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Individual ($54)

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Young Friend Individual ($72)

Household ($90)

Young Friend Dual ($108)

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Sponsor ($500)

Benefactor ($1000)

Contributor ($3600)

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Household ($90)

Young Friend Dual ($108)

Supporter ($180)

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Sponsor ($500)

Benefactor ($1000)

Contributor ($3600)

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Young Friends

Young Friends

The mission of the Young Friends of the Museum is to inspire and involve the young professional community (ages 21-40) of Greater Philadelphia through social, educational, networking, and philanthropic programming celebrating American Jewish history and culture.

Young Friend Individual Add-on $18 (in addition to Individual membership dues)

Young Friend Dual Add- on $36 (in addition to Dual membership dues)

     •     Invitations for one adult to museum programs and events for ages 21 to 40 (two adults for Dual Membership)

     •     Email updates

     •     Quarterly cocktail receptions


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Upcoming Events


Dreamers and Doers: Stuart Weitzman  

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Shoe mogul, Stuart Weitzman, is the perfect fit to kick off NMAJH’s new Dreamers and Doers speakers series. Join us as he shares firsthand the story of the Stuart Weitzman company, an intergenerational one of passion, vision, and a quintessentially American spirit: courage and imagination, aspiration and hard work, leadership and service.

Young Friends Members are eligible for discounted tickets.
Members-only presale begins April 22 and ends May 5; tickets during presale are $15.
Starting May 6, tickets are widely available to the public and Member tickets increase to $18



July Young Friends events
Please check back soon for information on the July Young Friends program.

Past Young Friends Events

 

20s/30s Opening Reception Jewish Music Festival (off-site at The Gershman Y)
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May , 2013
 
NMAJH wasproud to join The Gershman Y, Moishe House, Tribe 12, The Collaborative, and Federation's Renaissance Group for a special 20s/30s opening night reception of The Philadelphia Jewish Music Festival at The Gershman Y. 
 
Private Wine and Cheese Reception
Saul Kaye*: The Jewish Blues
Dessert Reception
 
 
*International touring artist Saul Kaye is pioneering a new genre of music: The Jewish Blues. By taking Jewish stories and putting them to the blues, Saul is bringing something new to modern Jewish music and forming connections between the Delta and the Torah. Hear this unique take on The Jewish Blues at Opening Night of the Philadelphia Jewish Music Festival.
 
Saul Kaye. Photo courtesy of The Gershman Y. 


Activism & Justice: An evening with the Inspiring Simon Deng smallsdflyer
April, 2013
Young Friends of NMAJH came out for an enlightening talk by Mr. Simon Deng, a Sudanese ex-slave turned activist and survivor. On the heels of Passover and our discussion of the Exodus narrative, Simon shared his amazing story from kidnapped child to world-class swim champion to a beacon for human rights. The talk inspired audience members to take action by contacting their political representatives.














Purim

Purim Dance Party
February 2013

Young Friends of NMAJH joined with the Gershman Y, Grad Network and Moishe House for a great celebration of Purim at World Cafe Live!

From the reading of the Megillah to hamentashen and dancing to costumed revelry, Saturday, February 23 was a night to remember!




Rage is Back (Author event with Adam Mansbach) ragecover

February 2013

Presented by Young Friends of NMAJH and The Raven Society of the Free Library of Philadelphia 

Bestselling novelist, Adam Mansbach returned to the Museum to discuss his new novel,
Rage is Back.  Joining Adam were Blake "KEO" Lethem, graffiti artist and Rage is Back cover art designer, and moderator, James Braxton Peterson, Director of Africana Studies and Associate Professor of English at Lehigh University.  




PJFF Screening: How To Re-Establish A Vodka Empire and Vodka Tasting Vodka

January, 2013 

Both conversation and vodka flowed freely as Young Friends of NMAJH enjoyed the Philadelphia Premiere of Dan Edelstyn’s How To Re-Establish A Vodka Empire, at the Prince Music Theater. A talkback with the director and a vodka tasting (night) capped the event.   
  

 
 
 Cocktails & Candles candc
 December, 2012 
 More than 150 Young Friends illuminated our Hanukkah-themed evening of holiday cocktails, good cheer, and guided gallery tours.   
 
 



 
 Only In America Gala: “Generation to Generation”   yfgala5
 November, 2012 
 Young Friends of NMAJH turned out in style to support the Museum’s annual fundraising Gala, held this year at The Horticultural Center. The elegant evening offered cocktails and mingling, a gourmet dinner, and dancing amidst the foliage, well into the night.  


 

The Sway Machinery: Hidden Melodies

September, 2012 
Young Friends of NMAJH celebrated the Jewish New Year with a music-infused cocktail reception featuring The Sway Machinery, a Brooklyn-based collective that blends Ashkenazi Jewish spiritual music, blues, afro-beat, and rock. We shared an unforgettable evening of live music from Hidden Melodies Revealed, a joyful concert that blurs the line between rock show and ritual, storytelling and the Cantorial music tradition. A new kind of New Year, maybe even a new tradition! 

Steamy Summer Cinema Series  
July, 2012 
Wednesdays throughout July, Young Friends savored screenings of classic films, talks by the Philadelphia Inquirer Inky movie critic Carrie Rickey, and a little something to nibble. Series favorites included Marjorie Morningstar (USA, 1958), Dirty Dancing (USA, 1987) and A Walk on the Moon (USA, 1999). 
 

 

Young Friends Camp Reunion  
June, 2012 
If you miss sing-a-longs around the campfire with your favorite summer friends, you would have loved our Young Friends Camp Reunion! We broke out the bug juice and s’mores and caught up on campy activities like arts n’ crafts, improv games and tall tales -- all with a grown-up twist.   
 


Coming of Age in America 
March, 2012 
In honor of the 90th anniversary of the first American bat mitzvah, the Museum presented a two-day program featuring an intergenerational dialogue about ‘tweenhood and coming-of-age in America. Dr. Mayim Bialik, (also known as “Blossom” in the eponymous 1990s sitcom) gave a moving keynote speech, and signed books for fans after her talk.   
 


Young, Jewish, and Activist – Panel Discussion 
 November, 2011 
 Six youthful Jewish activists – Rachel Howe, Laurel Klein, Benjamin Landau-Beispiel, Jacob Winterstein, and Eli Goldblatt led a rousing discussion on Jewish identity and social justice, and how their Jewish origins and identities shape their approach to activism.