Seeking Ari Klein

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Can anyone provide biographical information about Cantor Ari Klein?

Marsha Bryan Edelman

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From: owner-jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org
[mailto:owner-jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org]On Behalf Of Ari Davidow
Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2003 10:12 PM
To: World music from a Jewish slant
Subject: Re: The cost of Jewish communal responsibility


This is definitely a subject that wants to be discussed somewhere. But
here, there is no one to respond to you except for the ignorant or the rude.

It would be good to take the discussion to that somewhere else, lest one be
confused with those.

Thanks,
ari

At 07:47 PM 9/10/2003 -0600, you wrote:
>Spending isn't really the issue.  The DC public schools have the highest
>per-pupil spending in the country, and the lowest test scores.  There's no
>discipline, and certainly no learning.  (The Washington Post ran a
>tremendous series of articles about an idealistic ex-consultant who turned
>to elementary school teaching as a way of giving back.  It's worth looking
up.)
>
>I have no kids, and no problem supporting schools.  But this cuts both
>ways.  Just because I don't have kids in the system shouldn't preclude me
>from having a say in how they're run.  My word shouldn't count for less at
>a school board meeting, or a PTA meeting (as long as I stay informed),
>when my dollar certainly counts as much, and my property is assessed at
>the same rates.
>
>Also, why force kids to stay in systems that haven't worked in
>generations?  At the very minimum, the very least, they should have a
>chance to go to other public schools in the same jurisdiction that are
>better.  At the very least.
>
>Joshua Sharf
><http://www.viewfromaheight.blogspot.com>http://www.viewfromaheight.blogspo
t.com
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: <mailto:physchem (at) cloud9(dot)net>Marvin Margoshes
>To: <mailto:jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org>World music from a Jewish slant
>Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2003 7:38 PM
>Subject: Re: The cost of Jewish communal responsibility
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: <mailto:klezska (at) yahoo(dot)com>glenn tamir
>To: <mailto:jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org>World music from a Jewish slant
>Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2003 9:36 AM
>Subject: Re: The cost of Jewish communal responsibility
>
>It's a cop-out to say that Vouchers would damage the public school
>system.  Let's examine the "reality" of the situation:
>
>1.  My three children are NOT in the public school system.  If they had
>been, surely there would have been a cost involved to educate
>them.  Therefore, by them NOT being there SOME cost savings can be
>realized anf the school district should be able to plan accordingly -
>especially if they are given advance notice.
>
>The issue then becomes "how much" would be an appropriate amount.  Should
>it be $100.00, $1,000.00 per year?  I don't know.  I do know that given an
>intelligent and un-biased investigation, there must be a way to come to an
>equitable solution.
>
><cut>
>I've heard the same argument before, in various forms.  For instance: "I
>have no children in school, so why should I pay school taxes?"
>
>The public schools are a benefit to society.  What kind of a country would
>we have if only those who could afford tuition went to school?  The
>problem, in my mind, is funding schools mainly out of property taxes.  In
>theory, the amount of property one owns is related to ones income.  But in
>many cases, it is only related to past income.




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