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Open Position: DEI and Social Justice Organizer
TRIBE 12 JOB DESCRIPTION TITLE: DEI and Social Justice Organizer REPORTS TO: Executive Director STATUS & WEEKLY HOURS: Part time- 10-12 hrs a week, with potential to grow Rate: $20-30/hr depending on experience START DATE: Sep 1, 2022 What we’re all about: Tribe 12’s mission is to connect people in their 20s/30s to Jewish…
Don’t Pass(over) these Opportunities with Tribe 12!
Passover 2022 is here! From seders and fun & games, to social justice and spring cleaning, we’ve got you covered for however you choose to celebrate! Pre- Passover Preparation Sunday,…
Why I’m Obsessed with the Seder
Like many mostly-extroverted people, I love a good dinner party; I love the idea of people sitting around for hours over good food and wine talking about deep things, sharing…
Philly Purim Guide 2022
Purim is officially around the corner which means it’s time to break out your favorite costumes (who’s showing up as Gritty??), eat delicious hamentashen cookies and celebrate until dawn! We’ve…
The Problem With Valentine’s Day, According To Our Matchmaker
I am a matchmaker and, it has to be said, a total grinch about Valentine’s Day. I’ve come to realize that this Hallmark holiday is bad for absolutely everyone: the…
Meet Gabrielle Schwartz!
Name: Gaby Schwartz Connection to Tribe 12: I am a proud 2021 Tribe 12 Fellow Alumni! What did you stress bake during the pandemic? CUPCAKES!! Highlight of my Spotify wrapped: Apparently,…
Meet Rabbi Megan!
Name: Rabbi Megan GoldMarche My job at Tribe 12: The new Executive Director starting February 1, 2022 My pandemic silver lining was…Shabbat dinners with my family- pre-pandemic we often hosted…
Meet Elijah Tomaszewski!
Name: Elijah Tomaszewski Connection to Tribe 12: 2021 Tribe 12 Fellow and LGBTQIA+ Tribe member Favorite Mitzvah: Sippur Yetziat Mitzrayim – relating the story of Exodus during Pesach. It connects us to everyone who came before us and the ones who are yet to arrive, and calls us to take action against today’s injustices Best dessert…
Meet Rory Michelle Sullivan!
Name: Rory Michelle Sullivan Connection to Tribe 12: 2018 Fellow, Couples Tribe, 30s Tribe, general lover of Tribe 12! Did you make a pandemic friend? Yes! several! New Years resolution: Wake…
Meet Jess!
Name: Jess Harper Meyers My job at Tribe 12: LGBTQIA+ Program Director (so basically I’m ✨Professionally Gay✨) New years resolution: Cultivate more intentional community Secret superpower: I speak four languages!…
Meet Kayli!
Name: Kayli Modell My job at Tribe 12: Community Manager …But really, I’d describe my role as: Getting to know our constituents and creating experiences they are excited about, or…
To All Our Chris’s This Holiday Season
It’s a running joke for the Tribe 12 staff that every contractor we work with is named Chris. From photographers to tech support to web developers, we somehow end up…
Meet our 2022 Tribe 12 Fellows!
We are so excited to welcome these amazing members of the community to our 12th cohort! Over the course of the next few months, we cannot wait to watch them…
ICYMI: 9 Ways the Tribe 12 Fellowship Helped Me Start a Successful Business
Aleeza Ben Shalom of Marriage Minded Mentor is a Tribe 12 Fellow from the 2013 class. As CEO of her business, she works as a coach and trainer to empower singles…
Happy National Singles Day! Kind Of!
Our matchmaker Danielle on how we can take this pseudo-holiday as an invitation to stop using ‘single’ as a four letter word It’s November 11th — happy National Singles Day…
Why do the Tribe 12 Fellowship?
By Michael Saks This upcoming class will be the 12th class of the Tribe 12 Fellowship. I’ve seen many entrepreneurs, myself included, come through the program and build…
Gender Diversity is Divinely Jewish
By Lex Pe’er Horwitz (they/them) There is nothing more beautiful than starting your journey to discovering and nurturing your true self. Learning about our inner most desires and needs presents…