I was in a bad mood the other day when I got my tuition letters saying how much I owe to various Yeshivas and Bais Yaakovs. Although I received a significant break, the total cost is still a massive percentage of my annual income. While going over the paperwork, I received a phone call asking to help support Yeshivos in Eretz Yisroel after the budget cuts. I want to say I had Derech Eretz when saying “I’m sorry I cannot right now,”, I may have come across more than a bit angry when I think of all the American parents literally scrounging for funds while they Yeshivos barely find enough to get by year after year, with almost all of it coming from tuition and donations and almost nothing from the government.
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