The recession has touched it all
I’m going to be honest with you. Until the global recession started, I didn’t really know what a recession was. I mean, I knew the word recede and I had heard of previous recessions but I really didn’t understand its impact. As the year unfolded, I became more aware of the implications among various industries. Auto sales were down, fast food sales were up. More people were renting movies than taking small loans out to treat their family to a night at the movies.
When I received my weekly copy of the CJN this afternoon, I read about increased subsidy applications at Jewish Day Schools, slightly lower enrollment and I learned that religious participation whether in schools or at synagogues/churches/temples is one of the first to go when times are tough. Check out this interesting article: Recession Gets Religion.
Maybe a keen web saavy developer should create an online repentance forum for those who won’t be making it to shul this year on Yom Kippur because of membership and ticket prices…
Tags: High holidays, Recession, Yom Kippur
September 3rd, 2009 at 9:54 am
Our synagogue webcasts our High Holiday services so members of a local old folks home and other temple members who are sick can be a part of services.
Maybe they should charge a discounted fee so those people you speak of can at least watch the prayer services at home if they can’t afford a ticket at shul.