Celebrate outgoing Board Chair Rob Orley + Founding CEO Aliza Kline

This summer, we are celebrating a huge milestone: 10 years of OneTable! That’s a full DECADE of Shabbat dinners, Nourished by OneTable.

In our milestone tenth year, OneTable continues to be the leading Jewish social and spiritual engagement platform. We were designed to scale, driven by a desire to build a Shabbat movement, where the practice of opening our homes and sharing an intentional, Jewish experience with peers becomes the norm.

With an unparalleled scale and innovative approach, we operate across 700+ cities nationwide (and Toronto as of 2023!); 18 staffed with dedicated professionals, reaching nearly 1,500 neighborhoods. Since our founding in 2014, more than 275,000 people have registered as participants, collectively attending 142,000 OneTable Shabbat dinners, resulting in an extraordinary 1 million+ engagements since our inception. Our repeat participation rate grows annually, underscoring our expansive reach and deep impact.

The horrific attack on October 7 has had a significant impact on our growth. Our hi-tech and high-touch approach allowed us to quickly connect with OneTable hosts and guests and assess and respond to their changing needs. Since that time, more Jewish young adults have sought out the support of Shabbat and connections with other young adults at unprecedented rates.

Party Like it’s Our Sha-Birthday

For our annual major donors and major donor prospects, we are creating an unforgettable evening marking 10 years of Jewish joy with OneTable. We’ll honor our first decade of impact and celebrate our outgoing board chair Rob Orley in our original OneTable style. And for anyone wondering how to celebrate along with us, we’d love for you to support us into our second decade by investing in OneTable today.

OneTable Through the Years
  • October 2013
    • The Steinhardt Foundation for Jewish Life + The Paul E. Singer Foundation come together to imagine  a new way to engage Jewish young adults in Shabbat and hire Aliza Kline as the founding Executive Director. 
  • Spring 2014
    • Design sprints explore “how might we invite Jewish young adults to create a meaningful, lasting Shabbat dinner practice at scale?”
  • June 2014
    • First #StartUpShabbat dinners registered on the Feastly platform and hosted in Brooklyn
  • May 2015
    • OneTable brand and customized social dining platform launched
  • January 2016
    • Chicago becomes OneTable’s “second city” followed by San Francisco and Denver
  • February 2016
    • OneTable reaches the milestone of 1,000 Shabbat dinners
  • May 2017
    • OneTable’s first original research impact study, Beyond Scale, is published and confirms that 92% of hosts would recommend OneTable to a friend
  • March 2020
    • OneTable pivots due to the Covid-19 pandemic and introduces OneTable Live, Solo Shabbats, and more original research. Weekly participation doubles. Powered By OneTable becomes in demand for large virtual festivals. 
  • January 2022:
    • OneTable’s second original research study, Craving Connection, is published and confirms that 75% of participants would not celebrate Shabbat without OneTable
  • January 2023
    • OneTable engages new generations with the 50ish+ demographic
  • October 2023
    • OneTable goes international with a Toronto hub
  • March 2024
    • March 2024: OneTable surpasses 1 million dinner reservations, each a unique opportunity for Jewish joy and Jewish engagement