shabbat

Showgirls! DJs! Open bar! Shots! How Gen Z and Millennials do Shabbat

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Showgirls! DJs! Open bar! Shots! How Gen Z and Millennials do Shabbat

Hold the Manishevitz. This is not your bubbe’s Shabbat. Gen Z and Millennial New Yorkers are eschewing the traditional Friday night Jewish dinners for buzzy Shabbat-themed parties at trendy bars and restaurants with DJs, chef-driven food, free-flowing booze and dancing into the wee hours. “If you want a traditional Shabbat dinner that’s great, there are … Read more

NYC’s Gen Z Jews have a sexy new pick-up scene: ‘millennial rabbi’ shabbat with sushi, wine and a DJ

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NYC’s Gen Z Jews have a sexy new pick-up scene: ‘millennial rabbi’ shabbat with sushi, wine and a DJ

Come for the blessings, stay for the pick-up scene Gen Z and Millennial New Yorkers are tapping into their Jewish roots in a more spiritual way — and finding potential suitors — at Rabbi Daniel Bortz’s Soul X events. Bortz, 38, is known as @millennial rabbi on Instagram and hosts non-traditional spiritual gatherings, including sound … Read more