Give the Gift of a Jewish Home.
Established 2015
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Wherever You Are
JewJu Boxes are curated, customizable Judaica kits, designed for those establishing a Jewish home, celebrating holidays in a new or temporary space, and for organizations that want to keep members connected, even while apart. Each box includes essentials to help you live a Jewish life, wherever you may be and wherever you might go.
Some items can be expensive or hard to find when you’re far from an established Jewish community. To make sure each JewJu Box is an affordable, practical gift, we include pieces that can easily be replenished wherever you are: our Shabbat candle holders fit tea lights, and you can choose from a Menorah which uses use birthday candles, or an electric Chanukiah which runs on batteries or a USB.
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Why Buy a JewJu Box?
Wherever You Go
LED Shabbat candles and easily removable ways to hang your Mezuzah make our boxes perfect for spaces where open flames or nails may not be permitted or appropriate, such as in dorm rooms, hospitals, or temporary homes.
Cultivating Ritual
Because nothing reminds us of a Jewish home quite like familiar aromas wafting from the kitchen, all our home boxes come easy-to-follow holiday recipes. Our Basic Box includes an easy Challah recipe, sized to fit a toaster oven.
Looking for something else to feel connected? Check out the JewJu Blog: it’s regularly updated with stories, tips, and meditations for living a modern Jewish life.
Personalizing Tradition
All Hebrew prayers included in the JewJu Box come with a transliteration and an English translation that uses egalitarian, gender-neutral language.
Our holiday calendars and benchers (prayerbooks) include Conservative and Reform versions.
Meeting the Moment
JewJu Box offers a simple, affordable, and customizable solution any time families and communities want to celebrate together even when apart.
Mazel Tov!
We’ll add a custom label to mark a special occasion.
Simply tell us what you’d like to say at checkout.
For college and university students away from home, we offer a Guide to connecting to Jewish Life in a new city or town. Our Guide is also available as a free download.
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What People are Saying
“My son FaceTimed me as he unpacked his ChanuBox. Much hilarity for the sufganiyot first ingredient. Lovely Chanukiah - he was so glad that it was “plug in”.
Lovely presentation, great choice of contents and well received. “
— FL, Toronto, ON
“I finally got my JewJu Box and I am speechless! Ellen and Judy were fantastic, worked it all out with me despite the difficulty in preparing and sending a box to Europe, for someone moving to a place without a Jewish community!
Their work is a true Mitzvah, and the fruit of it is that I will be able to live a Jewish life even if I'm alone.”
— AS, Portugal
“I received my Chanukah package in the mail today and words cannot describe how happy it made me.
Opening the box and sorting through all the fun surprises inside absolutely made my day during a stressful exam season. I just wanted to thank you for sending a little piece of home all the way to Kingston.”
— AN, Kingston, ON
“I’m a 911 Dispatcher. I provide the first response when you call for police, fire or medical (pre-arrival of paramedic) emergencies.
With Covid-19 in everyone’s mind, and being named essential personnel, the possibility that we may be called to duty on short notice exists.
So I got in touch with JewJu Box for an emergency Passover kit... and because we don’t know when this will “end...” I also got a box to keep at work, for Shabbat and Chanukah.
The boxes arrived quickly, and I’m so happy I got them!
Thanks Judy et al., this is a mitzvah you are doing (LOVE the matzah ‘box’ by the way!!).”
— SD, Ohio
“My son received this for his bar mitzvah from a friend We haven’t had a Shabbat at home without it since.
It is becoming part of our family’s tradition.
An amazing idea that has translated perfectly to our Shabbat table.”
— ZS, Thornhill, ON
“Many thanks for the dates of Jewish Holidays as observed by Reform Jews. Most of the time when Jewish calendars are purchased, the holiday dates are from the Orthodox/Conservative perspectives so that observant Reform Jews are hard pressed to know when a holiday starts or ends. Thanks for helping out.”
— SB, London, ON
“It's strange how moving away from a community makes you embrace your identity even more. This box helped me feel much more at home in a new city.
When people come over, I tell them a bit about how I grew up, and just being able to talk about it has been a really positive experience.”
— RB, Vancouver, BC
Contact
For Jewish organization inquiries, special requests, questions or feedback, get in touch!
Email
jewjubox@gmail.com