Payback Time

November 15, 2007 - 1:00 PM by Stephanie

Elisheva at lizrael update is getting a university degree in Jerusalem.

She recently discovered that in order to continue receiving government subsidized tuition – you’re privy to that kind of thing if you’re a new immigrant to Israel AND a student type person – she’ll have to give back.

I need to volunteer 120 hours with little kids, the elderly or other olim chadashim (new immigrants…slf). Apparently they only make you do it in the third year of receiving money from your aliyah rights. The program is called ??’?: ???? ????? ??????. (Community Service..sf)

It makes perfect sense – for two years, they’ve paid my tuition and it’s only fair that we’d have to give something back. A lot of us haven’t served in the army anyway.

Another goal is to get you – oleh chadash (new immigrant..slf) yourself – to integrate into society by mixing in with them, if you haven’t had enough chances already.

If you opt out, then you pay a percentage of the cost for the year.

And to think: no one had to commit a crime or rack up parking fines!

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