Young Adult Division | YAD
Live Jewishly. Give Jewishly. Lead Jewishly.
Serving ages 21-45
From online programs for young families to virtual Shabbats, from Network & Nosh events to the Colorado Jewish Agency Professionals (CJA Pros), from the Ben Gurion Society to Elevate, YAD programs provide multiple pathways for Jewish community members between the ages of 21 and 45 to live Jewish, give Jewish, and lead Jewish.
YAD’s work encompasses a wide range of activities but, at its core, YAD is dedicated to empowering young adults to become active in our Jewish community, to connect with others like and unlike themselves, and to reinforce the core Jewish values and traditions that bind us all. YAD is committed to facilitating lasting connection, meaningful conversation, and genuine communal spirit in order to sustain and strengthen a strong Jewish future for the next generation.
For more information about our Young Adult Division, please email YAD@JEWISHcolorado.org.
Introducing the 2022-2023 YAD Executive Committee
JEWISHcolorado is excited to introduce the 2022-2023 YAD Executive Committee team based in Denver, Colorado.
Woman to Woman: Crossover Network & Nosh Brings the Energy
The view of the mountains was particularly beautiful as I drove over the hill on Highway 36 toward Boulder. The wind billowed through the car, and I let my music blast as I amped myself up for a day of preparing meals for victims of the Marshall Fires. It was the perfect Colorado day, and I couldn’t wait to discover what was in store.
248 Connects Young Israelis and Jewish Coloradans
About a month into becoming JEWISHcolorado’s Young Adult Division (YAD) Director, my boss pulled me into a meeting and casually asked me, “So, do you want to go to Israel in two months?” Shocked, but stoked, I hesitantly replied, “Let me think about it… but definitely.”
YAD Ambassadors 2022-2023: Living Jewish, Giving Jewish & Leading Jewish
Our Ambassadors cover a broad spectrum of demographics from single professionals to young parents and all sorts of other identities. They’re planning some super fun activities just for you! Look out for these get-togethers throughout the year on our YAD Facebook page.
Young Adult Division: The Future of Jewish Community in Colorado
JEWISHcolorado’s Young Adult Division is made up of 20-, 30- and 40-somethings who gather at social events, volunteer to make our hometown a better place, and even travel together to far-flung places to help those in need. We are the future of Jewish leadership, and we want you.
YAD Lights Up the Night as Winter Sets In
On December 17, JEWISHcolorado’s Young Adult Division celebrated Chanukah and the close of our recent Year of Living Dangerously with a beautiful night under the lights at the Denver Botanic Gardens. YAD Shabbat: Festival of Lights was the largest YAD event of the year, attracting one hundred excited attendees for a delicious dinner, a little drinking (Baileys- and Peppermint Schnapps-spiked hot chocolate), and a delightful display of lights.
Introducing: YAD Director Jenna Raimist
We are thrilled to welcome Jenna Raimist, our new YAD director, who joins JEWISHcolorado after serving for three years as the national development manager for Cupid’s Charity, a nonprofit working to fund research and help end neurofibromatosis (NF), a rare genetic disorder.
YAD: Undeterred, Unshakable & Unstoppable
The Young Adult Division’s upcoming Shabbat at the Denver Botanical Gardens on December 17 just shows that neither pandemic restrictions nor winter nights can slow them down. From virtual Shabbats to Network & Noshes, YAD continues to provide ways for young Jewish adults to live Jewish, give Jewish, and lead Jewish.
Friday In the Park with YAD
YAD Shabbat is back. In real life and better than ever. The program came roaring back, smokin’ hot, with a kosher BBQ in Creekside Park and eighty—Eight. Zero!—people in attendance on a perfect Denver evening. With nary a cloud in sight and the temperature just right, the event was, in the words of several in attendance, “just magical.”