Mazel tov on your graduation from Duke! In addition to staying connected with Jewish Life at Duke by staying

in touch, visiting campus, and keeping up-to-date on latest happenings via our alumni newsletters, we know you may be looking for a way to get connected to your new Jewish community, wherever that is. We’ve rounded up some helpful resources and opportunities

to get involved. We wish you the best of luck!

Jewish Alumni ResourcesNational Resources

Reboot - Creative, innovative approach to Jewish thought andReligious Education

bimbam – “watch something Jewish”– digital storytelling of Jewishstories

Go Daven – Find an Orthodox minyan anywhere

Hebcal - Look up the Jewish date, Shabbat times, holiday schedules, etc.

JCast Network – A portal for Jewish podcasts

Jewish Webcasting – A portal to Jewish and Israeli Radio, TV, Podcasts &Webcasts

Maven Search – Jewish Web Dictionary

My Jewish Learning - Online Jewish learning resources, basic information on all Jewish religious, cultural and historical topics

OneTable - Shabbat Dinner for you (elsewhere) or your friends (hosted by you) using this amazing site

Religious MovementsFind synagogues and communities forShabbat services, meals, High Holidaytickets, educational, social and culturalopportunities

Chabad

Conservative Movement

Orthodox Movement

Reconstructionist Movement

Reform Movement

Society for Humanistic Judaism

practice

RitualWell – A hub for connecting with Jewish tradition and innovation

Sefaria - Full-text access to Jewish texts in Hebrew and English

Yeshiva University Online Learning- Articles and recordings of classes

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Social Justice &Advocacy cont.AIPAC- The American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) is a bipartisan organization of U.S. citizens committed solely to strengthening, protecting and promoting the U.S.-Israel relationship in ways that enhance the security of the United States andIsrael.

American Jewish Committee -Young leadership arm of this global diplomacy and advocacy organization

American Jewish World Service -Global human rights and anti-poverty work, Global Circle is the young professionals’ arm

Avodah – Jewish service corps

Bend the Arc – A Jewish Partnership for Justice

Hazon - Jewish environmental activism and education

IfNotNow - Progressive Jewish Activist Group

JDC Entwine Jewish Service Corps -Year-long, paid, professional opportunity for Jewish young professionals to volunteer oversees with JDC (Joint Distribution Committee). Responding to international Jewish and humanitarian needs, JSC Fellows facilitate and create innovative programs using their unique skills and talents

Jewish Federation Young Leadership Division – Philanthropy and volunteerism

Jewish National Fund - Young leadership arm of JNF, which works on environmental and community development in Israel

JStreet - organizes and mobilizes pro-Israel, pro-peace Americans who want Israel to be secure, democratic and the national home of the Jewishpeople.

Jewish Volunteer Corps - Non-denominational Jewish volunteerorganization for ages 18-28

Mazon - A Jewish response to hunger

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Jerusalem Post – Israeli news –founded in 1932

Jew School – Progressive Jewish Blog

Jewlicious - Blog on Jewish topics, especially pop culture and current events

Tablet Mag - Articles about Jewish culture, news, thought

The Times of Israel – The Jewish HuffPo

Social Justice & Advocacy cont.New Israel Fund - NIF aims to advance liberal democracy, including freedom of speech and minority rights, and to fight inequality, injustice, and extremism that diminish Israel.

Pursue - 20s and 30s advocacy education

Repair the World – Jewish community service and activism

Jewish News & CultureEjewishphilanthropy - News about Jewish nonprofit world, op-eds and stories on Jewish education, general gathering of and sharing of ideas

The Forward - American Jewish publication since 1897

Haaretz – Israeli news - The online edition of Haaretz Newspaper in Israel, and analysis from Israel and the Middle East

Mosaic Magazine - Archives for Jewish Ideas Daily publications; Advancing Jewish Thought

Communal & Professional Opportunities Base - Base is the home of a rabbinic family, who welcome young adults for Shabbat and holiday celebrations, Jewish learning, and service in a warm, pluralistic setting.

BBYO – Career opportunities centered on making an impact on the next generation of Jewish teen leaders.

