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This month's newsletter contains over 20 programs and events happening in May for young adults! I think this is a record high! This truly demonstrates how many great opportunities there are for you to get involved, meet new friends, and make a difference in your Seattle Jewish community.
The Jewish Federation is grateful for all expressions of tzedakah that help make our community better, so please consider supporting your favorite cause(s) today!
Looking forward to seeing you soon!
All the best,
Shayna Rosen, Young Adult Division
Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle
ShaynaR@JewishInSeattle.org
P.S. Please feel free to contact me by email if you are looking for ways to get connected to the Seattle young adult Jewish community!
Join fellow young Jewish professionals for our monthly Professionals Happy Hour. Take advantage of this wonderful opportunity to relax after a stressful day of work and to network with other professionals. We'll be in the Ransom Room, so let YAD and Jconnect take you hostage for a night of schmoozing and mingling at 9 Million in Unmarked Bills. As an added bonus, there will be complimentary appetizers as well as free mint juleps for the first 10 people coming to a happy hour for the first time! FREE. 
Join us for this unique Fair Trade Judaica Fair, featuring over 50 products from Africa, Asia, and Latin/South America. This will be the largest gathering of all the Fair Trade Judaica products currently available in the marketplace, including: kippot, tallitot, home decorations, cards, tzedakah boxes, Chanukah menorahs, lots of fair trade chocolate, and more! FREE. More info: 
This is definitely not your Grandma's Bagel Brunch, so don't miss out on a lively meal and conversation! L'dor v'dor means generation to generation, and Jconnect, Hillel UW, and Seattle Jewish Seniors are very excited for our first meet-up in the new year. These seniors have plenty of stories to share, and they are interested in hearing your tales and opinions as well. The seniors will be sharing some of their childhood stories and memories connected to growing up Jewish, and to tie in with the theme we will have NY deli-themed options. FREE. 
Let's spring into the arts! Please join us for a matinee showing of "Clybourne Park" at the Seattle Repertory Theater. The show starts at 2:00pm. We will meet for lunch at Racha Thai & Asian Kitchen at noon. Please indicate in your RSVP whether you plan to join us for lunch! We will collect payment at the show. $15. 
You are invited to join us at the Seward Park home of Beth Shalom members and backyard chicken farmers. Rabbi Avi Rosenfeld, a trained shochet, kosher butcher, will teach and demonstrate what is involved in ensuring the kosher slaughter of chickens. Register by May 2. $15/member, $20/non-member. Scholarships available. 
Half Price Tickets to Deli Night! We fly in food from the Carnegie Deli in NYC and join with the TDHS community for the biggest fundraiser of the year. See you at the martini bar in support of the Temple and the Tribe! $62.50. RSVP required. More info or RSVP: Charlene at 
Come join Jconnect for our Gas Works Park Lag B'Omer celebration! The event begins with happy hour drinks at Fremont Brewing Company from 5:30-6:30pm. Then walk on down to Gas Works Park for our Lag B'Omer cookout from 7-9pm. We'll be grilling up some delicious hot dogs and playing games at the park. FREE. 
We'll start things right with drinks and schmoozing at 7:00, and then we will have 2 service options at 7:30 including a traditional egalitarian service and a special tisch led by Rabbi Will Berkovitz and Jeff Stombaugh. Rabbi Will Berkowitz is the Senior Vice President at Repair the World, but you may remember him as the former Executive Director of Hillel UW. His famous tisch is back, so this is an opportunity not to miss! Following services will be a delicious Israeli dinner (with meat and vegetarian options). The menu includes chicken skewers, soup, persian rice, Israeli salads and dips, and more! Dinner is $12, but please pay what you can afford. 
Join Jconnect for a lively Havdallah service! We'll meet at 7:00pm at Volunteer Park in Capitol Hill in front of the Seattle Asian Art Museum for a brief havdallah ceremony. Following Havdallah, we will walk (or drive) to Liberty Bar for some evening fun! FREE. 
This 4-part course on Jewish weddings is for couples getting married in the next year. Classes will be taught by Rabbi Oren Hayon and counselor Danica Bornstein, and will focus on the rituals and traditions of Jewish weddings, how to create a Jewish home, and keys to healthy relationship and communication. Any engaged couples: gay or straight, both Jewish or interfaith are welcome to enroll. $40 per couple for the 4 sessions. 
Test your general knowledge on The Tribe team at Pyramid Brewery's trivia night. We will grab a few tables, a few drinks, and try to outsmart the competition. Cost is only what you consume. More info: Lee at 
Right now, you can still find children working in the cocoa fields as Romano and his crew did to film "The Dark Side of Chocolate." Come learn about where our sweet desserts come from, and what we can do as consumers to help keep these children safe. FREE. 
All-day workshop based on Rabbi Rami Shapiro's award-winning book Recovery, the Sacred Art. In a hope-filled approach to spiritual and personal growth, Rabbi Rami Shapiro uses the Twelve Steps of Recovery to shine light on the foundational addiction from which all humans suffer: the illusion that we are in control of our lives. Rooted in the context of universal spiritual awakening and Jewish teachings, he invites us to delve deeply into each of the Steps as a vehicle for personal liberation: physical, emotional and spiritual. $65 before May 4 / $85 after. Continuing Ed. credits available. 
Are you going to Israel this summer with Taglit-Birthright Israel? Join us at a pre-trip orientation to learn more about your upcoming trip. All applicants are welcome regardless of expected trip dates or trip organizer. FREE. 
The momentum continues to build--4th Shabbat in April was awesome! Recognizing that a 6pm start time is difficult for those who work late, we invite you to join us for a late (7pm) musical Shabbat service and to stay for dinner at Piecora's. Finish work early? Join Rabbi Aaron Meyer and Tribe Steering Committee member Lee Meyers for a drink and a nosh in the foyer before services! FREE. More info: Aaron at 
Join The Tribe, Jconnect, Temple Beth Am, Temple B'nai Torah and others as we celebrate the holiday of Shavuot. Study with Seattle's best teachers while enjoying dairy dessert and a drink or two! Cost is only what you consume. More info: Aaron at 
Meet us rain or shine at the Green Lake Starbucks at 10:30am. We will get to know each other a little, change into some neon shoe laces, and then break into groups to head out on the 2.8-mile trail around the beautiful lake! We will have three groups: a leisure pace group, a power walk/jog group, and a running group. Feel free to bring friends and pets! After our time at the lake we will be heading to the Blue Star Cafe and Pub.
Volunteer for a Sunday Farmers Market to collect produce for the JFS Food Bank. April through November. FREE. More info or RSVP: Jane Deer-Hileman at