Software
Makom
Make Your Home
Jewish communities across America share the same fragmentation problem. Minyan times are buried in synagogue websites, WhatsApp groups require knowing someone, event listings live in email chains, and newcomers evaluating a neighborhood for relocation have nowhere to get a complete picture. Every community re-solves these problems informally — and every newcomer starts from zero.
Makom aggregates everything happening in a Jewish neighborhood into a single interface. The name means 'place' in Hebrew — and the tagline is 'Make Your Home.' The platform is in beta with Baltimore as the first community: 74 synagogues, 1,331 davening times, community channels, events with calendar export, and neighborhood overview data including housing costs, hashkafa range, and growth trends. The architecture is built to scale to any city with an Orthodox community.
The design language is warm and understated — dark backgrounds with cream typography, light serif fonts, and a UI that feels like it belongs in the community it serves. No bright colors, no corporate patterns. The interface is built around what you need right now: the next minyan, this week's parsha, what's happening tonight.
Community Dashboard
The home view surfaces what matters most — the next minyan with a live countdown, upcoming Shabbat details with candle lighting and havdalah times, community pulse metrics, and a neighborhood overview with demographics, housing data, and climate. Everything updates contextually: late-evening visits show tomorrow's Shacharis instead of an empty schedule.
Wednesday in
Baltimore
74 synagogues
across the community
8 active channels
WhatsApp groups
7 upcoming events
shiurim & gatherings
Shacharis
in 23 min
6:45
Bnai Jacob Shaarei Zion
7:00 Suburban Orthodox
7:30 Chabad of Pikesville
In 3 days
Behar-Bechukotai
Candle lighting 7:42 · Havdalah 8:48
About Baltimore
3,000+ frum families · growing
Modern Orthodox to Yeshivish hashkafa
Median home $285K · rent $1,600/mo
Community home view — Baltimore, showing real-time minyan countdown and Shabbat information
Minyan Schedule
The minyanim page is the core utility. Every davening time across every shul, grouped by Shacharis, Mincha, and Maariv with filter toggles. Times are sorted chronologically within each section, and the current prayer type is highlighted with an accent indicator. When today's schedule is exhausted, it automatically rolls forward to show tomorrow.
Minyanim
Wednesday · 74 shuls
Filterable minyan schedule — Shacharis, Mincha, and Maariv toggles with time-grouped shul listings
Shul Directory & Navigation
Shuls
74 synagogues in Baltimore
Alphabetical directory with nusach and address for each synagogue
Adaptive navigation — bottom bar on mobile, sidebar on desktop
Events & Calendar
Community events surface shiurim, gatherings, and recurring programs. Each event shows day, date, time, location, and recurrence. Expanding a card reveals descriptions and quick links. The entire calendar is exportable as an .ics file for native calendar integration.
Events
Gemara shiur open to all levels
Annual spring community gathering
Daily halacha review before Shacharis
Nightly Daf Yomi shiur
Expandable event cards with calendar export and recurring event support
Built for Communities
Makom runs on Cloudflare Workers with a Neon PostgreSQL database. The frontend is React Router v7 with server-side rendering, Tailwind CSS v4, and Framer Motion. PostGIS handles geographic data for synagogue coordinates and map rendering. The map uses OpenFreeMap vector tiles with a custom dark style matched to the app's palette. Shabbat times, parsha data, and calendar exports are computed server-side.