The Big Mission

This month’s blog topic is actually quite relevant, as a couple weeks ago, a local newspaper came by to write a story about what exactly Moishe House is and what we’re doing!

We’ve done a lot of thinking about the identity, vision, and direction of Moishe House Orange County recently. The mission of Moishe House Orange County is to provide a warm, welcoming environment for Jewish social, cultural, and religious programs to take place for Orange County’s 21- 30 year old Jewish community. Our house is a friendly space without any political, religious, or financial motives. We see our House as Orange County’s hub and gathering space for true friendships to blossom and unique programs to take place for Orange County’s Jewish young adults.

We have found that social events at Moishe House Orange County seem to be quite successful, however we are still trying to find our way with Jewish Community, Jewish Learning, and Tikkun Olam programs as some seem to be quite successful while others our community just doesn’t seem to be simply interested in no matter how great of an idea we, as residents, think it is. Our Shabbats are always meaningful and successful, but the interest for other Jewish programs is often either hit or miss. We think that having a roundtable discussion and sending out surveys about these programs will help us better gauge the types of Jewish Community, Jewish Learning, and Tikkun Olam programs our community want to participate in. Engaging our community and empowering them in the types of activities they want to participate in will bolster community support and participation in these Jewish- related activities. When we are able to do this we will achieve our mission of providing a warm, welcoming environment for Jewish social, cultural, religious programs to take place for Orange County’s 21- 30 year old Jewish community.

The beauty of Moishe House is that each House is unique. Each House has its own flavor and spice based on the local Jewish community and the House’s residents. Each House has its own identity, and based off this identity, offers its own unique programs for the community. We think that this is why Moishe House is so successful in every city that has a House.

If we were able to incorporate our House’s mission statement for the International Moishe House mission statement, it would go a little something like this: Moishe House’s mission is to provide a comfortable, unique, warm space in cities across the world for Jewish adults in their 20’s to build community based on the interests and passions of all involved. The goal is for each House to grow a unique Jewish community based on past, present, and future participants’ interests and passions. Moishe Houses across the world have dedicated, engaged, and empowered young Jewish adults in cities across the world to make this mission and goal flourish.


Much Love,
The Moishe House Orange County Roomies