Jewish World Review
Tuesday December 26, 2017
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If we decide too positively what we are, we will not be able to take advantage of what, at different times, we happen to be.
— Rabbi Shraga Silverstein

NAIVE

[TUESDAY'S issue begins after this sidebar. But before going there, PLEASE read this large font, but actually short, letter. ]

JWR is in deep you-know-what.

There, I said it.

In this season of good will, I was naive. Or so I have been told. REPEATEDLY.

Family members have a pitch-perfect refrain of "give up, already" cued to go each time I report our (lack of) fundraising results.

Some -- including those close enough for it to hurt -- are downright giddy that this year's effort fell TENS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS SHORT when compared to last year.

And last year was fairly weak.

They want me to seek "new opportunities". I'm still not interested.

"Your so-called supporters don't care," these naysayers say of you. "It's now proven."

I respond: "There's still time. You shall see. Mark my words."

What say you? Better, what do you?

By nature, folks view the world through their eyes, not others'. When I know a project is legit, I partner to make sure it continues.

And certainly so if I, myself am actually gaining from it.

Silly, gullible me can't understand why 99% of those gaining from JWR steadfastly refuse to help, even as they help themselves --- to all JWR has to offer.

PLEASE, I can no longer be subtle. I can no longer be polite.

There are readers -- a lot of them! -- who have availed themselves to JWR for more than a dozen years. Some, the full two decades of our publishing. They have never once, in all of these years, partnered with us.

I don't know the reason, nor do I care why. You know who you are. I don't.

What I do care about is making sure that JWR survives and thrives.

PLEASE help. Don't push this off any longer.

Can you PLEASE give something, anything?

Yes, it's still possible to meet our annual goal!

Let me try this another way: If you haven't made your end-of-year donation yet, you may want to speak with you accountant. Pronto. The tax rules are changing and you may well be able to enjoy certain benefits for the last time.

As I mentioned last week, I have some VERY exciting news I want to reveal. Alas, if the situation doesn't reverse, I might not be able to.

I will say this: "You can make a huge difference," in this case, is no bumper sticker slogan.

I need your help and I need it now!

All donations are tax-deductible. They can be made through our secure online site or by making out a check and mailing it to the sponsoring foundation (Keren Yehoshua V'Yisroel/JWR) -- marked in the "memo section" for "Internet Education Project" -- at:

Keren Yehoshua V'Yisroel/JWR
127 Columbia Boulevard
Waterbury, CT 06710
Tax ID: 22-3209160

In gratitude and friendship,
Binyamin L. Jolkovsky
Editor in Chief

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