Yeshivat Chovevei Torah is pleased to announce the publication of the Tishrei 5770 edition of Meorot. This special edition is dedicated to issues in Modern Orthodox Day School Education, and its guest editor is Nathaniel Helfgot. The Table of Contents follows and you can access the entire edition (and all previous editions of Meorot) at www.yctorah.org [2]
Warm wishes for a kitivah v'chatimah tovah. May 5770 be a year of blessing and peace for all Israel and the world.
B'shalom,
Eugene Korn
Editor, Meorot
Meorot: A Forum of Modern Orthodox Discourse - September 2009
Special Edition on Modern Orthodox Education
CONTENTS
Editor's Introduction to Special Tishrei 5770 Edition
Nathaniel Helfgot
SYMPOSIUM
On Modern Orthodox Day School Education
ARTICLES
What Should a Yeshiva High School Graduate Know, Value
and Be Able to Do?
Moshe Sokolow & Responses
The Economics of Jewish Education
The Tuition Hole: How We Dug It and How to Begin Digging Out of It
Allen Friedman
The Economic Crisis and Jewish Education
Saul Zucker
Striving for Cognitive Excellence
Jack Nahmod
To Teach Tsni'ut with Tsni'ut
Tamar Biala
REVIEW ESSAY
Life Values and Intimacy Education: Health Education for the
Jewish School, Yocheved Debow and Anna Woloski-Wruble, eds.
Reviewed by Jeffrey Kobrin