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Jews And Booze from page 10
Aaron Schwartz, 35, of Oak Park is a
regular Torah on Tap participant.
"I wish [alcohol] wasn't necessary,
but the proof is in the turnout:' he
says.
"This program injects a bit of
Jewish learning to a large number
of people who might otherwise have
none. The people who attend are not
generally the same people who would
be comfortable attending a religious
lecture or class. If the alcohol is what
brings them, so be it."
Jaimee Wine, 24, of Ann Arbor, a
YAD board member and University of
Michigan graduate student who coor-
dinates social media and outreach for
Torah on Tap, echoed those sentiments.
"It's a very comfortable learning
environment;' she said. "You can drink,
let loose and feel comfortable in a bar.
It's changed the way people perceive
learning."
Burnham also points out that all
participants are adults of legal drink-
ing age. He says some order non-alco-
holic beverages and he's never seen
anyone get out of control.
"We've never had to ask somebody
to leave because they were drinking
too much; never has someone gotten
drunk or sick:' he says. "The people
who come to these events are respon-
sible adults. People come and have a
drink or two drinks. Maybe one per-
son will have three drinks. I have not
seen any cause for concern:'
New Season
As YAD prepares to begin a new sea-
son of young adult programming,
new Director Jessica Goodwin, 27, of
Southfield believes having "creative,
out-of-the-box and interesting" events
is more important to their success
than whether alcohol is served. "Events
should be held at a venue that's cen-
trally located for our community at a
place that's hip, unique and inviting','
she said.
Back in June, Detroit's new Motor
City Moishe House, a communal house
shared by six young Jewish profession-
als, and CommunityNEXT, Federation's
young professional retention program,
threw "BBQ, Brews and Fuze." (Fuze
is a popular brand of juice drinks).
About 350 people attended the party
in Detroit's midtown section.
In November, YAD will host its
annual Lathe Vodka party with a DJ,
lathes and drinks. Goodwin says it
will be at a "really cool place not yet
announced." It's become a reunion of
sorts for young Jews who've moved
away to attend college or pursue their
careers. As many as 500 people are
expected.
"Sometimes events include alcohol,
but I don't believe it's a prerequisite
to attracting people:' Goodwin says.
"Of course, serving alcohol never
hurts, and it may be an incentive, but I
believe there's such a great buzz and so
much creativity within the YAD lead-
ership for coming up with new, excit-
ing programs that people will attend
regardless of whether there's alcohol
involved."
When it comes to Torah on Tap,
however, Wine disagrees.
"I think we'd lose a lot of people if
the drinks were taken away or people
had to start paying for their drinks:'
she said. "I think it would be a very
different dynamic — without the
alcohol, I'm not sure how many people
would show up. It's just a matter of
fact."
Hosting events that involve drink-
ing — including bar nights — has
been done in the past. Hannan Lis of
Farmington Hills was YAD president
in the early 1990s. He recalls some
programs included alcohol, and some
events were questioned for being non-
traditional more than two decades ago.
"If the alcohol is
what brings them, so
be it."
- Aaron Schwartz, 35, of Oak Park
"I think every generation tries to do
what they feel is most compelling to
be relevant to their peers',' Lis said.
"As long as YAD's current program-
ming balances the social aspects of
their mission with their community
mission and as long as the alcohol-
related events are handled responsibly,
I see no harm in organizing events
that expand the reach and message of
YAD.
"I recognize that these are different
times and programs and events need
to compete with other social and com-
munity opportunities. While times
have changed, the idea of young Jewish
adults coming together in a social
context to learn about their commu-
nity and forge a lifelong connection to
Federation remains the same." I
To learn more about upcoming young adult events and programs, look
for the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit Young Adult Division,
CommunityNEXT or Motor City Moishe House on Facebook, or call YAD
Director Jessica Goodwin at (248) 203-1471.