A proposal to abolish “shnodering,” or synagogue offerings on Sabbaths and holidays and to increase the membership dues by 20 percent to compensate for this loss of synagogue revenue, has been made in the annual report of the local United Hebrew Congregation just issued. The report states that it is repugnant to a sense of propriety to introduce money matters in a place of worship and that the universal practice of calling up repeatedly to the reading of the Torah only the more affluent members of the congregation, and of continually leaving out religious and highly respected members, merely because they are unable to donate as handsomely as the wealthier men, is objectionable, too.
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