Rabbi Yakov Horowitz, Founding Dean of Yeshiva Darchei Noam of Monsey, and Director of Bright Beginnings, is a innovative educator, author, and child safety advocate. He is the author of two books, published child safety books that are in over 100,000 homes in three languages, as well as the groundbreaking Bright Beginnings gemara and chumash workbooks that are in over 100 schools.
Rabbi Horowitz conducts child abuse prevention and parenting workshops in Jewish communities around the world and received the prestigious 2008 Covenant Award in recognition of his contribution to Jewish education.