Jewish Action Fall 5766/2005 Vol. 66, No. 1 FEATURES EDUCATION SECTION 13 The Tuition Squeeze: Paying the Price of Jewish Education Yossi Prager 20 A Different Kind of Voucher S. Binyomin Ginsberg 24 Thoughts on Giving Rob Toren 28 Who Should Pay for Jewish Education? Micah Greenland page 28 30 Public Funding for Non-Public Schools Nathan J. Diament 32 Vouchers: A Case Study Shlomo Levin 34 In Defense of Tuition Nachum Klafter 36 A Radical Proposal Whose Time Has Come Jonathan Isler, Kenny Gluck 38 Probing the Proposal: A Legal and Political Analysis Nathan J. Diament 40 Averting a Crisis in Jewish Education Moishe Bane page 46 52 The Power of Belonging: Welcoming Jews with Disabilities into Jewish Communal Life Bayla Sheva Brenner ISRAEL 62 Photo Essay: The Roots of Meah Shearim Text by Leah Abramowitz 66 On and Off the Beaten Track in … Ancient Synagogues in the Galil Peter Abelow page 62 DEPARTMENTS 4 LETTERS About the Cover: 8 PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE The Answer to Jewry’s Crisis Stephen J. Savitsky The annual cost for an 46 PROFILE In Memoriam, Rabbi Berel Berkovits: Hadayan Hametzuyan J. David Bleichaverage family to send four children to Jewish day 70 JUST BETWEEN US Workout for the Body and Soul Rebecca Wolf school is estimated at 74 NEW TO OU $44,000. Multiply that by THE CHEF’S TABLE twelve years of school and 78 The Foods and Flavors of Fall: Recipes for Rosh Hashanah and Sukkot Helen Nashthe total Jewish education cost for this average family INSIDE THE OU is a whopping $528,000. 84 A “Stuyvie” Reminisces Chaim Goldberg 86 HIGHLIGHTS OF THE OU 107TH ANNIVERSARY NATIONAL DINNER Over the next few issues, readers may notice gradual BOOKS changes in the design 88 Community, Covenant and Commitment: Selected Letters of the magazine. We hope and Communications, Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik you will find that these changes help make the Edited by Nathaniel Helfgot Reviews by Simcha Krauss and Moshe Meiselman magazine more readable 95 DNA and Tradition: The Genetic Link to the Ancient Hebrews and graphically appealing. By Rabbi Yaakov Kleiman Reviewed by Edward Simon Please send all comments to [email protected]. Jewish Action seeks to provide a forum for a diversity of legitimate opinions within the spectrum of Orthodox Judaism. Therefore, opinions expressed do not necessarily reflect the policy or opinion of the Orthodox Union. Jewish Action is published by the Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America 11 Broadway, New York, NY 10004 (212) 563-4000 Printed Quarterly - Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall, plus Special Passover issue. ISSN No. 0447-7049. Subscription: $12.00 per year; Canadian, $16.00; Overseas, $30.00. Periodicals postage paid at New York, NY and additional offices. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to Jewish Action, 11 Broadway, New York, NY 10004. 2 JEWISH ACTION Fall 5766/2005.