Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site eosp1.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!princeton!astrovax!fisher!eosp1!robison From: robison@eosp1.UUCP (Tobias D. Robison) Newsgroups: net.religion.jewish Subject: Re: fundraising follow-up Message-ID: <1276@eosp1.UUCP> Date: Mon, 3-Dec-84 13:07:25 EST Article-I.D.: eosp1.1276 Posted: Mon Dec 3 13:07:25 1984 Date-Received: Tue, 4-Dec-84 19:15:46 EST References: <1776@ucf-cs.UUCP> Reply-To: robison@eosp1.UUCP (Tobias D. Robison) Organization: Exxon Office Systems, Princeton Lines: 36 Summary: >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?] Of course those who have no children should should support it! This isn't analogous to some of the secular school support arguments; the question here is which Jews have a stake in the future of Judaism. Going further, Jews without children might even feel some responsibility for the quality of the religious schools that are helping to provide for the survival of their religion. There are many fine dayschools, but the quality of after-school programs is often very low, and their cost to each parent is usually greater than the cost of a private tutor who would do much better. - Toby Robison (not Robinson!) {allegra, decvax!ittvax, fisher, princeton}!eosp1!robison >Bingo: > [Raphael: Encourages gambling, taxes the poor.] > [Yiri: On the other hand, it's voluntary and relatively cheap > entertainment even for the poor?] > There has been some violent net argument on similar subjects before. I think it is immoral for a moral organization to depend upon money raised by immoral pursuits. All forms of gambling are addictive and dangerous to some people. The effort of running a bingo organization also interferes with more proper religious pursuits (it doesn't have to be this way, but I have vivid memories of visiting a Synagogue and trying to round up a Minyan in competition with, or even after, a bingo session). - Toby Robison (not Robinson!) {allegra, decvax!ittvax, fisher, princeton}!eosp1!robison