Economics

Because of the economy, everyone is feeling the pinch. No doubt, schools are in a tough place too. Reports claim that Harvard has lost over 8 Billion Dollars. Public and private day schools are being greatly effected as well.

A few points to consider:

1. A lot of the funding that schools may lose will most likely be taken from programming before academics. As teachers of Judaic Studies, many of our goals, are hopefully affective. We hope to engender certain feelings and attitudes toward Torah, Mitzvos, and so on. Although this isn’t always the case, a lot of the affective is developed outside of the classroom. It takes place on the Shabbatons, at the Rebbe’s house on Chanukah, or over a bowl of Chulent at Mishmar. As we lose funding for many of these programs it may make many of these events less desirable making these affective goals harder to achieve.
2. It’s possible that the lack of funding is not the only problem we will face because of the economy. What else should we worry about?

We have to think of ways to make sure to protect our schools, as much as possible during these tough economic times.

Any creative ideas?