Brandeis Collegiate Institute -Program for adults 18-26 for 3 weeks in CA over the summer, for exploring Jewish identity

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Communal & Professional Opportunities cont.Career Up Now - Career advancement and access to industry leaders for emerging professionals

Dorot Fellowship - Dorot Fellows live in Israel for year, honing Jewish leadership characteristics and skills.

Havurah Institute - Week long summer retreat for building community, prayer leading, and song

Hazon Food Conference and Rides -Conference about food justice, and annual bike rides in CA, NY, Israel, and cross-country

Hillel - Founded in 1923 and adopted by B'nai B'rith in 1924, Hillel has grown into the world’s largest Jewish campus organization. Linked jobs and opportunities

Jewish Community Centers - Centers for Jewish classes, social opportunities, volunteer work, speakers, Israel engagement – often associated with a gym and pool

Jewish Federations of North America -Find your local Jewish federation

Jewish Jobs – Database of nonprofit Jewish communal jobs

Keshet – Global LGBTQ Jewish organization, links to local resources

Limmud - Jewish learning conferences in 50 cities worldwide

Masa - Masa Israel Journey offers over 200 study, internship, and volunteer opportunities all over Israel lasting between five and twelve months.

Masa Israel’s Job Posting – a listing of job posting sites including: Jewish jobs, nonprofit opportunities, and volunteer positions

Moishe House - Peer-led communities for Jewish young adults 22-32 that host several events a month including: Shabbat dinners, book clubs, parties, retreats, Jewish learning, Tikkun Olam, and more

Moishe House Without Walls -Different from a Moishe House, there are no minimum program requirements, the programs are open to the general community or invite-only and MHWOW hosts can live anywhere around the world.

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Online dating and dating apps for Jews

JCrush

Jdate

JWed

JRetroMatch

SawYouAtSinai

JSwipe

Social/Dating

Social Meetup – In-person gatherings organized online for any interest, including Jewish community

Tribester –where Jewish professionals meet and connect through our own hosted events (highlighted by The Tribal Ball on December 24) and by supporting and promoting worthwhile Jewish community events.

Communal & Professional Opportunities cont.Mosaic - Jewish community of outdoor enthusiasts

Pardes - Year, summer, and executive learning seminars for Jewish learning in Jerusalem

Presentense - Fellowship for Jewish social entrepreneurship

Repair the World Fellowship - Year-long service fellowship in Baltimore, Philly, Detroit or Pittsburgh

Svara – A traditionally radical Yeshiva –offers programs such as Queer Talmud Camp

Yahel Social Change Fellowship - 9 Month service-based fellowship for college grads 22-28, in Israel .

Yeshivat Hadar - Year-long Jewish learning fellowship in NYC

Jewish Life at Duke, Box 90936, 1415 Faber St, Durham, NC, 27708Phone: (919) 684-6422 Email: jewishlife@duke.edu

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Boston, MA

Asiyah – community in the Somerville/Cambridge area of Greater Boston with twice-monthly Kabbalat Shabbat services

Camberville Open Beit Midrash – foster diverse, approachable Jewish learning spaces in Cambridge + Somerville where participants come together to question, think, and learn

Eser - Open Circle Jewish Learning 20s and 30s

Gateways - provides a broad range of high-quality programs, services, expertise, and support to enable students with diverse learning needs to succeed in Jewish educational settings

Havurah on The Hill - is a non-denominational, egalitarian minyan for Jews in their 20s and 30s in the Boston area

Mem Project – explore Jewish identity and offers Jewish art workshops to young adults in the greater Boston area

Nehar Shalom - JP Synagogue

Orthodox Minyan at Harvard Hillel - The Harvard Hillel Orthodox Minyan bring together undergraduates, graduate students, and local community members in a vibrant community

ShalomBoston – Has a searchable database of synagogues in Boston as well as Greater Boston Area Resources

Temple Beth Shalom - the Tremont Street Shul’s goal is to cultivate a spiritual home for Jews who are looking for a traditionally Jewish and socially inclusive community

