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Taste of Olam Haba seeks to integrate a wide range of Jewish experiences, practices, and traditions into our programs and services to meet our community’s diverse needs and desires. We believe there are multiple pathways to cultivating connection– whether through prayer, Torah study, arts, justice, or community building. 

Membership is a way to support our Jewish community and participate in the service of doing, communing, collectivizing, probing, wrestling, commemorating, and celebrating. It is being a part of the mitzvah (good deed) of helping to create and sustain Jewish life for those who want it, need it, and are enriched by it.

You don't have to be a member to attend service with Taste of Olam Haba, but if you resonate with our approach and wish to co-create our close-knit, intergenerational, spiritual community, we invite you to become a member.

  • We ask that each member expect to contribute a minimum of 10 hours to the community per year. This could include creating a service, bringing food for Shabbat, doing data entry, organizing a Taste of Olam Haba contingent at rallies-- and anything that helps us thrive.

  • Economic accessibility is important to us. Our approach asks members to contribute to the congregation according to their means. We operate under a system of terumah.

    The term "terumah" comes from the free-will offerings given by the biblical Israelites as contributions to the building of the Mishkan (portable sanctuary) as they wandered in the wilderness.

    Terumah acknowledges that personal financial circumstances vary among members of the community, allowing some to participate at a substantially higher level than others.  Terumah asks that each member of the community commit to supporting at a rate that feels most accessible to you. We will never ask to verify your income. 

    Membership status is not contingent on terumah contributions; no one is turned away for lack of funds.

    • $15,000: $2/month or $24/year

    • $35,000: $10/month or $120/year

    • $50,000: $21/month or $250/year

    • $75,000: $50/month or $560/year

    • $100,000: $83/month or $1,000/year

The meaning of membership

“Participating in Taste of Olam Haba events is a beautiful reminder of the deep connection we share as a community. I have a profound appreciation for the bonds I’ve created so far.”

— Taste of Olam Haba member