The Miracles: A Chol Hamoed spectacular!

Fox 5 news: Matzah For The Troops

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Project iMatzah in full swing!

Visitors to the Jewish Children's Museum give their passover greetings to U.S. Army Sgts. Paul Davis of New York and Lewis Salboa of the Dominican Republic. At the end of the event, Salboa said that they "were very happy to partner with the Aleph Institute in this wonderful program."
Zohar Schulman writes a note to her father, who is on active duty in Baghdad.

More than 500 children learned how to bake matzah Wednesday during Operation: Message in a Matzah at the Jewish Children’s Museum in Brooklyn, N.Y. Part of the museum’s annual matzah workshop, the joint program with the Bal Harbour, Fla.-based Aleph Institute sent a package of specially-baked Passover matzah to Jewish soldiers stationed abroad for every matzah the children baked themselves. The museum visitors also filled out cards to bring smiles to American military personnel.

The Hon. Rudolph W. Giuliani at the Jewish Children's Museum

Attorney General of the US -- By the Dinner at the Jewish Children's Museum

A Mother's Pain Translated Into Hope

Torah Unwrapped!

304,805: Letters in a Torah scroll.
3,320: Years since the first Torah was handwritten on raw parchment.
1: Chance to try it yourself.

Children explore every element of the Torah-making experience during this spellbinding event. Uncover the history of hundred-year-old scrolls, see and handle unfinished hides for parchment, mix ink, fashion goose-feather quills and try your own scribal-scribble!

Workshop includes Torahs, Tefillin and Mezuzot of different traditions that survived persecution through the ages.

Bring Cheer to Children in Hospitals with the Jewish Chidlren's Museum

The Jewish Children's Museum Introduces....

A World of Light!

December 24th through January 1st

[Extended Hours: The JCM is open from 10 am to 5 pm during this Winter Recess]

Take part in a wonderland of good-will by playing in the World-of-Good Game Show, decorating do-good images with bright jewels and making get-well cards to be delivered to children's hospitals. Every participant will be entered into a raffle to win a Nintendo Wii!

Special Event:
December 26th 12:30-1:30 PM
A Nurse from Downstate SUNY Medical Center will be accepting cards and speaking of the positive impact get-well wishes have on hospital patients.

Author and Lecturer Shmuley Boteach Visits the JCM with Family

Rabbi Shmuley Boteach takes his turn reporting the miracle of
Chanukah in the Jewish Children's Museum Press Room

Rabby Shmuley Boteach scans products in the JCM Kid's Supermarket

Author and Lecturer Rabbi Shmuley Boteach toured the Museum, bringing seven of his children along for a three hour journey through the exhibits.

At the end of the tour, while the Boteach children played near the humongous Dreidel in the Museum entry plaza, Shmuley told Executive Director Yerachmiel Benjaminson, "This Museum sets a new standard in excellence. It's phenomenal."

Rabbi Boteach's latest book, The Broken American Male, And How to Fix Him will be published next month. He has just launched a Jewish values-based initiative called "This World."

More Chanukah HighLIGHTS at the JCM!

Photo-Op with Judah the Maccabee!



Donut Decorating!

Chanukah Jewelites!

"Count the Dreidels" Contest!

Chanukah Computer Interaction!

The JCM Celebrates Chanukah with Macy's!

Hundreds of visitors and Macy's shoppers were treated to a special Chanukah Wonderland on the 34th Street Macy's kids floor on Sunday. Children took part in an olive-press workshop led by Judah the Maccabee, who cracked jokes and gave a riveting account of the Chanukah story. The Menorah was lit using the freshly squeezed oil. Children made Chanukah "Jewelites," decorating Chanukah images with bright Jewels. All children took home Dreidels and chocolate coins!

Pictures from the JCM Dreidel Tournament

Watching the Dreidel spin...

...on what will it land?!

An excited semi-finalist

The tournament crowns a champ!

A winner takes home a video camera!

