November Blog

Moishe House has fueled enormous growth by supporting grassroots community centers that cater toward the twenty-something post-college Jewish population. Moishe House Silver Spring was launched in June 2007 to serve the community of greater Montgomery County, and is not affiliated with any specific religious or political ideology within the Jewish community. We pride ourselves on being welcoming to Jews and friends-of-Jews of diverse practices and identities. MHSS has hosted programming and organized outings to an incredibly varied number of events ranging from social justice speakers to sushi making to Jewish text study.

The current leadership and culture of Moishe House leads me to believe that the organization will remain an organic representation of the young Jewish community. I don’t see the MH mission statement changing significantly to include more or less Tikkun Olam, Jewish community or learning, even with international expansion. As MH becomes more well-known, alumni may offer resources and mentorship to current MH residents and staff, local partnerships may weave the community closer, and many newly-graduated young professionals may be able to find their place in new cities. But to me, the true success of MH emerges as new alumni enter the greater Jewish world, trained to decide what Judaism looks like for them, shaping Jewish values and community with innovative approaches to spirituality.