Comments on: Two Seemingly Unrelated Topics http://bigmouth.imserious.org/two-seemingly-unrelated-topics/ Life, The Universe, Everything... Sun, 31 Jan 2010 14:17:44 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 By: Conny http://bigmouth.imserious.org/two-seemingly-unrelated-topics/comment-page-1/#comment-58 Conny Wed, 10 Dec 2008 10:20:23 +0000 http://bigmouth.imserious.org/?p=127#comment-58 "Another bothersome point is the attempt by Chabad to raise donations for the young and unfortunate orphan. I would love to understand how a movement, that can afford to have three thousand (3,000, not a typo) Chabad Houses globally, can’t take care of one small child of their own." Following up on Chabad houses on: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chabad, I found the following: Fundraising Funds for activities of a Chabad center rely entirely on the local community. Chabad centers do not receive funding from Lubavitch headquarters. For the day to day operations, local emissaries do all the fundraising by themselves. The monies fundraised in the local community is invested in that local community. The emissary takes a minimum salary and seldom goes on vacation. Sue Fishcoff writes: "Emissaries in the field may sink millions of dollars into their center, synagogues and Mikvahs, but their own homes are modest, again patterned after their Rebbe's lack of personal ostentation."[64] “Another bothersome point is the attempt by Chabad to raise donations for the young and unfortunate orphan. I would love to understand how a movement, that can afford to have three thousand (3,000, not a typo) Chabad Houses globally, can’t take care of one small child of their own.”

Following up on Chabad houses on: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chabad, I found the following:

Fundraising

Funds for activities of a Chabad center rely entirely on the local community. Chabad centers do not receive funding from Lubavitch headquarters. For the day to day operations, local emissaries do all the fundraising by themselves. The monies fundraised in the local community is invested in that local community. The emissary takes a minimum salary and seldom goes on vacation. Sue Fishcoff writes: “Emissaries in the field may sink millions of dollars into their center, synagogues and Mikvahs, but their own homes are modest, again patterned after their Rebbe’s lack of personal ostentation.”[64]

]]> By: Conny http://bigmouth.imserious.org/two-seemingly-unrelated-topics/comment-page-1/#comment-57 Conny Wed, 10 Dec 2008 08:12:44 +0000 http://bigmouth.imserious.org/?p=127#comment-57 It shows so much emotional intelligence to criticize a dead couple, that can not defend, even though they wouldn't have to, their decision to a stranger. And as a parent, you should know, that it is not never an easy decision to have or not have a child or to be or not be with a child. It shows so much emotional intelligence to criticize a dead couple, that can not defend, even though they wouldn’t have to, their decision to a stranger.
And as a parent, you should know, that it is not never an easy decision to have or not have a child or to be or not be with a child.

]]> By: Kim Kubilus http://bigmouth.imserious.org/two-seemingly-unrelated-topics/comment-page-1/#comment-56 Kim Kubilus Tue, 09 Dec 2008 21:48:53 +0000 http://bigmouth.imserious.org/?p=127#comment-56 Hello! Tay-Sachs carrier couples often have two affected children because they have their second child before the first is diagnosed. Also, some families do place their child in institutions, even in the US. A Tay-Sachs child requires around the clock skilled nursing care. For families that do not have the resources (insurance often does not cover sufficient nursing hours) placing the child in a home is the only option to make sure the child is as comfortable as possible for as long possible. Please know that these parents are not deserting their child but making a very difficult choice believing it is the best option available. Kind regards Kim Kubilus Director of Member Services National Tay-Sachs & Allied Diseases Association, Inc. (NTSAD) Hello! Tay-Sachs carrier couples often have two affected children because they have their second child before the first is diagnosed. Also, some families do place their child in institutions, even in the US. A Tay-Sachs child requires around the clock skilled nursing care. For families that do not have the resources (insurance often does not cover sufficient nursing hours) placing the child in a home is the only option to make sure the child is as comfortable as possible for as long possible. Please know that these parents are not deserting their child but making a very difficult choice believing it is the best option available.

Kind regards
Kim Kubilus
Director of Member Services
National Tay-Sachs & Allied Diseases Association, Inc. (NTSAD)

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