Temple Beth Zion - an independent Jewish congregation dedicated to spiritual awareness, Jewish continuity and questioning, social action, a relationship with the State of Israel, and community - Shabbat Nariya

Wandering Minyan - traditional egal in someone’s home/potluck

Religious & Educational Resources

Social & General Community384 @ KI- Kehillath Israel's group of 20s & 30s. A warm community of Jewishly engaged young adults who strive to create social programming (Conservative Shul)

Boston Workmen’s Circle - a multigenerational community, as well as an arts and culture center

CJP Young Adult Community Grants - CJP's Young Adult Community Grants (YACG) provide up to $5,000 in funding to non-profits in support of programs that bring Jewish young adults (ages 22-45) together to connect with one another, engage with the Jewish tradition and culture

IfNotNow Boston – Boston chapter of activist group

Gin & Jews – Bar nights and social events for young Jewish professionals

Moishe House – Brookline, Cambridge, Kavod House, Somerville

Riverway Project – (Reform) Temple Israel of Boston’s 20’s & 30’s outreach programs

Youngish w/ Jewish Boston - Events, blogs and organizations

Combined Jewish Philanthropies - brings together Greater Boston's Jewish community to care for people in need, advocate for Israel and ensure a vibrant, Jewish future

JALSA – Jewish Alliance for Law and Social Action

JCRC - a coalition of organizations and individuals that represents and advances the values, interests, and priorities of the organized Jewish community in greater Boston

Jewish Boston - Umbrella site for Jewish events, groups, and communities in Boston

Jewish Community Centers of Greater Boston – A database of JCC programs in the greater Boston area that include camps, daycare, community, and more

Community Service/Volunteering

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Boston, MA

NIF NewGen Boston – an open and vibrant community of young professionals, social activists, community leaders, and students in their 20s and 30s who are committed to the work of the New Israel Fund

Base Boston– Base BSTN is located in Brookline, MA and is the home of Rabbi Elizabeth & Matt Bonney-Cohen

Housing Spreadsheets - Roommate Shidduch Time in Boston

Social & General Community continued…

• Moishe House Chicago - RSJ (focuses on Jews from the Former Soviet Union)

• Moishe House Chicago - Wicker Park• JWI’s Young Women’s Leadership• JCC 20s and 30s• JCC Chicago Seed 613• Jewish Council on Urban Affairs• National Council of Jewish Women, North

Shore and South Cook Sections• JCUA: Jewish Council on Urban Affairs (Jewish

community organizing

Learning• Orot Center for New Jewish Learning (Jewish

Mindfulness)• J-Life/RAJE (Russian American Jewish

Experience)• Spertus Institute for Jewish Learning and

Leadership• SVARA: A Traditionally Radical Yeshivah (Safe

space for LGBTQ)

Bay Area, CAReligious & Educational Resources

Pray & Socialize• The Kitchen (SF)• Congregation Emanu-El Young Adults (SF)• Congregation Beth Am (Palo Alto)• Mission Minyan (SF)• Congregation Netivot Shalom, Conservative

Shul (Berkeley)• Minyan Dafna, Egalitarian Pop Up Minyan

(Berkeley)• Glitter Kehila (Oakland)• RadTrad, Pop up minyan (Oakland)• Chochmat Halev, Reconstructionist Shul

(Berkeley)• Urban Adamah (Berkeley)• Niggun Collective (Berkeley)• Kohenet Jewish Priestess Institute• Young Jewish Professionals with Chabad

Oakland• Hillel at Stanford Grads/Young Adults Group

(Palo Alto) • Congregation Etz Chayim Young Adults (Palo

Alto) • Congregation Kol Emeth Young Adults (Palo

Alto) • Oshman Family JCC (Palo Alto)

Chicago, ILSourced by the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago & ChiTribe

Religious & Community Resources

Pray• Mishkan Chicago (Conservative/Renewal)• Makom (Jewish Renewal)• Central Synagogue of Chicago (Conservative)• Anshe Emet Young Adult Division

(Conservative)• Anshe Sholom (Modern Orthodox)• Chicago Loop Synagogue (Conservative) • Chicago Sinai Congregation (Reform)• Temple Shalom (Reform)

General Community Building

• Anshe Emmet, YAD• Silverstein Base Hillel• Loop Base Hillel

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Chicago, IL

Religious & Community Resources cont…

Sourced by the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago & ChiTribe

• JUF, Jewish Federation, Young Leadership Division (YLD)

• Leads (meet other young adults to learn about Jewish Chicago, a fantastic way to get to know others!)

