Jerusalem Post | How we give, mirrors who we are

Jerusalem Post | Breaking News from Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World: "How we give, mirrors who we are
By MICHAEL STEINHARDT

I have a dream in which Jewish early childhood educators in the United States, who presently receive an average salary of $9.66 per hour, can raise their own children without having to take out loans or marry rich. I have a dream in which birthright israel does not have to keep tens of thousands of potential participants on waiting lists for lack of funds. I have a dream in which non-Orthodox day schools truly rival the best private schools and the Jewish socioeconomic elite clamor to enter them.

While these dreams are, alas, remote and quixotic, American Jews have achieved levels of wealth unprecedented in our history. The problem is that we no longer give much to Jewish causes."