Assembly

Assembling Community

Religion EN ↓ 3 episodes

Build lasting, vibrant Jewish communities. Learn how to turn events into relationships that keep people coming back. The team at Assembly shares practical frameworks, proven strategies, and honest reflections on the art and practice of Jewish community-building—helping leaders find their people and hold them close, all with Jewish depth.

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Sticky Cohorts 06.07.2026 15:18

We often like to talk about the importance of rituals for community building. But what does that look like in practice? In our latest episode of Assembling Community, our ED Erica dives into this with Spencer Kaseff, Senior Outreach Manager at Mazon. It could be as simple as giving people an opportunity to share a recent moment of hope or excitement as part of a regular gathering. That ritual not...

Marketing builds brands, not community 11.06.2026 16:10

When you push yourself to ask “who should I be talking to?” (instead of “where should I post this?”), you’re doing something that’s deeply Jewish. Our tradition has always understood that community is built person-to-person, day-to-day. It’s what we do together. In episode 2 of Assembling Community, we dive into this distinction and what it actually means for community builders. This podcast featu...

Community Is a Skill 06.05.2026 18:52

A dancer, a union organizer and a community builder sit around a table. Sound like the beginning of a joke? It’s actually the beginning of our podcast. In our inaugural episode, the Assembly team dives into our unique backgrounds and how we bring them to our work today. We also chat about one of the questions we get asked frequently: how to build community organically. That means recruiting people...