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FEATURES August 24 , 2012

The Moral Costsof Jewish Day

SchoolThe key to solving the financial

dilemma is to address themoral problem.

Rabbi Aryeh Klapper

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Chairwoman of the Foreign AffairsCommittee of the U.S. House of

Representatives,Ileana Ros-Lehtinen.

Tearing DownWalls & Building

New OnesWords have power. They can

create and build. But they can alsodevastate and damage.

Rabbi Dr. Jerry Lob

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Color WarA Parting Shot

The red need not obliterate theyellow, nor the green wipe away the

violet. The goal is for all of us towork together to make the world

beautiful.

Rabbi Jonathan Gewirtz

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Yom Kippur is in the air. Just a little more timebefore we hear that haunting melody of KolNidrei, a prayer that involves the annulment of

vows, ushering in this holiest of days. I once heard from abeloved teacher, that we begin Yom Kippur this way, express-ing our understanding of the power of words because of theintegral role prayer plays on this day. We will spend a goodpart of the next 25 hours using prayer to ask G-d for for-giveness, together with all the other requests we make ofHim, regarding our hopes and dreams for ourselves and lovedones in the coming year. To pour out our heart to Hashem,we first need to acknowledge, by declaring Kol Nidrei, werecognize that we were not always careful enough with ourspeech, in fact, we often misused the power of words. Wordsmatter, a vow creates reality, it has substance, and Halachicramifications. The words we use affect others in profoundways. For example, in the way we talk to our children: “It’sso good to see you.” “I’ve missed you.” “I love you.” “We’reso proud of you.” Words which gently build a child’s budding

confidence, words that nourish her soul, conveying thesentiments that she’s understood, accepted, and loved.

Yes, words have power. They can create and build. Butthey can also devastate and damage. Words that cut, slicingthrough a fragile soul, such as: “You’re so lazy.” “You’ll neveramount to anything.” “All you give me is aggravation.”When said by a parent these are words which can haunt a per-son throughout his life.

Our words can build walls, walls that separate us from thepeople we care about, that separate us from others in ourcommunity, and can even separate us from Hashem. InJewish thought we are told that this happens every time onesins. Each sin forms a brick in a wall, so to speak, a barrier,which divides us from each other, from Hashem, and fromour very selves.

And yet, just as our actions and words build words, they canalso break them down. The force of a sincere apology, thedynamic of genuine repentance, can make the barriers

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s”xcdisintegrate. Regarding our relation-ship with others, this does not neces-sarily occur right away, but over time,with the right words and attitude,demonstrating real regret, it usuallywill happen. “I’m really sorry, what Isaid to you is not true. I feel terribleabout it,” goes a long way to repairinga relationship. “Please forgive me, Iwas wrong,” are words that arecapable of initiating the healingprocess. Regarding our relationshipwith Hashem, our Torah promisesthat T’shuva breaks through allbarriers.

In June of 1987 President Reaganchallenged President Gorbachev atBrandenburg Gate at the Berlin Wall.This wall separated East Berlin fromWest Berlin, communism fromdemocracy and the wall was thesymbol of the Cold War that existedthen between the Soviet Union andthe democratic world. Mr. Reaganturned to Mr. Gorbachev, gestured tothe wall, and shouted what would berecorded in history as the words thatofficially ended the Cold War: “Mr.Gorbachev, tear down this wall.”

I have this imagery in my head.Hashem stands right beside us in thedays leading up to Yom Kippur, andespecially on Yom Kippur itself, andwhispers to each of us: “Tear down

this wall, the wall that separates us andgets in the way of our closeness.”Hashem asks us to come home, feelthe redemption of T’shuva, and jumpinto His arms, the arms of a lovingfather who wants nothing more thanto hold us and comfort us.

So, Yom Kippur is a time of usingwords to reduce pain, to bring healing,to reconnect with all those fromwhom we’ve grown distant, family,friends, community, the Jewish people,and Hashem. Piercing the barriers,tearing down walls. And then, wespend the next four days building newwalls, not walls of division but ratherwalls of connection. The walls of aSuccah, walls that don’t separate andisolate, but rather the opposite, wallsthat frame a family, make a home, inwhich we sit with our families, friends,and community. We sit there too, withour nation, the entire nation of Israel,past, present, and future, and mostimportantly, we sit in the Succahfeeling the embrace of the Presenceof Hashem’s Shechinah.

