Comments on: OU Calls for ‘Days of Action,’ Nov.13-15 in NY, NJ to Confront Day School Crisis http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/news/human-interest/142367/ou-calls-for-days-of-action-nov-13-15-in-ny-nj-to-confront-day-school-crisis.html Fri, 24 Jul 2015 22:49:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.7.9 By: just to mention http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/news/human-interest/142367/ou-calls-for-days-of-action-nov-13-15-in-ny-nj-to-confront-day-school-crisis.html#comment-273902 Wed, 24 Oct 2012 22:44:03 +0000 http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/?p=142367#comment-273902 why is the problem day school tuition? why don’t we point at our “need” to live in upper middle class or luxury neighborhoods? compare the price of a house in a frum neighborhood to the new york median. when was the last time that a “hot new frum neighborhood” was a moderately priced apartment development where people live within their means?

ask any yeshiva executive director. it is common for people to buy a house they can’t afford and plead poverty to the yeshiva.

yeshiva tuitions represent our commitment to give our kids a decent education and their rebbeim and teachers a decent salary. for the product we receive the tuitions are a bargain. and every yeshiva i’ve ever dealt with was beyond considerate with scholarships.

this effort to beg government to pay our bills is sadly misguided, and like every government program we have joyously latched onto, will poison us in the end.

]]> By: GeshmakMan http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/news/human-interest/142367/ou-calls-for-days-of-action-nov-13-15-in-ny-nj-to-confront-day-school-crisis.html#comment-273894 Wed, 24 Oct 2012 20:57:49 +0000 http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/?p=142367#comment-273894 Days of Action in NYC entails the following:

1) Day off from work
2) $200 for both lunch/dinner (per OU Email)
3) Rental of Room/Hall in Sheraton Hotal
4) Cost of train/parking etc to get there

This is supposed to help reduce tuition? Having Deli Sandwiches in NYC?

]]> By: Gadolhadorah http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/news/human-interest/142367/ou-calls-for-days-of-action-nov-13-15-in-ny-nj-to-confront-day-school-crisis.html#comment-273862 Wed, 24 Oct 2012 17:26:17 +0000 http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/?p=142367#comment-273862 What the article, and the OU have failed to address is that the only solution to this problem is to increase the funding going towards education. At a time we are talking about eliminating or capping most tax deductions and credits there is zero liklihood of creating a NEW one costig billions of dollars without increasing the national deficit. To pass constitutional muster, any tax credit would have to be for ALL private schools, not just religious schools. They are NOT going to take away money from the public school system to pay for such tax credits. Thus, the OU will need to tell Mr. Romney and his Republican friends that millionaires and billionaires will have to pay more taxes to fund this important policy change.

]]> By: Yira http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/news/human-interest/142367/ou-calls-for-days-of-action-nov-13-15-in-ny-nj-to-confront-day-school-crisis.html#comment-273861 Wed, 24 Oct 2012 17:21:25 +0000 http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/?p=142367#comment-273861 The growing population of Muslims in the USA, are also upset, that they have to send their children to public secular schools. Their children grow up to be too moderate and lukewarm in their religious Islam beliefs. Muslim children educated in the Middle East tend to take their faith more seriously.

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