- Moishe House
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Moishe House is a collection of homes throughout the world that serve as hubs for the young adult Jewish community (with an emphasis on ages 21-30). It provides a rent subsidy and program budget to Moishe House residents in exchange for residents using the program budget to create ideal Jewish communal space.[1]
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The Concept
The concept of Moishe House is to develop young Jewish community leadership by giving them the opportunity to create their own communities. Moishe House does not have a philosophy in terms of Jewish affiliation (i.e. reform, conservative, orthodox, etc.). Instead, Moishe House focuses on creating community for young adult Jews. Moishe House does not dictate programming for residents, instead allowing them to set their own agenda for events. Moishe House markets itself as filling the need for Jewish community "post-college, and pre-family".
History
Moishe House was the brainchild of philanthropist Morris Bear Squire and Forest Foundation executive director David Cygielman. The idea came from Cygielman's observation that there was a lack of programming options for Jews who had graduated college but had not yet settled down with a family.
Partners
Originally funded solely by the Forest Foundation, Moishe House now partners with several organizations and private funders. Moishe House partners include
- The Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation
- Jim Joseph Foundation
- Righteous Persons Foundation
- Natan
- Avi Chai
- Genesis Philanthropy Group
- Rose Community Foundation
- The Alan B. Slifka Family Foundation
- Morton Meyerson
- The Jaynie Schultz and Ron Romaner Philanthropic Fund
- The Rubin Family Foundation
- The Howard and Leslie Schultz Family Foundation
- J. Stephen and Rita Emerson Fund
- Aaron Edelheit
- The Lippman-Kanfer Foundation
- M.B. and Edna Zale Foundation
- Louis Weider
- Mike and Dale Nissenson
- David Cygielman
Houses
Currently there are Moishe Houses in the following countries:
- Argentina
- Austria
- Belarus
- Canada
- China
- England
- Hungary
- Mexico
- Moldova
- Poland
- Russia
- South Africa
- Ukraine
- United Kingdom
- United States
References
- ^ Bernstein, Fred A. (February 10, 2010), The Four-Bedroom Kibbutz, The New York Times, http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/11/garden/11moishe.html, retrieved 2010-02-12
External links
- Moishe House official website
- Voices of Oklahoma interview with Lynn Schusterman. First person interview conducted on September 14, 2010 with Lynn Schusterman. Original audio and transcript archived with Voices of Oklahoma oral history project.
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- Jewish organizations based in the United States
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