Jconnect Seattle creates a meaningful Jewish life for 21-35 year olds through diverse communities and innovative experiences.
What We Do
Jconnect Seattle offers young adults the opportunity to find and build community, engage in Jewish life and holiday celebrations, and to experience the diverse activities available in Seattle. Our award-winning model ensures everyone feels connected, and annually we reach over 1800 young Jewish adults through its 10-15 events per month and through one on one engagement meetings. Our events touch on a wide variety of topics including Shabbat and holidays, social justice, outdoor activities, Israel, arts and culture, and professional and leadership development.
Jconnect’s Educational Vision
Empower Jewish students and young adults to create vibrant communities that cultivate ownership of identity, sense of Jewish relevance and appreciation of the diverse and complex Jewish experience. To that end our organization strives to foster:
- Active engagement with Jewish experience
- Ownership of Jewish life
- Increased sense of Jewish relevance
- Infusion of Judaism in the lives of participants
- Relationship with Israel
- Jewish literacy
- Acceptance of varying levels of Jewish education
- Increased sense of Jewish relevance
- Greater understanding of the diversity of Jewish thought
- Active curiosity for Jewish knowledge
- Responsibility for fellow Jews
- Feeling of belonging to clal Israel (Jewish peoplehood)
- Sense of connection and obligation to all humanity
- Relationship with Judaism as a moral and spiritual compass
- Sense of obligation to personal growth
- Commitment to tikkun olam (healing the world)
- Cultivation of gratitude, wonder, humility, and joy
