Reply To: Community support for Jewish education

GAW: If they’re not members, then they don’t get the perks. No aliyos. You have a yartzeit coming up? Too bad. A seat for the Yomim Noraim, when shul is packed? Sorry!

If people believe in it being a communal responsibility, then they should be willing to participate.

zahavasdad: True, you can’t force people to pay. It would be from the people who support the type of education you have in the area. You’re not targeting reform Jews, you’re targeting the Orthodox community. A Zionist yeshiva would be getting funding from the Zionist shuls, not the Satmar shuls.

If a kid is undesirable, that’s a while different story. The issue of kicking those kids out has been discussed many times. I don’t want to get into it again.

If someone’s financial situation changes, you address it, much as you do now. At the end of the day, it should be cheaper for the people who have kids in the schools, and more expensive for those who don’t. Someone needs help? You work with them to figure out how much they are able to pay.