Dr. Lob is a clinical psychologist in privatepractice in Chicago, working with adults,adolescents, and families, for many years.He lectures and writes extensively on topicsrelating to psychology, relationships,parenting, education, and Jewish thought.


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There is a lot of hand-wringing these days about whetherthe rising costs of Jewish day schools are sustainable. Thediscussion has been about money: How can we get more?How can we spend less? These questions miss the point:The largest costs of high day school tuition are not financialbut moral, and the key to solving the financial dilemma isto address the moral problem.

What are the moral costs? Imagine that someoneproposes a new Jewish practice that would have theseconsequences:

A. Parents take second jobs, or work longer hours, thatdeprive them of almost all weekday contact with theirchildren and leave them too exhausted to make Shabbatmeaningful.

B. Almost half of households are transformed, for years,from community contributors to charity recipients.

C. Children aspiring to intellectual, creative, or servicework, such as teaching (especially Torah) or other helpingprofessions, are told that these are not options because theywill not produce enough money to sustain a committedJewish lifestyle.

D. For economic reasons, families choose to have fewerchildren.

We would consider such a practice stunninglyirresponsible. Yet these are real-life consequences ofcurrent day school tuition, even as the community seemscommitted to making day school education a requirementof serious Jewish child-rearing. How can we live with theseconsequences?

Furthermore, parents receiving day school financial aidhave no guarantee, and often no idea, of how they will beaffected by tuition hikes or whether the school will takeaccount of a job loss, a new baby, a car's breakdown-or, onthe other hand, a gift from a parent or extra income from asecond job. They cannot make future plans; they arechronically dependent on other people's decisions. They aredeprived of economic dignity. Indeed, financial aidapplications require families to state their expenses inoften-humiliating detail. They know a committee will sit injudgment of their priorities. A family that eats pasta allmonth so it can go to a movie risks an aid cut because itspends on entertainment. A family that uses an inheritanceto visit yet-unseen relatives in Israel risks a cut because it

The Moral Costs of Jewish Day School

By Rabbi Aryeh Klapper


can afford travel.

The price of poverty is often loss of privacy. This is anevil, which we should minimize. But the current systemmaximizes intrusions on privacy by forcing people whomake five times the median income to apply for charity.Because the maximum tuition is unaffordable even for manyfamilies earning over $200,000 per year, they are forced intoa financial aid system that requires complete financialdisclosure.

The system also undermines the schools' Jewisheffectiveness. If our children lack Jewish passion, doesn'tthat bespeak parental exhaustion? If they are materialistic,isn't this related to their being told that their career pathsare limited because they are poor? When they show signsof being "at risk," doesn't this reflect lessened parentalinvolvement? How can children internalize the core Jewishvalue of human dignity and the spiritual value of financialindependence when their schools make them dependent?

Should we therefore undo our commitment-admittedlyunprecedented in Jewish history, and inconceivable in a lesswealthy community-to broad-based day school education?This is not necessary. We can address the moral issues and,in doing so, the financial issues as well.

The Solomon Schechter School of Greater Boston hasproposed a version of a model with great potential. In verysimplified form, here is how it might work: Tuition is set aseither a fixed percentage of income-say, 15 percent, withsmall adjustments for the number of children in the schoolor a relatively high set amount per student, which high-income families can use if they wish to pay a lowerpercentage of their income. Families unable to pay even the15 percent could, as now, apply for financial aid.

This model corrects many of the current system's moraldeficiencies:

It makes the tuition-setting process transparent andpredictable. It moves many middle-class families off the rollsof those receiving financial aid.

It defines day school education as a public good to becommunally supported instead of an individual good,privately purchased. It makes clear that the rich, even whenthey pay the maximum tuition, are assessed a lowerpercentage of their income than the middle class. There are,of course, gaps and imperfections. The new system doesnot (yet) address families with children in multiple schoolsor questions of what costs should and should not beincluded in tuition. It also excludes, consciously, familyassets. Yes, this exclusion could allow families to "cheat" byhiding their true financial capacity; but counting all assetswould provide a disincentive to saving-and, equallyimportant, would have critical implications for privacy and

dignity.

