The Program Guides below provide ways to use Family Room experiences for intergenerational programs in synagogues, JCC’s, organizations, and education settings.
Each guide includes goals, materials, a learning sequence with timing, a facilitator script, links to resources on the JGN website, and a full intergenerational family program.
In this 90-minute class, using a combination of conversation, text study, and reflective writing, participants consider what grandparent name best reflects who they are, especially as they enter this new stage of life and their role in their family changes. For adults
An Educational Program Guide by Rabbi Miriam Cotzin Burg
In this three-session course, grandparents explore what it means to be a leader in their own families and ways to enrich and strengthen their relationships with their children and grandchildren. For adults
An Educational Program Guide by Margie Bogdanow
At our seder tables, family members and friends may be multigenerational, multicultural, and multiracial. In this guide, you will find ways to create a warm and memorable Passover, led with a spirit of innovation and inclusion, melding your memories of past seders with your hopes for the future. For families with children of all ages
An Educational Program Guide by Rabbi April Davis, developed in partnership with 18Doors
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Bring teens, parents, and grandparents together to create the teen’s B-Mitzvah tallit and deepen Jewish experience and family bonds. For families with 6th and 7th grade children
An Educational Program Guide by Sarah Gluck with Debra Siroka
See the Tallit Project for background to this guide
18 text-based activities — plus a leader’s guide — prompt B-Mitzvah teens and their families to relate thought-provoking texts from the Jewish tradition to their own lives.
An Educational Program Guide by DOROT and Diane Zimmerman
See all B-Mitzvah Resources
Use this template and road map to adapt experiences in the Family Room for programs in educational settings. For families with children of all ages
An Educational Program Guide by Lisa Friedman
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Explore mindfulness practices and learn the value of k’vod atzmi — self-respect and kindness to ourselves. For families with children ages 7–12
An Educational Program Guide by Lisa Friedman
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Share stories with one another and with the community through a creative art experience. For families with children of all ages
An Educational Program Guide by Lisa Friedman
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Make seed balls and plant wild flowers while learning about being shomrei adamah — caring for the earth. For families with children of all ages
An Educational Program Guide by Lisa Friedman
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Bring the story of Purim to life by creating and using puppet characters. For families with children ages 5–9
An Educational Program Guide by Dr. Penny Joel
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Experience deeper and more meaningful family conversations and cultivate stronger emotional family connections. For families with teens ages 12–15
An Educational Program Guide by Rabbi Mark H. Levine
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Tell family stories inspired by a personally meaningful and treasured object found in the closet. For families with children ages 10–13
An Educational Program Guide by Diane Zimmerman
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Use photographs to tell stories in this 3-session course ending with an intergenerational program. For families with children ages 10–14
An Educational Program Guide by Lisa Friedman
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