Single Membership
$1,000
Until Rosh Hashana 5787
Join Now!
Membership
Join Mekor Habracha!
Membership in Mekor Habracha
Fill out the membership form online, or email the shul if you would like help.
Rosh Hashana & Yom Kippur
High Holiday reservations are open!
Members attend at no additional charge, but every attendee, including every member, must reserve in advance to have a seat held. Reserve for your household and additional guests.
Join or renew your membership
We strive to make everyone, members and nonmembers alike, feel welcome in our community. Membership and donor support make it possible for Mekor to sustain the services, learning, pastoral care, and programming that enrich Jewish life throughout Center City.
Join or renew today to strengthen Mekor and help our community continue to flourish.
Membership Categories & Rates
Year 5786 (2025-2026) Membership Rates For new & renewing members:
Couple/Family Membership
$2,000
Until Rosh Hashana 5787
Join Now!Student Membership
$500
Until Rosh Hashana 5787
Join Now!We also request a suggested donation of $100 as a security fee.
Please Note: If you joined sometime during the year and paid for a year's membership, your following year's dues will be prorated.
Why Join?
We strive to make everyone, members and nonmembers alike, feel welcome in our community. Visitors to our shul often speak glowingly about the warmth and hospitality they experience. But our shul cannot thrive on love alone. Mekor Habracha can only provide its many services through the support of our members and donors. The vibrant Center City Jewish life you enjoy depends on Mekor Habracha, and Mekor Habracha depends on membership. When you join, you become part of a community that will enrich and support you and your family throughout every stage of life, wherever life may take you, in Center City or beyond.
Benefits of Membership
Here's just a partial list of how Mekor contributes to your Center City Jewish community:
- A warm, inviting community that welcomes people of all ages & levels of observance
- Shabbat, holiday, and weekday services, for you and your visiting family, in a beautiful, handicapped accessible space in the heart of Center City
- Kiddushim every Shabbat & Yom Tov
- Community Shabbat & Yom Tov meals
- Special programming & holiday festivities for both children & adults
- Torah study and special classes at all levels, from beginner to advanced
- Halachic, spiritual, and life guidance
- A plethora of Kosher eateries under responsible supervision
- A fully functioning Eruv that covers all of Center City and adjoining neighborhoods
- And the countless other ways Mekor Habracha enriches Jewish life in Center City and beyond!
And here's a partial list of special member benefits:
- High Holiday seats included with advance reservation & discounted guest rates
- Meaningful, Jewish-oriented Children's Program
- Community-wide announcements of life cycle events
- A warm, caring community to celebrate your joyful occasions, such as graduations, weddings & births, and support you during difficult times, such as illness, loss of loved ones, & commemoration of yahrtzeits
- Mekor's meal train to help during those events
- For life cycle ceremonies & celebrations (e.g., bris; baby naming), use of shul at no charge (conditions apply)
- Discounts on Kiddush sponsorships ($295 for members / $360 for non-members)
- Discounts on shul rentals for private events
- Discounts on certain special programs & meals
- Invitation to Annual Mekor Habracha Meeting
- Classes to assist potential converts become productive members of the Jewish community
- And much, much more!
How to Join or Renew
Fill out the membership form online, or email the shul at admin@mekorhabracha.org if you would like help.
Tell us if you're renewing or joining for the first time, and please specify the type of membership and method of payment you will use (Venmo, Paypal, personal check, etc.)
Please note that we never turn anyone away for lack of funds. If you would like to request a payment plan or reduction to fit your budget, please email the shul or call (215) 525-4246, or contact a Board member or Rabbi Hirsch. All requests will remain confidential.
Auxiliary Membership
Auxiliary Membership rates are available for those living outside Center City Philadelphia.
Please CLICK HERE for info.