Rabbi Yakov Horowitz

by @azigra

Rabbi Yakov Horowitz is the dean of Yeshiva Darchei Noam in Monsey, NY and the director of the Center for Jewish Family Life/Project YES. He keeps a good website and blog where he writes about keeping children safe in today's world among many other important issues. 

Rabbi Horowitz was the scholar in residence of a pesach hotel program I went to about 10 years ago and is the only SIR I remember from about eight years of hotels. I cant tell you who they were in any of the other programs I attended. He stood out then in my mind for his sanity and rationalism in a world where rabbis and rosh yeshivas seem to lack both. 

The rabbi is also active on twitter and has posted some great tweets today:

We just got our third horrible abuse-related call from parents since Thursday. I beg you to speak to your kids re safety
— Yakov Horowitz (@yakovhorowitz) July 8, 2013

To clarify; 3rd call from parents who just found out that their kid was abused. And FYI we always tell them to go to police
— Yakov Horowitz (@yakovhorowitz) July 8, 2013

YES staff member who took call just came to me in tears after listening to mom of victim sobbing for 30 minutes
— Yakov Horowitz (@yakovhorowitz) July 8, 2013

Any head of a kehila who does not have parent training for child safety/abuse prevention should be put in cherem.
— Yakov Horowitz (@yakovhorowitz) July 8, 2013

Think women putting on Tefilin is a huge problem? Maybe take a few calls from parents whose kids were sodomized.
— Yakov Horowitz (@yakovhorowitz) July 8, 2013

Sept '08 http://t.co/sUpWt5eotb good idea 2 spread rumors pedophiles distributing non-kosher candy. Maybe ppl take notice
— Yakov Horowitz (@yakovhorowitz) July 8, 2013

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