Post #2247606
2026-04-25 03:48 UTC
The subject came up over on Reddit and I couldn't help but ponder why I don't go to synagogue anymore.
Technically I can right now. My work schedule accommodates me attending a Friday night service. While I find the political aspect of our services grating, I enjoyed myself for the most part the last couple times I attended.
What gets me most is the complete lack of community for young adults. It felt lonely being 20-something in a room full of older adults I could connect to, but not on the same level as someone my age. Dare I say it felt like I was visiting a senior center every week. I guess I'm one of the few Jews in the region who felt that connection at my age, but never found that community outside of online spaces.
Shabbat shalom y'all
#mazeldon
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@amayasnep@meow.social 2026-04-25 05:03
Btw I enjoy the services. The prayers and rituals are nice. It’s like an escape from the same old structure of my work week. It’s just the community for me is lacking what I need. Such is the struggle of being a young, single Jew with no desire to have children.
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@lilahglitch@babka.social 2026-05-05 16:12
@amayasnep@meow.social It was like this at my shul for a while. So I started going every shabbat. Next time someone showed up my age, we became friends. Now there are multiple young people at the kiddish table. It took effort but I had to build the kehilah that I wanted to exist