NCSY
Predecessor | Torah Leadership Seminar |
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Formation | 1954 |
Founder | Harold and Enid Boxer |
Type | Jewish youth organization |
Legal status | Subsidiary of a 501(c)(3) non-profit religious organization |
Headquarters | 40 Rector, New York City, New York, United States |
Location |
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Coordinates | 40°42′19″N 74°00′50″W / 40.705279812590774°N 74.01396840186057°W |
Owner | Natan Cohen |
International Director | Rabbi Micah Greenland |
Parent organization | Orthodox Union |
Website | www |
Formerly called | National Conference of Synagogue Youth |
NCSY (formerly known as the National Conference of Synagogue Youth
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
- youth movement of Hadassah
- BBYO, the leading non-denominational Jewish youth movement
- Bnei Akiva
- Pinchas Stolper
- Aryeh Kaplan
References
- The Jewish Daily Forward. Archived from the originalon 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.
- ISBN 9780881250664. Retrieved 2012-07-04.
- ^ 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).