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2025-2026 New Member Commitment
Welcome to the 2025-2026 new member commitment process. We are thrilled that you are joining Machar and look forward to a great year together. Our history is rich and our future incredibly bright. We are excited about getting to know you and engaging with you as a part of our community.
At this time, we ask please that you:
Note: Credit card payments add a 2.85% processing fee. You can pay by electronic check (called ACH/eCheck), which is free. In order to pay by ACH/E-Check, you must enable PLAID, a security measure connecting your banking information securely to ShulCloud. If you have setup PLAID before, then the setup for Machar is instantaneous. Otherwise, this setup process takes 1 - 3 days.
If you want to enroll your child/children in the Jewish Cultural School please click on this link.
Pledge Your Membership
WE ARE PLEASE TO OFFER RATES FOR NEW MEMBERS THAT ARE HALF THE PRICE FOR RETURNING MEMBERS. Please choose the appropriate membership category, either “Standard” dues or “Above Standard” dues, proportional to household income. Young Adult is under 35 years of age. Full-time students or unemployed recent graduates up to age 22 are free. Upon graduation and/or being full-time employed, please join at the Young Adult rate. Associate member is anyone who is affiliated with another synagogue or lives outside the DC metropolitan area.
FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE (REDUCED DUES)
Our Teen Group this year will include teens from Machar, Kehila Chadasha, and Beth Chai, and so we expect to have many participating teens with lots of great activities with opportunities to make new friends! The Teen Group Coordinator this year will be Emily Griswold.
The annual fee for the Teen Group is $150/year per teen, to help offset the cost of the Teen Group Coordinator. Any surplus in Teen Group fees will be used to pay for Teen Group activity costs.