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Fall 2026 · A small first cohort · Remote

Founding
Community Fellow

StarLove is building a new home for Jewish life. A private community where people find Jewish events, organizations, and each other. We're looking for two people to help more of them find it, especially the ones who don't know where to begin.

Community & Growth 5-8 hrs/week Remote One semester

Jewish community doesn't end at graduation. But for a lot of people, that's exactly when it gets hard to find.

Right now you've got Hillel, Chabad, your chapter, your people. Then you graduate, move somewhere new, and all of it disappears overnight. The community is still out there. It's just scattered across Instagram, group chats, twelve newsletters, and websites nobody checks.

StarLove is building the place it all comes together. It was built after October 7, out of a belief that Jewish life deserves somewhere it can be celebrated, not defended. We're part of UpStart's UpLift '26 cohort.

We're looking for our first Founding Community Fellows. This role isn't for everyone, and that's intentional: it's for people who'd rather build something than watch it happen.

The role

What you'd do

Help people find their people

Help more people discover StarLove and, more importantly, figure out what makes them stay. Signing up is easy. Coming back every week is the real work.

Build meaningful community

Welcome new members, start conversations, make sure people find each other. A community is only alive if someone makes it alive, and that would be you.

Connect with Jewish organizations

Synagogues, Chabad houses, Moishe Houses, young-adult groups. They host incredible things every week, and too many people never hear about them. You'd work with rabbis, Hillel professionals, and organizers to help more people find what's already happening.

Share what you're seeing

Post from your own voice, to the people who already trust you. A Shabbat dinner worth showing, a teaching worth passing on, an event your friends should know about. The most powerful version of this isn't our account. It's yours.

Be our reality check

What's confusing, what's broken, what your friends said when they tried it.

The rhythm

What a week actually looks like

Five to eight hours, spread however you want. A real week might be:

Meet someone new

A rabbi, a Hillel professional, someone running a Jewish organization, a creator you admire. You'd build your own network across the Jewish world, not just ours.

Get a few friends to try something

Show them a feature, watch them use it, and tell us what they actually said, the honest reactions, good and bad.

Go to one Jewish thing

A Shabbat dinner, a Chabad event, whatever's happening. Meet people. That's the job.

Welcome a few new people

When someone new joins, be the person who says hi. It's the difference between an app and a community.

Help us improve

Find a bug, flag a confusing screen, tell us what's annoying. Every week.

Why this one is different

Most internships hand you a small piece of something that already exists. This is the opposite. Almost nothing exists yet, and you'd help decide what it becomes.

You'd work directly with the founder. Not a manager, not a team. The person who built it.

Real ownership, real stakes, and something you can point to for years. It also means the occasional messy week. We think that's the good part.

By the end of the semester, you'll have helped shape a real product, built relationships across the Jewish world, and made it easier for people to find Jewish life.

Who you are
  • You're the person people text when they want to know what's happening this weekend
  • You're in it: Hillel, Chabad, Greek life, Moishe House, camp, BBYO, your synagogue, wherever Jewish life happens for you
  • You care about Jewish community and want more people to find it
You'll leave with
  • Real experience building a community from scratch
  • Relationships across the Jewish world beyond your campus
  • Founder mentorship, and a reference who knows your work
The details
Time
5-8 hrs/week
Where
Remote, flexible
Length
One semester
Credit
Eligible for course credit
Compensation
Modest stipend

Remote means remote. You'd work with the Jewish community where you are, and with ours in New York.

✦ Apply

Tell us about yourself

Send a short note about what you're part of, why Jewish community matters to you, and a time you got people to show up to something. Students and recent grads both welcome. A résumé is fine but honestly optional.

Apply now

Applications reviewed on a rolling basis through August 15, for a September start.

Know someone who'd be perfect? Please send them our way.