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Program · Stage Two

The JNF Shabbat Club.

A curated, high-end monthly Shabbat dinner series — hosted in the homes of influential Jewish families across Austin.

01Vision

The strongest Jewish communities have always been built around homes and tables.

Shabbat Club modernizes that ancient infrastructure for Austin's next generation of Jewish leaders, families, and philanthropists.

It is

Continuity

A modern expression of the rituals that have sustained Jewish life for centuries.
It is

Infrastructure

Recurring, intimate, intergenerational community at the highest level.
It is

Philanthropy

Hospitality as giving — and giving as community-building.
02The Problem

Most engagement today is transactional.

Today's reality
  • Transactional networking
  • Crowded, surface-level events
  • Few intimate gatherings
  • No modern Jewish hospitality format
  • Almost no curated intergenerational space
What's missing
  • Meaningful relationship environments
  • Recurring rituals around the table
  • Hosts as community leaders
  • Curated rooms of real influence
  • Modern luxury hospitality, deeply Jewish
03Why Shabbat

The original community operating system.

Shabbat is the most consistent, intimate, and powerful weekly ritual in Jewish life. It is the perfect surface on which to rebuild relationships, hospitality, and continuity.

04How It Works

Twelve dinners. Twelve host families. One year.

12
Hosts annually
1 / mo
Curated Shabbat dinners
$10K
Host contribution
100%
Operations handled
The host provides

Home, network, hospitality

  • Their home as the venue
  • Their network and relationships
  • Their presence as host and convener
  • A $10,000 contribution to JNF
JNF / team provides

Everything else

  • Premium catering, rentals, staffing
  • Photography & content capture
  • Decor, entertainment, logistics
  • Guest curation and Jewish programming
  • Branding and end-to-end execution
05Financial Structure

$10,000 per host. $120,000 annually from twelve families.

~50% of contribution

Premium experience

  • Catering, rentals, staffing
  • Photography & content
  • Entertainment, decor, logistics
~50% of contribution

JNF mission

  • Direct support for JNF initiatives
  • Recurring donor cultivation
  • Funds the broader engagement ecosystem
06Host Experience

All the meaning. None of the burden.

What hosts gain

  • Meaningful, public-facing way to give back
  • Community leadership positioning
  • An elevated hosted experience without lifting a finger
  • Deeper relationships across Jewish Austin
  • Legacy and impact aligned with Jewish values

The night itself

  • Curated guest list of leaders, builders, families
  • Warm, candlelit, deeply Jewish atmosphere
  • Intimate but influential — never crowded
  • Modern luxury hospitality in their home
07Guest Experience

A room you can't get into any other way.

Who's there

Young professionals, entrepreneurs, families, community leaders, philanthropists, connectors.

What it feels like

Warm, elevated, aspirational, deeply Jewish — relationship-focused, not transactional.

Why it matters

Each table becomes a node in a growing network of Jewish leadership and philanthropy.
08Impact for JNF

Donor cultivation through hospitality.

Donor cultivation

Twelve high-touch annual touchpoints with influential families.

Community growth

Each dinner unlocks a new network of attendees.

Leadership pipeline

Hosts and guests progress into deeper JNF involvement.

Premium positioning

JNF as the brand of modern Jewish hospitality in Austin.

09National Scalability
Pilot

Austin first.

Austin is the proving ground: a fast-growing Jewish population, ample hosts, and existing community traction.
Then

Every JNF chapter.

A turnkey playbook — branding, host kit, programming, and operations — replicable in every major U.S. market.
10The Ask

Open the first twelve tables.

Approve the Shabbat Club pilot. Identify the first twelve hosts. Launch a year of community built one table at a time.