NCSY
NCSY (formerly known as the National Conference of Synagogue Youth[1][2]) 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;[3] weekend programming, shabbatons, retreats, and regionals; Israel advocacy training; and disaster relief missions known as chesed (kindness) trips.[4][5][6] NCSY also has an alumni organization on campuses across North America.[7]
History
In 1959, NCSY hired Rabbi Pinchas Stolper as the first National Director in the United States.[8]
During the social upheavals of the 1960s and 1970s, the Orthodox youth of NCSY opposed social change, choosing instead to emphasize religious tradition.[9] In this period, at least one NCSY chapter took public action on this point, passing a resolution rejecting marijuana and other drugs as a violation of Jewish law.[9] At the 1971 NCSY international convention, delegates passed resolutions in this vein, calling for members to "forge a social revolution with Torah principles."[9]
According to the Orthodox sociologist Chaim Waxman, there has been an increase in Haredi influence on NCSY since 2012.[10] Waxman based this on NCSY's own sociological self-study.[11]
See also
- Orthodox Union, the sponsoring organization of NCSY
- KEDMA, an Orthodox college outreach group
- 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
- Pinchas Stolper
- Aryeh Kaplan
References
- ^ Nathan-Kazis, Josh (October 14, 2009). "Rabbis Still Want Role in Abuse Cases". The Jewish Daily Forward. Archived from the original on April 20, 2013.
- ^ Yeshiva University (April 2, 2009). "Yeshiva College Honors Student Zev Eleff Publishes Book on History of NCSY". Yeshiva University. Archived from the original on October 11, 2012.
- ^ "Jewish Teen Summer Trips". Retrieved 2020-02-10.
- ^ NCSY Background, Orthodox Union, 2000 Archived April 10, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Jewish Teen Summer Trips". Retrieved 2020-01-28.
- ^ "Home". NCSY Relief Missions. Retrieved 2020-01-28.
- ^ "NCSY ALUMNI -". NCSY ALUMNI. Retrieved 2020-02-10.
- ^ Bernstein, Saul (1985). Saul Bernstein, The Renaissance of the Torah Jew (KTAV Publishing, 1985), pp. 274, 339. Ktav Publishing House. ISBN 9780881250664. Retrieved 2012-07-04.
- ^ a b c Diamond, Etan (2000-10-30). Etan Diamond, And I Will Dwell in Their Midst: Orthodox Jews in Suburbia (University of North Carolina Press, 2000), ISBN 0-8078-4889-1, p. 104. Univ of North Carolina Press. ISBN 9780807848890. Retrieved 2012-07-04.
- ^ "Winners and Losers in Denominational Memberships in the United States - Chaim I. Waxman". Jcpa.org. Retrieved 2012-07-04.
- ^ Nathalie Friedman, Faithful Youth: A Study of the National Conference of Synagogue Youth (New York: National Conference of Synagogue Youth, 1998).
External links
- National Conference of Synagogue Youth Official website
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(not exclusively Israel-focused)
- American Jewish Committee
- American Jewish Congress
- Anti-Defamation League
- Conference of Presidents
- Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law (LDB)
- Religious Action Center
- Jewish Future Pledge
- Jewish Community Relations Councils (JCRCs)
- Jewish Council for Public Affairs
- Jewish environmental groups
- Jewish Institute for National Security of America (JINSA)
- National Jewish Democratic Council
- Republican Jewish Coalition
- Office of the Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Antisemitism
- White House Jewish Liaison
- Jewish Labor Committee
- Jewish Democratic Council of America
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- Middle East Media Research Institute
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- New Israel Fund
- Zionist Organization of America
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and policy body; seminary)
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- Jewish Reconstructionist Federation (Reconstructionist Rabbinical Association; RRC)
- Young Israel
- Orthodox Union (Rabbinical Council of America; RIETS-YU, etc.)
- Society for Humanistic Judaism
- United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism (Rabbinical Assembly; JTSA / AJU-Ziegler)
- Union for Reform Judaism (Central Conference of American Rabbis; HUC)
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- by US states
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