[HANASHIR:13005] P.S. - funding

[Joy Newman <joyzee...>]

Funding is always going to be an issue.  And no matter how much we say that 
"well, the money is there", access is the key.

A Jewish community fund (ie: through the local Federation), supports so many 
organizations in need that don't have the resources that a school does.  For 
example, the Jewish battered women and family shelters, Israel educational 
services, camps, outreach, school is one of the few things that is a) 
already provided for through taxes and b) is technically able to support 
itself.  If a parent really wants to send their kids to private day school, 
and we say that all this money is out there, then they can choose to make 
their donation to the community in that way, where it benefits them. Or what 
about all of the kids?  Our day school has the kids fundraise for their own 
education.  The battered women, they can't do that.  To take money away from 
another organization or cause that doesn't have the options that a school 
has...I guess it's a matter of personal opinion.






>From: sholom (at) aishdas(dot)org
>Reply-To: hanashir (at) shamash(dot)org
>To: <hanashir (at) shamash(dot)org>
>CC: <shirona (at) bellatlantic(dot)net>
>Subject: [HANASHIR:13004] Re: Fw:Jewish Education, Jewish continuity...
>Date: Tue, 3 Dec 2002 14:30:04 -0600 (CST)
>
> > This is NOT the point.  Read the article again and look at the
> > statistics... that's what they're there for.  The point of the article,
> > to the best of my understanding, has to do with FUNDING.  Where is the
> > money going....
>
> > The 'least' we can give the future generation is knowledge.
>
>You raise a good point.  Let me take it and raise you one.  Funding is,
>for the most part, reflective of the community's priorities.
>
>The conclusion one might draw is that we simply don't view day schools
>with high enough priority.
>
>If we are losing 50,000 Jews per year (as the article states), that's well
>over 100 per day (and it's been at that rate for over 10 years already).
>It _ought_ to be among our highest priorities -- but, for a number of
>reasons, it is not.
>
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