NCSY
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NCSY (formerly known as the National Conference of Synagogue Youth) is a Jewish youth group under the auspices of the Orthodox Union. Its operations include Jewish-inspired after-school programs; summer programs in Israel, Europe, and the United States; weekend programming, shabbatons, retreats, and regionals; Israel advocacy training; and disaster relief missions known as chesed (kindness) trips. NCSY also has an alumni organization on campuses across North America.
NCSY (formerly known as the National Conference of Synagogue Youth) is a Jewish youth group under the auspices of the Orthodox Union. Its operations include Jewish-inspired after-school programs; summer programs in Israel, Europe, and the United States; weekend programming, shabbatons, retreats, and regionals; Israel advocacy training; and disaster relief missions known as chesed (kindness) trips. NCSY also has an alumni organization on campuses across North America.
Alumni
David Luchins (born 19461), Touro College professor and chair of its political science department Jeffrey Saks (born 1969), Modern Orthodox rabbi, educator, writer, and editor
Former Staff
David Bashevkin (born 1985), Modern Orthodox rabbi, writer, adjunct professor, podcast host, and NCSY Director of Education Steven Burg (born 1972), Orthodox rabbi, educator, Jewish communal leader, CEO of Aish, and NCSY International Director Aryeh Kaplan (1934–1983), Orthodox rabbi, author, and translator best known for his Living Torah edition of the Torah, and NCSY Director of Publishing Baruch Lanner (born 1949), former Orthodox rabbi convicted of child sexual abuse, former principal of Hillel Yeshiva High School in Ocean Township, New Jersey, and former NCSY Director of Regions Pinchas Stolper (1931–2022), Orthodox rabbi and writer, spokesman for Jewish Orthodoxy, and NCSY National Director Baruch Taub, Canadian-American founding rabbi of the Beth Avraham Yoseph of Toronto, and former NCSY National Director
See also
Orthodox Judaism outreach United Synagogue Youth, the youth group of Conservative Judaism National Federation of Temple Youth, the youth movement of Reform Judaism Young Judaea, the pluralist Zionist youth movement of Hadassah BBYO, the leading non-denominational Jewish youth movement Bnei Akiva, the largest religious Zionist youth movement in the world Baal teshuva
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External links
Official website
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