• YLD Pride- LGBTQ group• IfNotNow Chicago• Moishe House Chicago - Edgewater• Moishe House Chicago - Lakeview• Moishe House Chicago - Old Town• Moishe House Chicago - RSJ (focuses on Jews

from the Former Soviet Union)• Moishe House Chicago - Wicker Park• JWI’s Young Women’s Leadership• JCC 20s and 30s• JCC Chicago Seed 613• Jewish Council on Urban Affairs• National Council of Jewish Women, North

Shore and South Cook Sections• JCUA: Jewish Council on Urban Affairs (Jewish

community organizing

Learning

• Orot Center for New Jewish Learning (Jewish Mindfulness)

• J-Life/RAJE (Russian American Jewish Experience)

• Spertus Institute for Jewish Learning and Leadership

• SVARA: A Traditionally Radical Yeshivah (Safe space for LGBTQ)

Los Angeles, CAReligious & Educational Resources

Pray & Socialize• Ikar (Conservative/Renewal)• Nashuva Minyan• Atid LA - Sinai Temple 20s & 30s • Next Gen at Valley Beth Shalom (Conservative)• YABA (Young Adults of Beth Am)

(Conservative)• Beit T’Shuvah• Chillenials at Temple Israel of Hollywood

(Reform)• B’nai David-Judea Young Professionals

(Modern/Open Orthodox)• Young Israel of Century City, LA, and Hancock

Park (Modern Orthodox)• Beverly Hills Synagogue ( a Young Israel

synagogue, Modern Orthodox)• And many more synagogues!• General Community/multi purpose offering• yaLA (Young Adults of Los Angeles)• Moishe House LA - Downtown LA• Moishe House LA - North Hollywood• Moishe House LA - Silver Lake• Moishe House LA - Venice• Moishe House LA - West Hollywood• Moishe House LA - West LA• Silverlake Independent Jewish community

center• JQ international (for lgbtq)• Reboot• 30 years after for Persian young adults• JIMENA (Jews Indigenous to the Middle East

and North Africa) Mizrachi • Zaman Collective (for Mizrahi Jews)• Jewish cultural events • Aish• JWI’s Young Women’s Leadership• YJP• IfNotNow Los Angeles• Pico Union Project

Learning• Hartman Institute• Synagogue Groups

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Los Angeles, CAReligious & Community Resources cont…Volunteering

• Guardians at the LA Jewish home• NCJW • Jewish Family Services• Koreh LA• SOVA food pantry• Big Sunday through Temple Israel of

Hollywood (TIOH) and many other synagogues

• Christmas Eve dinner for homeless individuals through TIOH

• Cedars Sinai Hospital• Bend the Arc

New York City, NY

Pray & Socialize

• DC Minyan (traditional egal minyan)• Sixth & I (synagogue and cultural center) - 6th

in the City Shabbat for 20s & 30s • Rosh Pina (traditional/partnership minyan)• Kesher Israel (Orthodox Shul)• AJC ACCESS Young Leadership• Adas Israel (Conservative Shul)• Adas Israel YP (Young Professionals) monthly

shabbat services• Mesorah DC (Shabbat services and dinner)• 2239 of Washington Hebrew Congregation

Metro Minyan Shabbat (Reform)• Edlavitch JCC• New Synagogue Project (lots of singing,

progressive community)

Volunteer

• 2239 of Washington Hebrew Congregation• Jews United for Justice

Religious & Community ResourcesSourced by GatherDC

Learn

• Gather DC Mini Gatherings• Sixth & I classes

General Community/multi purpose offerings

• OneTable DMV• Moishe House Washington D.C. - Capitol Hill• Moishe House Washington D.C. - Columbia

