Life in New York City
Moving to a new city is an exciting and busy time. Moving to a new country is even more so. The fun of meeting new people and learning what you like about your new home can sometimes be shadowed by the more mundane tasks of getting settled. Let us help you make New York City your new home! Below are resources around town that our members have found extremely helpful over the years.
Around Town
Shabbat Times
Visit The 5th Avenue Synagogue for more information on Jewish Life at www.5as.org
Shabbat Hospitality
Would you like to join a warm and inviting family for a Shabbat meal? We have a network of families in Manhattan and in the suburbs who welcome many young professionals into their home each week. Contact Steve Eisenberg to find out more at steve@jicny.com.
Shabbat Services
Join the JICNY each Saturday for user friendly services at Manhattan Jewish Experience. Services begin at 9:30 AM and are followed by a delicious Kiddish.
Address: 131 West 86th st, 10th floor.
Dating in New York
Matchmaker
Ziva Kramer is a succssful matchmaker to many of the international group. Ziva lives on the Upper East Side with her family. She is originally from Israel and brings to the table a modern outlook, great intuition and an ability to cut to the chase. She always has a knack for making connections and offers her services for no charge. If you would like to learn more about Ziva please contact Jodi at jodi@jicny.com.
Dating Coach
Gavin Samuels offers his warmth, expertise and clarity to help guide you through those tough relationship issues. Recently at a wedding, the bride whispered to Gavin that she never would have made it without his guidance! If you are interested in working with Gavin towards the relationship you dream of, please contact him at gavin@jicny.com.
Get Connected
Ambassador Program
New York City’s Jewish Community is unique, vibrant, and thriving. There is room for everyone to meet new people and build their own social circle. But really the most fun and the most comforting is meeting people from your home country and finding that you have so much in common.
JICNY offers International Ambassadors to help ease your transition into American life and more specifically, New York City life. These Ambassadors speak your home language and understand the experience of being new. This knowledge can help ease your transition and help you start building social connections. This program is for international Jews in their 20's and 30's.
Ambassadors are always knowledgeable about events inside and outside of our forum. So whether you’re looking for a place to go on a Saturday night or you can’t seem to find your way around town they can help! Our ambassadors are also part of the many smiling faces at our events and are always meeting and greeting new people. We are always looking for new ambassadors to add to our amazing team. If you are interested, please contact Maral and Jodi and Events@JICNY.com.
We would like to proudly introduce our Ambassadors and invite you to get in touch. The Ambassador information is as follows:
| Nationality/Country | Name(s) | Contact Information |
| Persia | Elahe Babazdeh | elaheb@hotmail.com |
| Russia | Julie Yusupov | yyjulie@aol.com |
| UK | Julian Fisher | julian@crestrider.com |
| South African | Elana Slater | elanaslater@yahoo.com |
| Europe | Elisheva Vlaanderen | talldutchgirl@gmail.com |
| France | Chana Citron | chana.citron@verizon.net |
| Latino (Spanish Speaking) | Mauricio Kaufman | mauriciokaufman@gmail.com |
| Brazil | Fabia Preminger | fabia212@aol.com |
| Australia | Jodi Samuels | jodi@jicny.com |
| Couples | Gavin & Jodi Samuels | jodi@jicny.com, gavin@jicny.com |
