Reply To: How come more people don’t join areivim?

As far as the members are concerned, it is for-profit, even if it is legally characterized as a non-profit. Otherwise why would anyone join?

I don’t see how this is any different from buying an apple from a Jewish-owned grocery.

I give a dollar, he gives me an apple.

I give his orphans money when he dies, he gives my orphans money when I die.