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Originally Posted by swooner
Wow! What a revelation. Temples charge membership dues as they have for many years. Financial hardships are dealt with appropriately. Long time reality is that non members must pay for high holiday tickets. If you did some research you would know this is common practice. In case you didn't know, Temples don't pass a collection plate during services. They are sustained by their membership dues. High Holiday tickets for outsiders are incidental. Your comments border on anti Semitism as do the comments of the original poster of this Thread. Wanna talk about what the latest news is from Pennsylvania?
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Oh baloney. I never said a single anti-semitic thing, plus I said that these were my friends. Go back and read the post. We were simply amazed at the differences in the way the two religions figured out their finances. They didn't know any more about how things worked in Christian churches than I did in Jewish temples. Don't read things into something that aren't there.
I, having seriously dated a Jew through high school and college and having had many Jewish friends in a multi-cultural city where I grew up, find your statement laughable.
Oh, and as the latest news from Pennsylvania goes, I was never a Catholic.
Also, in case you didn't know, the collection plate in a Christian church means you may be just turning in what you have pledged, as to what you could afford, or it could mean that you're putting something extra in for various reasons. But when it comes time to "pledge," you give what you can. You are not shut out because you couldn't meet a certain amount of dues. Maybe this has changed down through the years, but that is what we were discussing in my bridge club.