Life in New York City

Moving to a new city is an exciting and busy time. Moving to a new country is even more so. The fun of meeting new people and learning what you like about your new home can sometimes be shadowed by the more mundane tasks of getting settled. Let us help you make New York City your new home! Below are resources around town that our members have found extremely helpful over the years.

Around Town

Shabbat Times

Visit The 5th Avenue Synagogue for more information on Jewish Life at www.5as.org

Shabbat Hospitality

Would you like to join a warm and inviting family for a Shabbat meal? We have a network of families in Manhattan and in the suburbs who welcome many young professionals into their home each week. Contact Steve Eisenberg to find out more at steve@jicny.com.

Shabbat Services

Join the JICNY each Saturday for user friendly services at Manhattan Jewish Experience. Services begin at 9:30 AM and are followed by a delicious Kiddish.
Address: 131 West 86th st, 10th floor.

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Dating in New York

Matchmaker

Ziva Kramer is a succssful matchmaker to many of the international group. Ziva lives on the Upper East Side with her family. She is originally from Israel and brings to the table a modern outlook, great intuition and an ability to cut to the chase. She always has a knack for making connections and offers her services for no charge. If you would like to learn more about Ziva please contact Jodi at jodi@jicny.com.

Dating Coach

Gavin Samuels offers his warmth, expertise and clarity to help guide you through those tough relationship issues. Recently at a wedding, the bride whispered to Gavin that she never would have made it without his guidance! If you are interested in working with Gavin towards the relationship you dream of, please contact him at gavin@jicny.com.

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Get Connected

Ambassador Program

New York City’s Jewish Community is unique, vibrant, and thriving. There is room for everyone to meet new people and build their own social circle. But really the most fun and the most comforting is meeting people from your home country and finding that you have so much in common.

JICNY offers International Ambassadors to help ease your transition into American life and more specifically, New York City life. These Ambassadors speak your home language and understand the experience of being new. This knowledge can help ease your transition and help you start building social connections. This program is for international Jews in their 20's and 30's.

Ambassadors are always knowledgeable about events inside and outside of our forum. So whether you’re looking for a place to go on a Saturday night or you can’t seem to find your way around town they can help! Our ambassadors are also part of the many smiling faces at our events and are always meeting and greeting new people. We are always looking for new ambassadors to add to our amazing team. If you are interested, please contact Maral and Jodi and Events@JICNY.com.

We would like to proudly introduce our Ambassadors and invite you to get in touch. The Ambassador information is as follows:

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Who's Who At JICNY

What’s great about the JICNY is that there is always someone new to meet and we're excited to help you all connect. There is so much action at the JICNY and we have been fortunate enough to meet so many new faces. We'd like to take this opportunity to introduce you to some of our friends. Please see below to meet Renatt and Marc. We may be from all over the world, but our most special moments are when we come together.

Renatt Brodsky

Israel

Last year, I wanted to take some Torah classes and a good friend told me that Steve was teaching at the JICNY on Monday nights. So I went. The internationals are super friendly, the lectures are always very inspiring and now I even stay for Yoni's kabbalah class. So I get my double dose of Torah on Monday evenings and I feel ready to start my week off spiritually prepared. I've also had the real pleasure of getting to know the amazing Samuels' family these past few months as I was involved in helping to work on the 4th Annual Gala this year. For those of you who attended, I hope you enjoyed! And for those who didn't, I look forward to meeting all of you sometime soon! What makes JICNY so special are the people who care so much about the organization and keep it alive- that's all of you.

Marc G. Menashe

South Africa

Most of us left our families and home countries to come to a city which, at times, can be anything from incredible to strange. No matter what our different experiences in New York are, it is comforting to have cousins and an extended family to fall back on. JICNY is that extended network of "cousins". Its organizers have given me a platform to explore this city from a uniquely Jewish perspective, together with young Jewish professionals from around the world. From sharing Shabbat dinners, to attending weekly shiurim, to socializing at business networking events, JICNY gives you VIP access to Jewish life in New York.

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