Heights• Moishe House Bethesda• Moishe House NOVA (Northern Virginia)• Gather DC Monthly Happy Hour• Open Door Fellowship• DC Jews on Bikes• JConnect (Jewish Federation)• Base Hillel DC• Entrypoint DC through the Edlavitch JCC• JWI’s Young Women’s Leadership• Sixth & I• Oy The World’s a Stage (theater facebook

group)• IfNotNow DC

Facebook Groups (for housing and events)

• DC Jew Crew• NoVA Jew Crew• OneTable DC Metro Area

Religious & Community Resources

Pray & Socialize

• Shir Ha’maalot (traditional egal lay-led minyan and potluck Shabbat dinner)

• Lab/Shul (cool and creative)• Shabbat Unplugged - Temple Shaarey T’filah

(Reform)

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New York City, NYReligious & Community Resources cont…Pray & Socialize

• Shabbat After Dark - Stephen Wise Free Synagogue (Reform)

• Friday Night Lights at Manhattan Jewish Experience (Modern Orthodox)

• The Prospect Heights Shul• Congregation Beth Elohim • B’nei Jeshurun - Tzeirim (young adult group) • Central Synagogue 20s & 30s • Hadar (Renewal)• Romemu (Renewal)• The Jewish Center (Modern Orthodox)• Babayit (Bnei Akiva young professional

community)• UWS//Jews (meal hosting, holiday events,

useful list serve)• Oheb Zedek (OZ)• Chabad of Upper West Side• Darkhei Noam (Partnership Minyan)• Young Israel (Modern Orthodox)• Ramath Orah (a little further north)• West Side Institutional• Congregation Beit Simchat Torah (LGBTQ)• Lincoln Square Synagogue (Modern Orthodox)• Mount Sinai• The Beis• Congregation Orach Chai• Park Avenue Synagogue (Conservative)• Temple Emanu-el (Reform)• Tribe (Rodeph Shalom’s young adult group)• Or Olam Synagogue (Conservative)• The Bayit (Open Orthodox, in Riverdale,

Bronx)

Volunteer• HUC-JIR Soup Kitchen• JCorps• Repair The World• Jews For Racial and Economic Justice

• JCC Manhattan 20s & 30s Volunteer Corps• National Council of Jewish Women• Bend the Arc

Learn

• Avodah Justice Fellowship• Synagogue groups• Hadar (Conservative/Renewal)• RAJE (Russian American Jewish Experience)• Romemu Yeshiva (Renewal)

General Community/multi purpose offerings

• Base Hillel DWTN• Base Hillel BKLYN• Moishe House NYC - Murray Hill• Moishe House NYC - Park Slope• Moishe House NYC - RSJ• Moishe House NYC - Upper East Side• Moishe House NYC - Upper West Side• Moishe House NYC - West Village• Moishe House NYC - Williamsburg• Moishe House NYC - Harlem• Moishe House NYC - Queens LIC• Brooklyn Jews• Zaman Collective (for Mizrahi Jews)• JCC Manhattan• Jewish Modern Connections• JWI’s Young Women’s Leadership• Manhattan Jewish Experience • IfNotNow New York• NIF NewGen

Manhattan, NYGeneral Community Resources• B’nai Jeshrun Tze’irim• Chadeish Yameinu (Chai Minyan)• Congregation Beit Simchat Torah (LGBTQ)• JCC Manhattan 20s and 30s• Kehilat Hadar• Ohel Ayala• Romemu• Shabbat Unplugged• Town and Village Synagogue

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Brooklyn, NYCommunity Resources

Greater NY Resources

• Altshul• Atid• Brooklyn Jews• Jewish Meditation Center• Locally Grown Shabbat• Shir Ha’Maalot• Young Jewish Brooklyn

• 14th Street Y• 92 St. Y (Upper East Side and Tribeca locations)• Duke Alumni in NYC• JCC in Manhattan (Upper West) • Jewish Meet-Up groups• Keshet• Moishe House• Mosaic• One Table • UJA Federation NY Groups• Wandering Jews of Astoria

Community Resources