Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site reed.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxj!houxm!ihnp4!zehntel!tektronix!reed!elbaum 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 References: <375@crystal.UUCP> Reply-To: elbaum@reed.UUCP (PUT YOUR NAME HERE) Distribution: net Organization: Reed College, Portland, Oregon Lines: 26 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. ----- Daniel Elbaum {decvax, ucbvax, pur-ee, uw-beaver, masscomp, cbosg, mit-ems, psu-cs, uoregon, orstcs, ihnp4, uf-cgrl}!tektronix teneron----\ ogcvax------+-!reed!elbaum muddcs-----/ cadic-----/ oresoft--/ grpwre--+