Or Harim Membership

Launching a Membership Model at Or Harim

For several years, Or Harim has been gathering people together through meaningful song, ritual, and potluck celebrations in Appalachia. What began as a small grassroots effort has become a vibrant spiritual community, and we're taking big steps this year to secure more organizational support and ensure that our work can continue for years to come. We're launching a membership model and asking for your collective buy-in to strengthen Or Harim's infrastructure, enabling us to continue and expand our offerings. Our goal is to raise enough funds that we can hire an admin person to run our operations and communications, and support our ritual leaders and musicians to focus on what they do best and be compensated for their time as well.

What is Or Harim planning to offer for members this year?

Starting after High Holidays, we'll offer a minimum of two events per month. We'll have a monthly Shabbat gathering that's free for members and $18 for non-members, and a second offering with tiered rates for members and non-members that will rotate leadership (upcoming examples include nigun singing circles, challah cover weaving workshops, and guided somatic practices). We will also continue offering our holiday events with tiered rates. If you are interested in offering a workshop or event co-sponsored by Or Harim, please be in touch and we are open to collaboration.

Will Or Harim launch a religious school for young people?

While we love this long-term vision, our core team members do not currently have the capacity to create a religious school. If our membership and funding expands significantly enough over the coming years that we can hire youth educators, we would love to do that! But we're going to start by strengthening the work that is already in our wheelhouse.

Will Or Harim get a space and a Torah? Can we do life-cycle rituals together?

We would LOVE to—but again, we don't yet have the resources for that! For the next year at least, we're going to stay focused on building organizational infrastructure and offering nourishing, consistent community events for and with you all.

Thank you for joining us!

Every member who joins Or Harim helps us grow our vision of spiritual community that is inspiring, accessible, intergenerational, and rooted in both Jewish tradition and reverence for the living Earth. Thank you for partnering with us to create this reality!