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Kos & Kaos connects and fosters a community of young adults of Jewish background and belonging from the Nordic Countries.
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Kos & Koas is an initiative that started in Oslo in 2016.
We organize meetings, culinary experiences, traveling, gather wonderful young adults for from The Nordics and North Europe.

We aim to bring together young adult professionals (25-45) with Jewish background or belonging from all of Scandinavia.

Kos & Kaos is for absolutely everyone who wants to expand their network through experiences, fun and conversation. We all have exciting stories to share and we are thinking a lot about the future as Jews and citizens of the world. Focusing on innovation that challenges conventional thinking, new forms of creativity are identified, which initiate conversations about the desirable future of the world, as well as Jewish life and identity. 

Among the speakers, Mosab Yousef (The son of Hamas), Rabbi Micha Odenheimer (Tevel bZedeq), TV 2 editor Gerhard Helskog,  and many more have been through. The initiative is supported by The Charles & Lynn Schusterman Foundation & Drøbakk AS.

Previous Events & Activities

HIKING IN JOTUNHEIMEN
Besseggen, Sept 2022

Incredible beautiful weekend with around 30 young adults from all the Nordic countries in Norway’s most iconic mountains Jotunheiem. Upon arriving back to the hotel after the hike, a hot tub was waiting for us with some nice Israeli whiskey followed by a conversation with our guests Omer Zerahia Michael Hauser Tov (political chief writer at Haaretz).

SKI WEEKEND
Hafjell, Feb 2020

We gathered around 45 adults and 20 children for an unforgettable weekend at the Ilsetra Hotel in Hafjell. On Friday we had a cozy wine evening with Nati Aviv who had brought different wines from Israel’s best wine farms. Followed by Saturday evening with a lecture from Jonathan Leman from Expo in Sweden on right-wing extremism.

JØDEBOR 2.0
Oslo, Nov 2019

Jødebord has been a tradition started a few years ago by Alex Levi, Charlotte Kahn, Esther Buckmann and Ted Aspelund. This year we were lucky enough to be able to continue the evening at the incredibly pleasant place Bjørnehuset on St. Hans haugen. We were almost 60 people from the age of 25-45. It was a great atmosphere, delicious food from our chef Øistein and lovely Kosher wine.

THE BIG DIP
Lofoten, March 2019

Incredible beautiful weekend with around 30 young adults from all the Nordic countries in Norway’s most iconic mountains Jotunheiem. Upon arriving back to the hotel after the hike, a hot tub was waiting for us with some nice Israeli whiskey followed by a conversation with our guests Omer Zerahia Michael Hauser Tov (political chief writer at Haaretz).
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CHANNUKAH Event
Dec 2018

A wonderfully pleasant and important Channuka evening with Alma Reisel who came to talk about her work with Keshet UK. A Jewish congregation for LGTB+ in London. Delicious food was served by chef Øisten and the atmosphere was great.

FAMILY WINTER DAY
Besseggen, Sept 2022

Ski day for children and adults at our chef Øistein’s home. In collaboration with the Israeli embassy in Oslo, we had incredibly exciting guests from Israel’s Arab sector who came to talk about life in Israel. The guests were: Yonathan Elkhoury, Mohammad Kabiya, and Madlene Khashan.

AUTUMN NIGHT
Oslo, Nov 2017

The 16 November, approximately 45 young adults met for a delicious dinner and a very interesting lecture by the Israeli spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Yigal Palmor. There was a pleasant atmosphere and good conversations. Thank you very much to everyone who came and hope to see you again soon. Happy Hanukkah

WINTER DAY
Oslo, March 2017

Ski day for children and adults with barbecue and cool program for the children and very exciting lecture / conversation with Mosab Hassan Yousef author of the autobiography “Son of Hamas”, a best seller according to the “New York times and the protagonist in the Sundance Award Winning documentary “The green prince”. Over 100 children and adults were there and it was a great atmosphere.

WEEKEND SEMINAR
Oslo, Sept 2016

Two day seminar with lots of good food (by chef Øistein Abrahamsen) and interesting lectures. About 60 people slept over at the Hytta in Bærum from Friday to Saturday. There were exciting lectures from Rabbi Micha Odenheimer (Tevel Bzedeq), Hagai Kimmelman (Gesher), Gerhard Helskog (TV2 Norway), Dan Poraz (Israel’s Embassy in Norway) and Zeev Yanai (Israel’s Foreign Affairs).

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