You get four invitations to “The Annual Dinner.” In one day.
Seven in one week, and I doubt the mail onslaught is over yet. From shuls past and present, Hatzolah, yeshivas, and seminaries.
One is for a shul you’ve never even belonged to. In fact, you’ve never even been there. How does that happen??
All worthy causes that deserve our support, but I don’t have $300-$1,000 for any of you, much less all of you in one week.
You’d think someone on the committee would get the memo and schedule the annual dinner at a different time than everyone else! Alas, we’re dealing with Jewish bureaucrazy. That was originally a Freudian slip typo, but then I realized it was true.
Why we have annual dinners in the first place is an excellent question. Should we look to a different model? Probably. Chances that will happen? Very small, but it’ll probably be spearheaded by an entrepreneurial new Chabad shaliach, since they have to provide all their own funding. He has little to lose and everything to gain. Disrupt the system, chassid! We need it!