Montauk to Venice Beach
4,000 miles through the largest Jewish communities in America.
The launch
May 4, 2027, Yom HaShoah. At sunrise at the Montauk Point Lighthouse: a moment of silence, tefillin, the first blast of the shofar, then we turn west.
The route
- Montauk
- New York City
- New Jersey
- Philadelphia
- Washington D.C.
- Pittsburgh
- Chicago
- St. Louis
- Memphis
- Dallas
- Houston
- Phoenix
- Los Angeles / Venice Beach
Route and dates are being finalized. Want us to stop in your community?
Every day has the same shape
- 6 AMTefillin and the shofar, wherever the ride is. “Today we ride for…”
- All dayOn the road with guest riders, veterans and local communities.
- EveningShabbat dinners on Fridays, music and dancing the Hora most nights.
- NightKibbitz Live. Anyone asks anything, answered live. No script, no pitch.
Every stop
Shabbat tables
A real seat at community tables.
Camps and youth centers
Meeting the next generation.
Synagogues and JCCs
Meeting communities where they gather.
A shofar left behind
A small shofar keepsake inscribed “Mensch Across America” left at every stop.
Follow every mile, live
Miles ridden
0
Raised
$0
Status
Launching May 4, 2027
A GPS beacon on the bike feeds a live map once the ride begins.
Being filmed
A documentary crew travels the whole route, capturing the mornings, the stops, the dinners and the miles that hurt, for a feature-length documentary from Yellow Star Films.
Proof it works
Soldier Ride began in 2004 with one person riding across the country for wounded veterans and one more driving the support vehicle. It grew into a national program raising millions. We’re building on the same idea.