What are we doing here?

OUR COMMUNITY

Ages:

  • 15% Generation Z
  • 25% Millennials
  • 23% Gen X
  • 30% Baby Boomers
  • 7% Greatest Generation

Geography – our constituents come from: 

  • Hilltop/Lowry/Washington-Virginia Village
  • Sloan’s Lake, Downtown, Highlands
  • Wash Park, Cherry Creek
  • Greenwood Village, Englewood
  • Stapleton
  • Boulder
  • Broomfield
  • Littleton
  • Highlands Ranch
  • Wheat Ridge
  • Green Valley Ranch

Headwear:

  • Kippah
  • Bald
  • Black hat
  • Baseball cap
  • Shtreimel
  • Wig
  • Scarf
  • Ponytail holder
  • Tiaras

So what are all of these people doing at The Jewish Experience?

Here is a snapshot of some the programs that TJE offers during a typical (COVID-19 free) year:

  • 10 Shabbos Dinners at the Center
  • More than 2 dozen Shabbos meals at our rabbis’ homes
  • 153 hours of women’s educational programs
  • 900 concert attendees for various artists
  • 5 holiday parties
  • 38 hours of Hebrew classes
  • 4 Havdallahs with 24 musicians (not all at the same time!)
  • 130 hours of Lunch and Learns
  • 10 collaborative events
  • 2 Israel trips
  • 12 regular classes each week
  • 364 pages of Talmud studied in Daf Yomi
  • 30 touchdowns in flag football with Torah & Turf  
  • 200 points scored in a typical JewPro basketball league game
  • 21 chesed opportunities filled by the Chesed Squad

How have things changed with COVID-19?

A lot has changed in the way that we deliver our programs. We have gone virtual with many of our regular classes, and have started new LIVE programs that have been a huge hit with fans all over the globe.

A different kind of community support:

  • Over 10 virtual classes/programs per week
  • 2 regular weekly LIVE Facebook programs
  • 50 women participating in bi-weekly virtual programming from Israel, CA, FL, TX, MO, NV, NY, AK, CO, and Canada
  • Zoom Hebrew School to over 20 families
  • Rent assistance to local families
  • 100’s of Holiday and Shabbat meals & packages prepared & delivered
  • Grocery delivery, help with local errands, and general household help to countless local families

What people are saying about TJE:

To Sara and Rabbi Wolfe:
I want to seriously thank the Jewish experience, but specifically I want to thank you. If it wasn’t for you, I would have never went on the redemption retreat because you’re the one that told me about it, and just all the amazing videos you and your hubby do, and making everyone aware of the programs/retreats. I’m loving this 10 day personal power. It’s exactly what I needed to really continue fulfilling my soul. You two make everyone feel welcome no matter what affiliation. -Y

Tje is like a smorgasboard. – Something for everyone and always new choices to choose from. Stimulating classes, Shabbat dinners, holiday programs. torah study and above all a sincere welcome to all regardless of where one is in their Jewish journey. tje is a place to make friend. Spiritually grow and safetely question the why and how of Judaism Truly a gift to the Denver Jewish community. -Joyce Rosenblum

I haven’t had a Jewish connection since high school. I always wanted one but didn’t have one. I moved to Denver a year ago and by luck I found the Jewish Experience. I somehow found Danny and he invited us to a Shabbos dinner and we have become friends ever since then, we get coffee or lunch once a month, I play in the football league, basketball league, come to Shabbos dinners. I am pretty actively involved in a deep and broad way. The funny part is that Danny is Orthodox, and I am not, but we are able to have amazing conversations, and I am able to ask him a lot of questions about Judaism and identity that I have wanted to know about for a long time, and one of the reasons I am okay doing that is because he is a very safe non judgmental person who knows the facts, and he is not trying to push an agenda on me, he’s just a friend sharing what he knows in the world. Danny is someone who I know cares about me and is there to actively listen instead of just proscribe advice.The people and value systems of TJE have become a very important part of my life.   -Brett Kopf