Macy's ads in NY Times, Daily News, Newsday, NY Post and Jewish Week

It's a White Chanukah!

JCM BRINGS "CHANUKAH WONDERLAND" TO FRENCH CONSULATE

Ambassador of France to America made a special appearance to light the Menorah.
The Chanukah celebration was hosted by Consul General of France Mr. François Delattre.

Rabbi M. Cohen of Chabad speaks to the crowd at his Chanukah Party at the French Consulate

Judah the Maccabee shows children freshly squeezed olive oil during an
olive-oil-pressing workshop at the French Consulate

Judah helps a child light the Menorah, part of the first night
of Chanukah's celebration at the French Consulate

JTA Publishes Article on JCM

Children's museum receives $10,000 grant

Published: 12/04/2007

The Jewish Children’s Museum in New York received a $10,000 grant for afterschool education.The Nissan Foundation, the philanthropic arm of the Japanese automotive company, awarded the grant to the Brooklyn-based museum in recognition of its multicultural educational program.The money will support “Creative Kids,” an afterschool program that exposes children of all backgrounds to Jewish culture and traditions. Last year, 500 children aged 9 to 15 enjoyed arts and crafts, dance, nutrition, computers and homework tutoring through the program. Established in 1992, the Nissan Foundation provides grants to approximately 10 organizations each year, with a preference for educational programs that foster awareness among cultures.

JCM TO CELEBRATE CHANUKAH WITH FRENCH CONSULATE

The Jewish Children's Museum will be celebrating the first night of Chanukah tonight at a Menorah lighting and dinner reception at the French Consulate. The Jewish Children's Museum will be bringing their Chanukah Wonderland to the Chanukah celebration, which is being hosted by Consul General of France Mr. François Delattre.

Pictures from the JCM "Chanukah Wonderland" at Macy's

A young girl smiles for the camera while decorating a Chanukah “Jewelite” during a
“Chanukah Wonderland” at Macy’s in Manhasset on December 2nd.

This season, the Jewish Children’s Museum in Brooklyn, NY, is collaborating with Macy’s to bring its “Chanukah Wonderland” to the kids floor. Kids joined Judah the Maccabee for a hands-on olive oil workshop and Menorah lighting ceremony. Kids also decorated Chanukah images with bright jewels and all received Chanukah gifts.

Judah the Maccabee shows some freshly squeezed olive-oil during an olive-oil workshop

Children work intensely at decorating Chanukah “Jewelites”

The JCM “Chanukah Wonderland”
will be at
Macy’s on 34th Street
Sunday December 9th at 1pm.

Museum Announces Chanukah Dreidel Tournament!

Thursday December 6^th @ 1:30 pm

Sunday December 9^th @ 1:30 pm

The Jewish Children's Museum announced today that its entire second floor will become grounds for a competitive Dreidel Tournament. Four playoff brackets will feature competitors face to face, taking turns at spinning to score. Depending on how the Dreidel lands (see rules below), teammates will either advance or be ousted from the tournament. After each suspenseful countdown, team points will be tracked using tournament coins. After each team crowns a finalist, the two competitors will don gold ribbons and duel in a final round off. The playoff will produce a Dreidel champion, who, along with scoring prizes for the entire team, will win a video camera.

TOURNAMENT RULES:

• Every player starts with 10 coins. There will be 10 coins in the pot at the center of the table.
• The youngest child at the table will start the game. The arrows on the table indicate the direction of play.
• Each player spins a Dreidel at his/her turn.
• When a player gets a “ג” (“Gimmel”) → he/she takes all the coins in the pot except for one, and all the other players put one of their coins into the pot.
• When a player gets a “ה” (“Hei”) → he/she takes half the pot. (If the pot contains an odd number of coins, the player takes the smaller half).
• When a player gets a “נ” (“Nun”) → he/she does not take any coins from the pot or put any coins in the pot.
• When a player gets a “ש” (“Shin”) → he/she must put two of his/her coins into the pot.