Welcome back to Pull Up A Chair, our monthly podcast where we explore different themes and what it means to build and be a part of a strong Jewish community.

In this episode of Pull Up A Chair, we look at what connects us to community. For Baltimore transplant Jen Grossman, connection comes through service.

Jen has been deeply involved in volunteering and served multiple years as chair of the Jewish Volunteer Connection, an agency of The Associated. But her arrival and Baltimore had a rocky start.

โ€œVolunteering really gave me a vehicle to meet people that were either in the same life stage as I was or had the same interests.โ€

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The Associated Contributors are writers from The Associated: Jewish Community Federation of Baltimore.