Welcoming Your Baby
As you prepare to welcome a new member of your family, here are some resources that we hope you will find helpful. If you have a resource to recommend, please let us know. MazelTot discounts can be used for all of the program and ritual offerings listed below.
Apples & Honey
This publication includes helpful information about celebrating life Jewishly with young children. These two issues are especially relevant for parents-to-be and parents of new babies:
- Prenatal Issue Including: Birth Rituals, The Great Mitzvah of Birth, How Do We Choose a Name?, Interfaith Parents Forum, Books for Expectant Parents, and more...
- Newborn to Three Months Including: Creating a Jewish Home for Your New Baby, How to Celebrate Shabbat, Post-partum Exercise for Moms and Baby, Finding Good Childcare, and more...
Apples & Honey is a publication of the Robert E. Loup Jewish Community Center. Printed issues can be ordered here.
Programs for Parents-to-be
- Jewish Baby University at the Boulder Jewish Community Center
- Jewish Baby University at the Robert E. Loup Jewish Community Center in Denver
Welcoming Rituals
Many Jewish organizations and synagogues can help you welcome your child with a naming ceremony or a brit milah. The following MazelTot partner organizations offer these services. For details, visit their pages.
- Adventure Rabbi
- Aish Denver
- Beth Ami: Colorado Congregation for Humanistic Judaism
- BMH-BJ
- Congregation Rodef Shalom
- Judaism in the Foothills
- Judaism Your Way
- Nevei Kodesh: Jewish Renewal Community in Boulder
- Temple Emanuel
Baby Naming Resources (These links will take you to other websites.)
- Babynology - Jewish baby names by category and alphabetically, with meanings and the option to create a favorites list
- Jewish Baby Names from theBump.com
- Jewish Baby Name Finder from kveller.com