I have exciting news to share. Do I send out a press release, call everyone I know, post a billboard on Military Trail? Maybe. But, my first thought was to write a BLOG. Why blogging? Because it is not something I do very often. Maybe it will get more attention. I email all day long, post things on Facebook a few times a week, but blogging is something I save for when I have something important to say. This got me to thinking (I'll get to my big news later): "How do we share news?"I have seen baby announcements (with hospital photos) on Facebook. I have been invited to graduations and Bat Mitzvahs in an email. I guess they all make sense. Certainly, lots of people get the message, really quick. But it sometimes, I wonder if everyone needs to get "our news" and if our BIG news will be jumbled into everyone's daily "news". When clicking a "to" box instead of addressing an envelope, do we end up "over sharing"? And, what do we want in return? Will friends send you a baby gift from a hospital room tweet? Do we expect someone to mail a check or gift back from an E-vite?
We all have lots of news to share, all the time. Not that I haven't sent an E-vite or posted events on Facebook, but as I sit here today with BIG news, I 'm not quite sure how to share it or where to start. In the end, I suppose I will do it all: the press release, the Facebook, the blog, and the viral emails. I guess nowadays you have to do it all. But, I wonder, how many more people will really get it?
For what it's worth, here's the scoop:
We here at the Friedman Commission for Jewish Education have been chosen to pilot The PJ Library program, PJ Goes to School. This new program (we are the FIRST to have it!) will provide professional development training for our Jewish preschool teachers in both Judaic content and literature based curriculum skills. Using the PJ Library materials, including the books (the SAME ones our PJ families get at home), these teachers will integrate PJ lessons, values, and rituals into the rhythm of daily life. So, if you have a 3 or 4 year old in a participating PJ Goes to School classroom, look for some familiar stories and lessons in your classroom environment and to be shared with YOU, the parent for your homelife as well. We are so blessed to be able to enhance and enrich our already stellar Early Childhood Centers with this program. So, go ahead, forward this to friend, copy it to a neighbor or just tell everyone you know: "We have BIG news!"