No system is without drawbacks, but the proposedsystem's moral advantages are significant.

Still, let's be practical: The model will and should berequired to pass the budget test. It should provide ourschools with revenues at least equal to those of the presentsystem. In fact, the new model would meet or exceed thetest, if only because the percentage of income required astuition can be set so as to produce approximately therevenues that schools receive now.

But the new system would have further budget advantages.Under the current system, schools operate under deeplyflawed ideas about their revenues and their communities'financial capacities. They have arbitrary "financial aidbudgets" for what they consider tuition "subsidies"; theyturn down students when these budgets are "spent" and theycan no longer "afford" to take students paying less than fulltuition. In fact, however, any student who pays a significantportion of gross family income will be contributingsignificantly more than the marginal cost of his or hereducation. In rejecting such students, schools foregorevenues and profits. Moreover, notes Dan Perla of theAviChai Foundation, if a school sets tuition as a percentageof income during a recession, when costs rise faster thanwages, it will realize rising revenues from the samepercentage of income when times improve.

In addition, it is wholly reasonable to expect that the newsystem would change behavior. Families who do notconsider day school under the current system, because ofuncertainties or privacy concerns, may well consider it whenthey know how tuition payments will relate to their incomeand are required to submit only the first page of theirincome tax returns. Families with many children will bemore likely to send them to day schools; indeed, suchfamilies may grow larger over time. Wealthier and evenmiddle-class families, who will no longer see their tuitionpayments as subsidizing their neighbors, may be more likelyto donate. Families without children in the schools may alsobe more willing to donate if day school costs are presentedas a communal obligation, not a commodity for purchase.

This new model requires elaboration and customization,but it can redirect the community's conversation and effortstoward a model of day school financing that is bothfinancially and morally sustainable.

Rabbi Aryeh Klapper is Dean of the Center for ModernTorah Leadership, the intellectual catalyst of Modern Or-thodoxy's "Taking Responsibility for Torah," and teachesRabbinic Literature at Gann Academy, a pluralistic Jewishhigh school in Waltham, Massachusetts.


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As the summer draws to a close and many camps come to anend, I wanted to revisit the topic of Color War. I’m not sure ofthe exact origin of this practice in camps, but the idea of colorsin battle harks back to the time when armies used flags (referredto as “colors”) to help maintain formation and identify fellowsoldiers in the dust and smoke of battle. The colors were asource of pride for the soldiers and helped them maintainconfidence.

Color is a remarkable thing. Despite its somewhat less thanpositive connotations, the rainbow captures our imaginations andmakes people stare in awe. Fruits, vegetables, cakes and cookiesall draw us in with vibrant color. Have you noticed there are veryfew gray foods? (I’m not counting the camp oatmeal when I wasnine… I don’t know if they really intended for it to be gray.)

We marvel at sunsets; at azure blue waters and blazing red fire-balls as the evening begins. We are taken aback at brushstrokeson canvas, the colors all combining to make a masterpiece. Yes,color is important, but there’s another factor at work.

What made me think of this topic was a sign I saw for a campColor War. It said, “Red Team is Achdus (Unity.)” I thoughtthat strange. If you’re the red team, then the blue team isseparate. Where’s the achdus? If you’re drawing battle linesbased on different colors, that’s disunity!

My first thought was that red and blue (the most commonColor War teams) together make purple. In many cultures,purple is the color of royalty. It comes from taking two opposingcolors – red and blue – like our setting sun and the ocean, andcombining them. When you do that, you acquire not only a mas-tery over them, but a majesty you didn’t have before. I figuredthat when Red and Blue finally stop fighting and come together,that purplish hue is a unity that reflects the Kingship of HaShem.(Maybe that’s why many camps have a banquet after Color War.)

My next thought was that though combining them can be nice,true achdus is when each color comes together while maintainingits individuality. This is the beauty inherent in a rainbow, whenwhite light is diffused and we can see its component parts. Thisbeauty comes from recognizing the reds, yellows, and blues,along with their mingled shades, and seeing all of them worktogether and bend in unison to the task at hand. That’s where

the achdus is most apparent, and perhaps that is why it is pre-cisely the rainbow that G-d uses to remind us of His promisenever to destroy the world.

