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Join the fun🤩💫! Chol Hamoed Sukkot at the Jewish Children’s Museum is like no other: exhibits, gameshows, a giant inflatable maze, and so much more!!

Why visit the Jewish Children’s Museum on Chol Hamoed Sukkot (the intermediate days of the holiday of Sukkot): The FUN museum exhibits.☺️ The EXHILARATING game shows.😄 The CREATIVE Esrog wall.😎 The IMMERSIVE escape room*.🤔 The THRILLING inflatable maze.🤗 Book your tickets now at jcm.museum to reserve your spot for Chol Hamoed🤩✨. *Escape Room is a separate fee

Shana Tova🍯🍎! The holiday of Rosh Hashanah (the Jewish New Year) begins this evening✨. Wishing you a sweet new year from the Jewish Children’s Museum 🤍. 🍯🍎Shana Tova! 🍯🍎 🕯Light Holiday candles in NYC🕯 🕯🕯🕯🕯🕯 Friday Night 6:53 P.M. Saturday Night 7:51 P.M.🕯🕯🕯🕯🕯

🚨Staff Confession Alert🚨 We asked the staff to tell us about their maintenance week experience! Let us know in the comments who you think had the most exciting one📱💬.

Have you ever heard of Teiglach? Teiglach are a traditional and yummy Rosh Hashanah dessert! The round dough balls coated in delicious honey syrup are a sweet treat for a sweet year! Instructions: Defrost a bag of Rhodes frozen dough (or make your own dough from scratch). Roll dough into small round balls. Bake in the oven until golden brown. In a large saucepan, add 1 lb. of honey, ½ cup of sugar, 1/4 tsp ground ginger, and 2 tsp orange zest (ginger and orange zest are optional). Slowly bring to a boil, stirring occasionally. Reduce heat and simmer for 10 minutes. Add the Teiglach balls to the honey mixture and stir until the dough balls are well coated. Spoon into paper muffin or cupcake holders and sprinkle with colorful sprinkles. Enjoy the delicious Rosh Hashanah treat!

Our social media manager is out on vacation, and she asked us to post about maintenance week… Wait till she sees what’s happening: upgrades to the rock climbing area, the New Year’s Resolution exhibit, and a brand new Beit Hamikdash (Holy Temple) mural. And a nice, thorough clean, of course!

Here at the Jewish Children’s Museum, it’s maintenance week. This is when all the details, large and small, are checked over. It’s a time to make sure the museum is all in order, and if something is broken, it’s a chance to fix it. Right now we are in the Jewish month of Elul. Elul is like maintenance week but for a whole month! It’s the time to look over everything we did this year and check if any of our actions need fixing. If we do, Elul is the perfect time to correct any mistakes we’ve made and become the truest version of ourselves✨. 🧹🧽🪣Shabbat Shalom🧹🧽🪣 Light Shabbat candles in NYC @ 7:05 pm🕯️🕯️ Parshat Nitzavim-Vayelech

It’s your vote☑️. Who had the most fun this summer? The children? The adults? Or the staff? Drop your vote in the comments!!

The Jewish Children’s Museum will be closed from Sept 3rd through Sept 13th 😢. We can’t wait to see you again when we reopen on Sept 14th 🤩!

In honor of Rosh Hashanah (the Jewish New Year), introducing… our DIY Rosh Hashanah-themed sensory activity! It’s easy to make, and a kids' favorite! Follow along and learn how to create a fun at-home sensory activity using supplies you likely already have! There are many beautiful Rosh Hashanah traditions, including one called Tashlich. Tashlich is a Hebrew word that means “to cast.” Special verses are recited next to a body of water, preferably one that has fish. Doing this symbolically accomplishes the goal of casting our sins into the sea. Then men and boys shake the corners of their Tallit Katan (Tzitzit garment), which represents a tangible way to shake the sins away. Tashlich helps us start the new year with a clean heart, a fresh start, and a big smile. Let us know in the comments how your sensory bin came out. We’d love to hear!

We had so much fun, we're sure you did too!! Kosher Wonderland, we’ll really miss you. We loved to go there every day. To run around, have fun, and play! And even though goodbye we say The memories are here to stay!

Mini mission: The Blood Puzzle🩸. Look closely👀, follow the hints👆, and see if you can crack the code🔣. Think you’ve got what it takes? Check out “Exodus Unlocked” Escape Room & Let us know the answer in the comments! 🔑🗝️🔏🔐Shabbat Shalom🔑🗝️🔏🔐 Light Shabbat candles in NYC @ 7:18 pm🕯️🕯️ Parshat Ki Tavo

Kids' Art Festival🫟 by the numbers#️⃣ After an amazing festival, we sat down and did some counting. Check out these numbers, and let us know which part of The Kids' Art Festival was your favorite!

A family favorite for a reason💫. “We love all the seasonal activities - but Kosher Wonderland most of all!” — Shevy Bukshpan, a Jewish Children’s Museum member family. Kosher Wonderland brings kosher learning to life through hands-on play. They can build their own kosher sandwiches, explore which fish are kosher and which ones aren’t, and sort dairy, meat, and pareve foods. Many colorful activities and experiences children can actually see, touch, and enjoy😄!

Cupcake Alert🚨 Roll up your sleeves and put on your smock, because today we’re making a cupcake art piece🧁 @ the Jewish Children’s Museum! It’s colorful🎨, fun💥, and fluffy💫. See you there🤩.

It doesn’t have to be one or the other! Children can have the time of their lives while also learning important stuff. @ the Kosher Wonderland ball pit, children can have fun and explore the different blessings said over fruits🍊, veggies🥦, and other foods! 🍓🥕🍏Shabbat Shalom🍇🥔🥖 Light Shabbat candles in NYC @ 7:27 pm🕯️🕯️ Parshat Ki Teitzei

Building a kosher meal takes a little thought🍽️🤔. Every food on the menu needs to be kosher✔️, and milk and meat must stay separate. Look through the word search and build your dream kosher meal using the first 3 Kosher foods you find👀. Share your menu in the comments!

It was awesome!! From fan-decorating to mini golf to making a unity chain and everything in between! A big thank you to One Crown Heights for the opportunity to table and be part of a special community gathering. Thank you to all the families who stopped by at the Jewish Children’s Museum’s table! We are lucky to be a part of this amazing community. @OneCrownHeights

You see the magic. But who makes it happen? To our educators, volunteers, and staff: thank you🙏❤️. You work tirelessly behind the scenes, making sure every child who enters has the best experience! And thank you to our supporters and every family who believes in our mission! If someone at the Jewish Children’s Museum has made an impact on your family, tag them below. We'd love to celebrate them together!

“Hi👋 my name is Chaya’le Strassberg, and I’m the marketing director at the Jewish Children’s Museum. The Shofar exhibit is my favorite. I particularly love the Shofar Creator bench, found in the Holiday Village. As a child, I was always fascinated by how things are made, and this exhibit gives children the opportunity to explore that process firsthand. This exhibit gives children the opportunity to touch real tools that were once used to shape and prepare the Shofar (ram’s horn), making it fit for use. It's a fun, hands-on way to see how an ordinary horn is transformed into a special Shofar that's ready to be blown. Today is the first day of the Hebrew month of Elul, when it is customary to begin blowing the Shofar each day, in anticipation of Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year. 🐏📯⛏️🪚🧰 Chodesh Tov & Shabbat Shalom 🐏📯⛏️🪚🧰 Light Shabbat candles in NYC @ 7:37 pm🕯️🕯️ Parshat Shoftim