Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site ucf-cs.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!unc!mcnc!duke!ucf-cs!yiri From: yiri@ucf-cs.UUCP (Yirmiyahu BenDavid) Newsgroups: net.religion.jewish Subject: fundraising follow-up Message-ID: <1776@ucf-cs.UUCP> Date: Thu, 29-Nov-84 10:36:31 EST Article-I.D.: ucf-cs.1776 Posted: Thu Nov 29 10:36:31 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 30-Nov-84 19:22:10 EST Organization: UCF, Orlando, FL Lines: 55 Annual dues: [Raphael: Fine, but it can be steep.] [Yiri: Must be allowances for individual families' income] [you: ...] Mi-she-beyrakh's (Prayers on behalf of a congregant, recited for a fee during Torah reading): [Raphael: OK, but can be embarrassing.] [Yiri: I think 'pray for pay' is loathsome] Auctioning kibudim (Honors of various sorts): [Raphael: I don't like it.] [Yiri: Agreed, honors are earned, not sold] Yearly appeals during High Holiday services: [Raphael: Contrary to the spirit of the day.] [Yiri: Heartily agree!] Rummage sales: [Raphael: Great, especially if the poor have first chance and good price] [Yiri: Agree] Plaques commemorating departed relatives: [Raphael: Traditional.] [Yiri: Undecided] Plaques commemorating joyous events: [Raphael: I like this idea better.] [Yiri: I think that's a great idea] Contributions in honor of or in condolence for recent events: [Raphael: A nice idea.] [Yiri: Agreed] Gift shop: [Raphael: A good source of Judaica, but can tend toward bad taste] [Yiri: I think it should be controlled and is then very useful] Soliciting gifts of life insurance policies: [Raphael: Un-Jewish and fraudulent] [Yiri: agreed] Religious-school fees: [Raphael: The congregation should support the school, not the reverse.] [Yiri: Ambivalent. Raphael has a point. On the other hand, should those who have no children pay for it? How about the poorer families, etc?] Art auctions: [Raphael: Nice idea.] [Yiri: Yes, it is.] Bingo: [Raphael: Encourages gambling, taxes the poor.] [Yiri: On the other hand, it's voluntary and relatively cheap entertainment even for the poor?] ----------------- Yiri appends: How about car-washes, leaf-raking, and the like? [you: .....] Any comments?