tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13782978.post112710385721807504..comments2023-10-17T04:20:37.327-07:00Comments on Balabusta in Blue Jeans: High Holiday TicketsBBJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09939946821381798057noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13782978.post-1128744518396992652005-10-07T21:08:00.000-07:002005-10-07T21:08:00.000-07:00Synagogue members pay dues, and many/most shuls gi...Synagogue members pay dues, and many/most shuls give all members holiday tickets without extra charge. But many Jews attend services only at the chagim. How do you rent a space big enough for all your once a year congregants and all the extras that requires if they don't pay?<BR/><BR/>I realize the whole idea of paying to attend a service freaks out a lot of people, and to them I say--sorry, but this is real life. This is a different way of paying the bills than passing a collection basket, but no one can maintain a building, hold services, pay a spiritual leader a salary, and do all the other stuff we expect from churches and synagogues without money. Even the 'free services' are paid for with money, it's just someone else's money. Those who have should give. Those who don't should be given to. Pretty simple.BBJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09939946821381798057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13782978.post-1128554816898630002005-10-05T16:26:00.000-07:002005-10-05T16:26:00.000-07:00I am digusted by the idea that you need "tickets" ...I am digusted by the idea that you need "tickets" to attend religuous services. I guess I understand that it's sorta like a fundraiser because unlike churches, they don't continuous ask for money every week, but still, it just such a sore point with me. How many Jews are not attending High Holy services because of that...I am sure it's a high number.<BR/><BR/>Question: I had heard that Jews are not allowed to even enter into a church. How is it possible to rent out the space and hold services? Thanks.... Is the Window to Our Soulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04510255608269038123noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13782978.post-1127790018790365862005-09-26T20:00:00.000-07:002005-09-26T20:00:00.000-07:00The guy who wanted free tickets was actually very ...The guy who wanted free tickets was actually very funny. He carried on at length about how the couple with the kids contributed less to the shul than he did, since he was a bigshot single lawyer, and they were both social workers or something. (Details blurred by time and discretion.)<BR/><BR/>The problem is that people like this is that they blur the lines when people who really can't afford tickets speak up about feeling isolated and condescended to. The high cost of Jewish living is no joke.BBJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09939946821381798057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13782978.post-1127766875203344542005-09-26T13:34:00.000-07:002005-09-26T13:34:00.000-07:00I think I would have gone off on the schmuck reque...I think I would have gone off on the schmuck requesting free tickets because somebody else got tickets to the childrens service.<BR/><BR/>It is amazing to how the people who are least able to pay seem to be the ones most willing to. From personal experience it probably has to do with the fact that they are too proud to not go with paying.Little Wolfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14953913685682155134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13782978.post-1127709136307889702005-09-25T21:32:00.000-07:002005-09-25T21:32:00.000-07:00those same people you speak of seem to have moved ...those same people you speak of seem to have moved to my city! my rabbi said, how will we continue as Jews if no one wants to give Tzedakah? tzedakah is justice --the justice, justice that we shall pursue. one of my better stories was explaining to a couple that our shul can't survive if everyone gets a discount on tickets - someone has to pay retail!Eliyahuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10427438219763803238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13782978.post-1127705097601138002005-09-25T20:24:00.000-07:002005-09-25T20:24:00.000-07:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com