I recently moved to RVA and am looking to find a culturally Jewish community that isn’t really religious but has more of a social emphasis. Would love and greatly appreciate any recommendations from other Jewish folks in the area.

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leecanbe t1_j9mvo43 wrote on February 23, 2023 at 2:43 AM

Kehillah. Super inclusive, does events that are open to all faiths, and Rabbi Patrick is pretty awesome. Purim Party on March 4th. :)

Edit: might be more religious than you're looking for, but still can't hurt to look them up on Instagram.

salamanarz t1_j9mvsn5 wrote on February 23, 2023 at 2:44 AM

https://kehillahrva.org/

leecanbe t1_j9mw0gs wrote on February 23, 2023 at 2:46 AM

Thanks. It wasn't letting me link when I posted.

Appropriate_Pen_760 OP t1_j9ohui4 wrote on February 23, 2023 at 1:18 PM

Thank you so much! This looks like it may be exactly what I am looking for. ❤️

SouthAnna t1_j9p0t1r wrote on February 23, 2023 at 3:39 PM

Feel free to DM me! JCFR and a couple of the shuls have social programs for 20s/30s. I was also looking for non-religious jewish community a few years ago and was having trouble finding stuff (markerting could be better!) but in the end ended up active in a shul.

Appropriate_Pen_760 OP t1_j9p7i1p wrote on February 23, 2023 at 4:22 PM

Thank you so much— I will DM you!

nitsual912 t1_j9ojchi wrote on February 23, 2023 at 1:31 PM

Is the JCC not that?
https://weinsteinjcc.org/

They seem to do way more social/cultural things than strictly religious things.

Appropriate_Pen_760 OP t1_j9ojhgm wrote on February 23, 2023 at 1:32 PM

I looked at their website but it just didn’t seem very robust to me/there wasn’t anything geared towards people my age (25-30). Please correct me if I am wrong!

syndrome_imposter t1_j9okav2 wrote on February 23, 2023 at 1:39 PM

As a Jewish person (slightly older than your range), the JCC is great but not what you are looking for. Check out JCFR (Jewish Community Federation of Richmond) on social media, they do or promote local events that are mostly social and for your age group. Went lots when I was new here.

JWelchRVA804 t1_j9p4bxo wrote on February 23, 2023 at 4:01 PM

They do have a nice gym and some events are very interesting, although I’m slightly older than you.

rvaskier t1_ja5hjxq wrote on February 27, 2023 at 12:02 AM

Or Ami is a great place and very inclusive. Not much programming but we are growing. Beth Ahabah has a young adult group. But there’s also a new volunteer group that’s been doing some events — J Social RVA on Facebook.