Preparing for the Post-High School Year in Israel:
What Every Parent Needs to Know
Understanding the implications of sending a child to Israel and making appropriate decisions for the post-high year are issues that affect all parents. Although the frequent transforming nature of the year in Israel commonly manifests itself through changes in
religious belief and
observance, it equally impacts attitudes and behaviors in familial,
social, psychological and emotional domains. These matters were addressed at an important symposium entitled “Preparing for the Post-High School Year in Israel: What Every Parent Needs to Know” which took place May 13, 2008 at Young Israel of Woodmere, NY. In excess of 120 people attended the symposium.
Symposium presenters included (l-r) Dr. David Pelcovitz, the Strauss Professor of Education and Psychology at the Azrieli School
of
Jewish Education at
Yeshiva University, and an expert in Child Psychology; Rabbi Chaim
Wasserman, Rabbi
Emeritus of Young Israel of Passaic/Clifton, NJ,
and CYIR President; Elisheva
Kaminetsky, Director of Religious Guidance at the Stella K.
Abraham High School for Girls; Rebbetzin
Judi Steinig, the Director of Programming for the National
Council of Young Israel; and Rabbi Aaron Tirschwell, the Director of
the Eye
Squad, and the National Council of Young Israel’s Director of
Israel Operations.Sponsorship of the symposium was provided by the Eye Squad, CYIR: Council of Young Israel Rabbis in Israel, National Council of Young Israel, Young Israel of Woodmere, NY, and Ezrat Chayim – Jewish Board of Family and Children’s Services.
Future programs of this nature are being planned to take place in communities throughout the United States in the Fall of 2008.
