, single parent and loves incorporating all these identities in every way possible.
Nicole Beckmann Tessel lives in her hometown of Downers Grove with her husband and two daughters ...
Jeanette grew up in Vernon Hills and now lives in Dundee with her husband, Chris...
Anna grew up in Russia and moved to the Northshore suburbs when she was 10-years-old.
Lauren grew up in Oakwood, Ohio and moved to the Chicago suburbs in 2016. She lives in Buffalo Grove with her husband, Adam, and daughters, Leah and Becca.
After moving all over the country as child, Talia has called the Chicago land area home since graduating from Indiana University in 2007.
Leah grew up on the north side of Chicago (Lincoln Square) and now lives with her husband, Scott...
Kimberly and her husband Alan live with in Deerfield with their 4-year-old daughter Maya and baby Ziva.
“My son and I have been enjoying each book tremendously and each month, we look ahead joyfully for the next book title.”
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