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Become a 5785 Or Zarua Member!
Become a 5785 Or Zarua Member!
OZ Member Benefits include:
OZ Member Benefits include:
1. High Holiday Service and Family Service tickets for you, your children and grandchildren of all ages for the High Holidays (Rosh Hashanah Days 1 & 2, Kol Nidre, Yom Kippur). Unique to Or Zarua!
2. Attendance at Or Zarua programs, services and offerings:
Shabbat Morning Melody, Meaning, and Mindfulness services
Musical Kabbalat Shabbat services
Holiday services/celebrations - Sukkot, Interfaith Thanksgiving and MLK Weekend, Chanukah, Tu Bishvat, Purim, Passover, Yom Hashoah, Shavuot, etc.
Poetry Workshops
Scholar in Residence, special guest speakers
Creativity/Interest group gatherings (art, music, genealogy, photography, book circles, film group, walking group)
Yoga, Qigong, Gentle Movement, and Meditation Workshops
Tikkun Olam work (LGBTQ advocacy, Anti-Gun violence, Peace work, Prison reform, Welcoming the Stranger, etc.)
Social Justice Discussion and Action Group
Wise Aging Groups, Dreaming your Dreams and other special workshops
Torah, Talmud, and Text Study
Song, Silence and Sanctuary - Interfaith Singing Evenings- First Thursday of the month
Interfaith Social Justice Activities with Old Haverford Friends, Bethel AME of Ardmore and our other Interfaith Partners
Parents of Interfaith Couples Discussion and Support Group
More groups that YOU suggest!
4. Individualized Benefits
Full Access to our Or Zarua Community Board of communications (OZCB)
Pastoral Care by Rabbi Shelly - R. Shelly is fully available and quickly responsive for all of your pastoral needs
Gemilut Hasadim - Rabbinic and Community support for you and your family in times of need.
Life Cycle Officiation by Rabbi Shelly at reduced fee for weddings, baby namings, unveilings, and B’nai Mitzvah officiation.
Your Or Zarua Membership support allows us to:
Your Or Zarua Membership support allows us to:
Pay a stipend to the Rabbi, Administrative Coordinator, and Musicians
Provide an honorarium for guest teachers/speakers
Support Social Justice causes
Support our partners at Old Haverford Friends Meeting for use of their space
Maintain our Torahs
Provide Reconstructionist Siddurim, Machzorim and Shiva prayer books
Support members in times of joy, challenge, sorrow, and need
Create prayer and teaching materials
Provide supplies for our offerings/gatherings/holiday celebrations
Support all of our tech needs for Zoom and hybrid gatherings
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