How dare you?

Live your life. Be a Jew. Whatever that means to you.

About our community

The Shmooze isn't all bagels and lox

Look, some people get it, some people don't. It's ok. Our approach is to use humor and storytelling to untangle some messy stuff, like identity stuff. We're lucky to have some brilliant guides who've joined us to navigate this.

• Seth Rogan (see the issue)
• Paul Rudd (see the issue)
• Ilana Glazer (see the issue)
• Andy Samberg (see the issue)
• Lisa Kudrow (see the issue)

From the Studio

We're working on some things we think you'll love

Every month, we bring together a groups to playtest our latest inventions. Help us figure this out!

• Design your own B Mitzvah
• Stuff to do on the weekend
• Not your mom's Judaica
• Holiday activity kits
• Books, shows, and movies

Our products

In their words...

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From our blog

Parenting

5 Dinner-time Prompts that Put Rose and Thorn to Shame

You finally got everyone around the table, maybe they're even eating, this is it, your chance to have a meaningful interaction with your kids... think, think, think...

By the way, you're doing a great job.

Forget what they told you. There's no right way to be Jewish. All you gotta do is...

Stay curious
Make it personal
Attend to it

Making it your own,
doesn't mean doing it alone.

Question everything
Make it matter
Live loud and proud