Millennials are sometimes outlined as ‘the loneliest era’ – however one app within the US is making an attempt to sort out that drawback for younger Jews.

OneTable, a non-profit app, is making an attempt to get extra younger folks to have a good time Friday night dinners, referred to as Shabbat, that start the day of relaxation celebrated by practising Jews.

Their intention is to make use of the app to make Shabbat a behavior each week, and get extra younger Jews not solely keen to attend these dinners however to truly host them – guaranteeing that the follow survives for the subsequent era.

For some, it’s about ritual and prayer – however for a lot of millennial Jews who see their Jewish identification as extra cultural than non secular, it is also an necessary strategy to thwart loneliness in a bustling metropolis like New York.

To search out out extra about faith apps, hearken to the World Service’s Coronary heart and Soul documentary about them right here.

Producer: Sophia Smith Galer