Yeshiva Sanity: Get Your Tax Deductions In

Monday, December 31, 2012

Get Your Tax Deductions In

Less than 10 hours left to help solve the tuition crisis while simultaneously reducing your tax base for 2012. Give to NNJKIDS to helps all of the local Yeshiva Day Schools or to AJE to help fund the "affordable" blended learning schools popping up all over.

Or give directly to the schools. Hopefully they will use the funds to keep tuition from rising and not to fund a third teacher in each Kindergarten class. Fortunately they all have web pages making it very easy for anyone with a credit card to give.

Here are the links for the JDS's in BC:

Ben Porat Yosef
He'atid
Moriah
Noam
RYNJ
Yavneh

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AJE · 639 weeks ago

Although we are honored to be mentioned in this, it turns out that your "AJE" link actually links to JEP, which is also a worthwhile cause but is not us. Unfortunately our website is currently under construction. If anyone would like to donate to AJE or otherwise get in touch with us, please feel free to contact us at info@ajeproject.org.

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Yeshiva_Dad 69p · 639 weeks ago

Sorry about that. Links to that email address now

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Just saying · 638 weeks ago

YD, your swipe at the schools is a bit gratuitous. Why not point out that you hope He'Atid won't use the funds to increase their $2,000 subsidy of tuition for middle class families? And with all due respect to AJE why should people send funds to AJE to be used to create low cost schools in other communities when there is still a need in our community (and presumably He'Atid is fully funded given the millions they have raised to date).

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Yeshiva_Dad 69p · 638 weeks ago

JS,

I meant that seriously. I hope they use donation money to reduce costs not to increase expenses. I think that they started taking the tuition crisis seriously in the past few years & I don't want them to revert back to the old formula of raising prices every year because they don't want to sacrifice anything.

As far as why to fund AJE I would say that if you feel that sustaining the day school model is important for the future of Orthodox Judaism in America than it's a worthwhile cause. If there is someone out there who is already donating to the local community and can afford to also help out other communities I think that's a good thing. Keep in mind that He'atid got off the ground in part because of AJE & OU donors from across the river so perhaps we can return the favor.

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Teaneck Forever · 638 weeks ago

I think all Heatid parents should donate at least half of their tuitopn savings to either NNJKIDS or AJE. Think this will evr happen?

Naaahhhhh!

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guest4 · 638 weeks ago

Heatid is already asking their parents to donate their tuition savings to them - at least they'll get tax write off on it.

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End Welfare · 638 weeks ago

Donate to NNJKIDS so that my money get funneled to legacy yeshivas???? I think I'll pass.

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Happy to be saving · 638 weeks ago

You are all assuming that there is "tuition savings". It could very well be that by sending to He'atid, parents are able to just eek out the $9K, and the "savings" is not having to go on scholarship at a different school.

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guest4 · 638 weeks ago

yes, I am assuming. Most of the people I know at Heatid could fairly easily afford tuition for at least 1 kid at a legacy .... therefore, they are saving.

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End Welfare · 638 weeks ago

"Most of the people I know at Heatid could fairly easily afford tuition for at least 1 kid at a legacy .... therefore, they are saving."

We must definitely know very different people at Heatid then.......

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ahavat chesed · 638 weeks ago

"Donate to NNJKIDS so that my money get funneled to legacy yeshivas???? I think I'll pass. "

Great attitude. I don't send my kids to Heatid. Next time they ask me for a donation, I'll be sure to pass and tell them to look you up. Thanks for the advice.

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Avi Greengart · 638 weeks ago

ahavat chesed -

End Welfare said nothing about HeAtid, and... well, would you really base your decision making on an anonymous commenter whose comments tend to be, how shall I put this nicely, nasty?

Every time someone complains about the tuition crisis, someone says, "communal fundraising." Well, NNJ Kids is communal fundraising. It doesn't do much to solve the problem - it mostly moves money from one tuition-paying pocket to the other - but it's a step in the right direction. I support steps in the right direction, and take the automatic monthly donation route. And I send one of my children to HeAtid. So now when HeAtid calls, make sure you donate generously, k?

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Guest1 · 638 weeks ago

Nnjkids has largely been a failure.... It's like they've fallen off the earth. Does anyone still give to them or think about them? They have no campaign. And guess who started that initiative....

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Just Asking · 638 weeks ago

"And guess who started that initiative...."

"HE" didn't start it and maybe it wouldn't be where it is if "HE" didn't leave to focus on starting an affordable Yeshiva.

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Teaneck Forever · 638 weeks ago

"Does anyone still give to them (NNJKIDS) or think about them?"

I give money to NNJKIDS each month. I sincerely hope that people like "End Welfare" are not representative of Heatid. Having lived in teaneck a long time, I know he is not representative of all the great and charitable people I have met here in Teaneck.

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