In the times of Noach, people stole from each other. They did-n’t recognize the roles that each man or woman was intended toplay. The world was chaotic, and HaShem destroyed it with aflood.

As a sign of His promise not to destroy the world with a flood,He placed His bow in the sky. The ultimate “weapon” of good-ness in this world is the unity displayed in the rainbow. The redneed not obliterate the yellow, nor the green wipe away the violet.The goal is for all of us to work together to make the worldbeautiful.

Perhaps that is why Color War has become a staple in schoolsand camps. From a young age, it reminds us that we each haveour roles, and that we each have tremendous abilities andstrengths. At the same time, it also reminds us that so do theother people around us.

Let’s say goodbye to the Summer and hello to Elul with thisthought in our minds and hearts. Let’s take this lesson with usto the Yemei HaDin and go united to coronate our King, usingeach of our individual abilities and strengths as part of a unitedfront which will make the world stop and stare in awe andwonder.

Jonathan Gewirtz is a frequent contributor to these pages whosemission is to inspire and make people think. If you are inspired, acton it! Find a way to make this world a better place for yourself andthose you share it with. One way Rabbi Gewirtz does this is by publishing a weekly Dvar

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Touro College Los AngelesTouro College Los Angeles, the only WASC ac-

credited Orthodox Jewish college on the west coast,celebrated its 6th annual commencement ceremonyon Monday, June 25 2012. Opening remarks weremade by CE0-Provost, Dr. Bernard Luskin andthe Keynote speaker featured Dr. Mark Hasten,Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Touro Col-lege and University System. Awards were presentedby Dean Esther Lowy to Miriam Brummer asValedictorian and Rochel Miriam Pollak as Salu-tatorian. In addition, the two Spirit of Touroawards were presented to Avraham Saada andLeah Mizrahi. With over 130 attendees, TCLAacknowledged the growth of both the entire Tourosystem as well as the Los Angeles Campus. AmongTCLA’s own graduates, students are headed tosuch prestigious universities as Columbia, USC,and Pepperdine while others have already securedfull time jobs in their fields. TCLA is upholdingits reputation as an institution that offers academicexcellence by producing top tier students who areprepared for both graduate school and their fieldwork. After interviewing a sample of 2012 grad-uates, it is clear why Touro College Los Angeles isthe leading institution in Orthodox Jewish collegeeducation on the west coast.

What made you decide to chooseTCLA to earn your baccalaureate de-gree?

Avi Saada: “TCLA is the only college onthe West Coast that accepts my Yeshivacredits, which expedited my college careerby a whole year. Additionally, TCLA’s con-densed night schedule gives me the oppor-tunity to work during the day, allowing meto simultaneously earn money and gain areal business experience in the field.”

Miriam Brummer: “I decided to cometo Touro Los Angeles in order to pursuemy college degree in a Jewish environment,yet without compromising on academics.”

Simcha Levenberg : “I chose TCLA be-cause they gave me 48 total credits for myyears of yeshiva study. This arrangementmade it possible for me to graduate with aBA in 20 months. At 33 years of age, I did-n't want to spend a lot of time in a tradi-tional four year school, because I alsowanted to attend graduate school followingTCLA.”

Elisheva Belinow: “I chose to study in

TCLA because being a mother of two Ineeded a place where I was able to takeclasses that work around my busy schedule.I needed to go to a place that was under-standing of my situation.”

Esther Pearl Marks: “It was convenient,qualified and accredited. I got seminarycredits Jewish holidays off plus an amazingeducation. Touro's small classes made itsimple to create relationships with facultymembers. This became instrumental whenapplying for graduate school, as these fac-ulty members later wrote me excellent let-ters of recommendation.”

Can you share some of your experi-ences studying at TCLA?

A.S. “Thanks to TCLA’s convenient nightschedule, I was not only able to receive astrong education in business and financebut I was also able to observe and imple-ment the concepts I learned in class in thework field. Because the class sizes wererather small, I was able to develop personalrelationships with my professors and wefrequently discussed real-life business expe-riences, thus giving me an added advantageat work. Also, having served as StudentCouncil President for the past year provedto be a positive experience not only to thestudent body but to the community at largeas well. With the help of the rest of the stu-dent council, many events were imple-mented such as a Sukkot BBQ, Purim andChannukah parties, a Toy Drive, and BloodDrive. All of which, made our experienceat TCLA both entertaining and fulfilling.”

