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, which is Zionist and a member of the American Zionist Movement. 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]
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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
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Notes
- ↑ Rabbis Still Want Role in Abuse Cases. October 14, 2009.
- ↑ Yeshiva College Honors Student Zev Eleff Publishes Book on History of NCSY. Yeshiva University.
- ↑ Jewish Teen Summer Trips.
- ↑ NCSY Background, Orthodox Union, 2000 Template:Webarchive
- ↑ Jewish Teen Summer Trips.
- ↑ Home.
- ↑ NCSY ALUMNI -.
- ↑ Saul Bernstein, The Renaissance of the Torah Jew (KTAV Publishing, 1985), pp. 274, 339. Ktav Publishing House . ISBN 9780881250664.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 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. 2000-10-30. Univ of North Carolina Press . ISBN 9780807848890.
- ↑ Winners and Losers in Denominational Memberships in the United States - Chaim I. Waxman. Jcpa.org.
- ↑ Nathalie Friedman, Faithful Youth: A Study of the National Conference of Synagogue Youth (New York: National Conference of Synagogue Youth, 1998).
