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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We do not love our NWDC temple, and at nearly $5000 per year in dues + religious school tuition, we’re struggling with the payments. They use a sliding scale and we’re at the appropriate level for our income, but it still feels like a lot. It doesn’t help that we’re not taking to this particular temple, though we do really love the religious school. Given all that, we’re looking to maybe make a change. We’ve visited a few others we haven’t really felt were a good fit either, so we’re looking for more ideas. [/quote]

The temple we're looking to join (Shaare Torah in Gaithersburg) does not have a sliding scale and family dues are $4000/year (including the building fund and, I believe, religious school). They do have 50% off for your first year. However, the dues are a big reason we're waiting to join a temple until DD is old enough to start Hebrew school (5 years old, so we have 2 more years). Until then, we're doing informal holiday traditions at home.

We're not that religious and DH and I are seriously conflicted about it. We want DD to have some sort of exposure to Jewish traditions (go through her Bat Mitzvah) but these dues are insane. [/quote]

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