Samantha is a member of Smashing Life, our community membership club for Jewish + Jew(ish) women.
ABOUT SAMANTHA
Where are you from? Washington, D.C.
What do you do for a living? Communications Manager
How did you meet your partner?J-Swipe
Jewish Newlywed Spotlight: Jennifer Dozark
Jennifer is a member of Smashing Life, our community membership club for Jewish + Jew(ish) women.
ABOUT JENNIFER
Where are you from? I grew up in New Jersey, my husband grew up in Houston. We met and fell in love in New York where we had our wedding and plan to stay!
What do you do for a living? I am a personal trainer, I own my own business called Small But Mighty Training. My husband works in finance for a private equity firm called Raine.
How did you meet your partner?We met at a corporate gym in midtown Manhattan. His personal trainer quit or got fired from the gym and he wound up training with me! Before long, we realized we had more in common besides a love of weightlifting!
When did you first know you were in love? I think it was when he taught me a game called Shoe Golf in a park in the East Village. It was such a simple, silly game, but it was so much fun because we were together. We could always have the longest conversations at night (and we’re both earlybirds!). And he didn’t give me too hard of a time when we were out at a bar in Newport, Rhode Island and he left to go to the bathroom and when he came back I was asleep!
Jewish Newlywed Spotlight: Becca Marx
Becca Marx is a member of our Brides Club for Jewish and Jew-ish brides, and we’re so excited for her wedding plans!
Inside Brides Club, I personally help you to minimize wedstress and overwhelm, and maximize your wedding budget. Oh – and every Brides Club member gets a free smash glass pouch (designed by me) for under the chuppah posted out to them too. Mazal Tov!
Come and join Brides Club too – for advice, discounts, community, sisterhood… and your sanity!
Smashing Life, my community membership club for ALL Jewish women, is open to new members for the next 48 hours
Smashing Life and Brides Club members met up at Karen ‘s home for a Challah Bake
Happy Wednesday! I’ve got a question for you… did you know that as well as Smashing The Glass (focused on your Jewish wedding your way), we run a sister brand and podcast called Your Jewish Life all about living your best Jewish LIFE – your way?
I’m proud to say, it’s immensely popular – and my accompanying podcast, Your Jewish Life Your Way with Karen Cinnamon, is a a great listen too! (Don’t you love how I’m my own kvelling Jewish mother?! )
But the element I’m most proud of (and literally what I live for) is my warm, inclusive Jewish lifestyle community club for ALL Jewish and Jew-ish women… Smashing Life.
Zoom Shabbat dinner with Smashing Life
Smashing Life is my warm, inclusive lifestyle community for Jewish and Jew-ish women, whether you’re single, engaged, married, or anything else.
It’s like the warmth of freshly baked challah and Shabbat candles fused with fashion, interiors, lifestyle, recipes, a healthy dose of fun, and a whole lotta heartfelt love and support.
Smashing Life and Brides Club members met up with Karen on her visit to NYC pre-pandemic!
And for the next 48 hours until Thursday, September 23, the doors to this life-changing community – a space that, in the words of one of our members, “feels like coming home” – are open. If you’re looking to make new friends, lean into your Jewish identity, and find a space where you are enough – what are you waiting for? Join now to see what it’s all about.
When Smashing Life member Sam Levitz recently moved into a new apartment, fellow SL’er Jenna sent her the sweetest housewarming gift!
Not sure if Smashing Life is for you? Have a read through these heartwarming words from one of our dear members. Sam Levitz.
Sam Levitz, New York City:
Growing up I was a part of many different Jewish circles but found in my adult years that those circles had faded into only fond memories. I was struggling to find a space that felt curated for me and my needs as a Jewish adult, and wanting to create a space for myself and my future family that felt true to my Jewish identity. Smashing Life gave me that power and inspiration.
I’ve made connections and friendships inside Smashing Life that I know will last a lifetime. From virtual Shabbat dinners and in-person happy hours (one day again soon!), to support and love when things get difficult, I know that Smashing Life is the place I can go to where I will find the most incredible people to lift me up.
And I hope they know that I’m there for them. When the going gets tough, you don’t need to look further. We’re not just an online group, we’re a family, a community, and we’re there for each other.
To be part of a group of Jewish women to connect, engage, and share life’s struggles and triumphs is more important to me than I ever realized.
Our Jewish or Jew-ish connections may have initially brought us together, but it’s the kindness and compassion of this group that keeps me coming back. I don’t know what I’d do without it and I feel so lucky and fortunate to be a part of it.
Jewish Newlywed Spotlight: Ashley Segal
Ashley is a member of Smashing Life, our community membership club for Jewish + Jew(ish) women.
ABOUT ASHLEY
Where are you from? Los Angeles
What do you do for a living? VP of Sales for a fashion brand
How did you meet your partner?Fashion trade show in Atlanta— both of our brands were in the same showroom and Amanda hit on me with an awkward pickup line that I rebuffed, but I was secretly intrigued. We followed eachother on social media until we ended up both at another fashion trade show in Dallas two years later. We’ve been inseparable since.
When did you first know you were in love? When I flew to NY just to be able to spend a weekend with her while she was going for be away on a business trip.
