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From: elbaum@reed.UUCP (Elbaum)
Newsgroups: net.religion.jewish
Subject: Re: Fund raising techniques
Message-ID: <735@reed.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 29-Nov-84 09:53:55 EST
Article-I.D.: reed.735
Posted: Thu Nov 29 09:53:55 1984
Date-Received: Sun, 2-Dec-84 04:46:59 EST
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Organization: Reed College, Portland, Oregon
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Summary: 

raphael@crystal.UUCP writes:
>What techniques are acceptable for a synagogue to raise money?  I would like
>to elicit answers based on any set of standards you would like to raise, but
>I prefer standards grounded in halokho (Jewish way of life). 
>
>Here is a list of fundraising projects I have heard of, and my one-line
>reaction:
 
...

>Mi-she-beyrakh's (Prayers on behalf of a congregant, recited for a fee during
 	Torah reading):  OK, but can be embarrassing.
...
 
I don't know about anyone else, but I'm appalled at the idea.

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