Young Leadership or YLD

Young Leadership, or YLD, brings 21-39 year olds together to build community, develop leaders and perform community service through social, cultural and philanthropic activities. Join YLD to get involved!

 


Contact Information
Contact Name: 
Cameron Levin, Young Leadership Director
Email: 
CameronL@JewishInSeattle.org
Phone: 
206 774-2249

Events

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Laugh Your Way To Giving, The Sequel Featuring Writers from The Onion

October 6, 2010 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM

Come celebrate with the Seattle Jewish community as we kick-off our annual Community Campaign on Wednesday evening, October 6, 2010. Laugh Your Way to Giving, The Sequel featuring writers from the national satirical publication, The Onion will have you laughing 'til you cry. Join us for an unforgettable evening at Benaroya Hall, filled with good food, great friends and many laughs.

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Focus & Fight Poverty Advocacy Event

September 27, 2010 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM

Join us for the Focus & Fight Poverty Advocacy Event as part of Focus & Fight Poverty Week on Monday, September 27, 6:00-7:30pm at Temple Beth Am.

Featuring a speaker form the acclaimed Real Change Homeless Speakers' Bureau and an Advocacy 101 workshop.

Learn how to be an effective advocate! Participants will first hear the speaker's personal story of struggling with homelessness, food insecurity, and lack of healthcare. The speaker will also offer a personal insight into our current systems and give solid advice on how the general public can help.

Northend Global Day of Jewish Learning

November 7, 2010 1:30 PM - 6:00 PM

What: The North End Jewish Organizations’ Global Day of Jewish Learning.

Theme: the three pillars - Torah, Prayer, and Acts of Loving Kindness

Where: Seattle Jewish Community School

When:

1:30pm Doors Open. Information table(s) for participating organizations. Greeters/Community Ambassadors welcome people.

2:00pm Multiple learning sessions

3:15pm Everyone joins together for panel discussion

4:30pm Multiple learning sessions

News

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The Onion Comes to Seattle

Posted on Friday Aug 13, 2010 12:42 PM

We are excited to announce that the Jewish Federation is bringing The Onion to Seattle for our Community Celebration and Campaign Kick-Off on Wednesday, October 6, 2010. Laugh Your Way to Giving, The Sequel featuring writers from the national satirical publication, The Onion will have you laughing 'til you cry. Join us for an unforgettable evening at Benaroya Hall 6-9pm, filled with good food, great friends and many laughs.

Gearing Up for MenschWorks 2011

Posted on Friday Jun 18, 2010 11:32 AM
MenschWorks

Thanks to all of the Mensches who participated in MenschWorks 2010! Now, it's time to start planning for next year and we're looking for energetic, creative volunteer leaders for the 2011 MenschWorks Committee. Click here to learn about MenschWorks and how you can get involved. Contact Cameron Levin at CameronL@JewishInSeattle.org for more information.

Main Event Goes Virtual

Posted on Friday Jun 11, 2010 1:28 PM

While having a party to raise money for a good cause is fun, a party isn't always what Seattle's young Jews are looking for when it comes to giving back to the Jewish community. For the first time ever, Young Leadership hosted a completely virtual Main Event. Past years have seen fancy, black-tie, sit-down dinners, and elaborate poker tournaments. This year, all of the finery was replaced with words from the heart asking Jewish young adults across Seattle to give what they can to support our partner agencies.

YLD Main Event Goes Virtual

Posted on Friday May 28, 2010 11:12 AM

For the first time in almost thirty years, we're saving costs by not doing our annual Main Event fundraiser, and taking our important fundraising work virtual! We're asking for your support now because there is no time or resources to waste. And to ensure that we are able to raise the million dollar goal, we are asking everyone to help by giving a gift or giving another small increased gift. We're shooting for 100 donors from Young Leadership. Will you help?

What's Your #Ish?

Posted on Monday May 17, 2010 3:46 PM

Being Jewish means something different to everyone. That's the idea behind a newly launched social media campaign called, "What's Your #Ish?" The basic gist is to learn and share how Jews define their Jewish identity and culture.

Whatever being Jewish means to you is your #ish. We invite you to post an "#ish" through Facebook or Twitter and using the "#ish" and "@yldseattle" in your post or tweet. For every #ish that is posted, 25 cents will be donated to the #ish fund at the Jewish Federations of North America.

Leadership

Are you interested in gaining valuable leadership skills? Check out YLD's Menschworks and SpringBoard Leadership Series.

The Young Leadership Board of Directors oversees the entire scope of Young Leadership programs. Board members serve a two-year term. New members are nominated and approved year-round. Please contact Cameron Levin at CameronL@JewishInSeattle.org if you are interested in learning more.

2009-2010/ 5770 Young Leadership Board:

Ben-Gurion Society Co-Chairs: Alexa and Brian Huggins
Campaign Chair: Matthew Titelbaum
Campaign Committee: Henry Honig and Sara Engesser
Couples Initiative Chair: Andrea Lott
MenschWorks Chair: Lauren Goldberg
SpringBoard Co-Chairs: Irit Eliav and Joe Schulman

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Helping You Connect

New to Seattle or YLD? Come have coffee with one of our kind souls from the Welcoming Committee! We know that it can be hard to go to an event or a meeting if you don't know anyone, so this is a perfect opportunity to get to know a friendly face.

The Welcoming Committee is here to make sure everyone looking to connect to the Seattle Jewish community is able to find their place. We can tell you more about the Jewish Federation, YLD and other local Jewish young-adult activities.

If you want to set up a coffee date, send an email to YLD Director Cameron Levin at CameronL@JewishInSeattle.org with “Coffee Date” in the subject line and tell us a little bit about yourself. We look forward to meeting you!

Giving

Members who give $1,000 or more to the Community Campaign join the Ben-Gurion Society.

Sports For All

Posted on Monday Jun 15, 2009 10:56 AM
Koren

Meet Koren, an Israeli-Ethiopian immigrant who is learning to play soccer for the first time.

Sports leagues did not exist before Sports for All was launched in Fall 2007 with funds from our Jewish Federation’s Community Campaign.

When you are living with constant air-raid sirens and fear, like Koren and other Israeli children, this outlet becomes all that more important. Your patronage through YLD supports youth programs like this.

Now, kids come together to play, let off steam and build cross-cultural connections and self-esteem.

Lend your support and make a donation today.