M. B. “Touro encouraged me and helpedme with any "bump" in the road to gettingmy bachelor of arts and I was able to finishmy degree in three years. Touro's smallclass sizes allowed me to forge relationshipswith my professors which came in handywhen I needed advice for things like grad-uate schools and internship programs”

S. L. “The school was extremely accom-modating about most aspects of my edu-cation. When classes weren't offered, thestaff and faculty provided options for meto be able to take the courses through di-rected study, which helped me keep to myschedule. The faculty/student ratio made

me feel very personable with my profes-sors. Since the class sizes were smaller therewas enough time for me to ask questionsduring class.”

E. B.“Everyone was very encouraging inhelping me achieve my degree. It was alsoextremely helpful that the Dean and admin-istrative members both attended schoolwhile they had young kids at home. Theyconstantly encouraged me to continue andnever give up. Having that support hashelped me to get to the end.”

E. P. M. “TCLA’s small classes, Jewishholidays off, great classmates and great fac-ulty all contributed to my experience. Imade friendships I expect to have for along time among my peers, which willhopefully serve me well as I network in myfield in the years to come.”

Would you recommend others to at-tend TCLA? Why?

A. S. “To all those who wish to pursue abachelor’s degree in business or psychologyin a Jewish, warm, and friendly environ-ment, while working during the day andeventually complete an undergraduate ed-ucation from a well reputed institution in 3years or less… TCLA is the right place foryou. A wise person once told me, ‘Knowl-edge is power.’ This statement has beenvalidated for me after having graduatedTCLA. I feel confident in pursuing mydreams in the work-force given the tools ofknowledge I have earned at TCLA. Thepast 3 years were definitely not easy to saythe least, but all that hard work eventuallypays off as I am now ready to make a dif-ference.”

Avi Saada, president of TCLA’s men studentcouncil, is planning to continue working full timein the filed of healthcare administration.

M. B. “Touro offers many programswhich are geared to help students preparein whatever field they might choose to gointo through "hands-on" experience. TheTouro College Crisis Helpline, of which Iwas one of the first members, offered meinsight into the field of psychology andworking with patients in crisis. The knowl-edge and skills that I gained under the guid-ance of the Helpline's leader, Dr. Lucien


Chocron, go beyond whatever Imay have gained from a text-book in a lecture hall. TouroCollege assists its studentswhenever they can, just as theyhave constantly assisted methroughout my journey. Thedean and the rest of the facultytruly care about the needs ofeach pupil. I have even been en-couraging my brother to switchfrom his university into TouroLos Angeles, so that he can fin-ish his degree as quickly and ef-ficiently as I have.

Miriam Brummer, valedicto-rian of class of 2012, will be at-tending University of SouthernCalifornia’s Master’s in Educa-tion program.

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Congreswoman Ros Lehtinen was firstelected in a special election in 1989 afterCongressman Claude Pepper died inoffice becoming the first Cuban-Americanfemale elected to Congress. During thatperiod, Lee Atwater was the Chairman ofthe Republican National Committee. Mr.Atwater called Los Angeles CountyCommissioner Howard Winkler and askedhim to go to Miami and introduce Ileanato the large Jewish Community.Commissioner Winkler was successful inbringing the entire Jewish leadershiptogether within five days to support Ileanawho easily won election to Congress andwent on to win the next 11 elections mak-ing her the most senior Republicanwoman in the U.S. House.

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The Congress-woman delivered astimulating and livelypresentation whichhighlighted threemajor issues and informed the audienceabout a number of pieces of toughlegislation that she had authored andpassed to combat the growing threatsposed to our nation’s security, and to ourally Israel’s very existence. Those issuesare: • Iran and Syria’s pursuit of nuclearweapons capabilities and sponsorship ofviolent Islamist groups; • the Palestinianleadership’s dangerous dual track ofseeking the unilateral recognition of state-hood at the UN while embracing anti-Israel extremists, and ultimately refusingto make peace with Israel; and • anti-Semitic and anti-Israel efforts at theUnited Nations and other internationalbodies.

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