NCSY
PredecessorTorah Leadership Seminar
Formation1954
FounderHarold and Enid Boxer
TypeJewish youth organization
Legal statusSubsidiary of a 501(c)(3) non-profit religious organization
Headquarters11 Broadway, New York City, New York, United States
Location
  • United States, Canada, Argentina, Chile, Israel
Coordinates40°42′19″N 74°00′50″W / 40.705279812590774°N 74.01396840186057°W / 40.705279812590774; -74.01396840186057
OwnerRina Emerson
International Director
Rabbi Micah Greenland
Parent organization
Orthodox Union
Websitewww.ncsy.org
Formerly called
National Conference of Synagogue Youth

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] Over the past several decades, NCSY has been the subject of two child sexual abuse scandals involving chapter advisors and directors.[8][9] NCSY, and its parent organization, the Orthodox Union, say that they have taken significant steps to address such abuse from an organizational standpoint.[10]

History

In 1959, NCSY hired Rabbi Pinchas Stolper as the first National Director in the United States.[11]

During the social upheavals of the 1960s and 1970s, the Orthodox youth of NCSY opposed social change, choosing instead to emphasize religious tradition.[12] 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.[12] At the 1971 NCSY international convention, delegates passed resolutions in this vein, calling for members to "forge a social revolution with Torah principles."[12]

According to the Orthodox sociologist Chaim Waxman, there has been an increase in Haredi influence on NCSY since 2012.[13] Waxman based this on NCSY's own sociological self-study.[14]

See also

References

  1. ↑ 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.
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ "Jewish Teen Summer Trips". Retrieved 2020-02-10.
  4. ↑ NCSY Background, Orthodox Union, 2000 Archived April 10, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  5. ↑ "Jewish Teen Summer Trips". Retrieved 2020-01-28.
  6. ↑ "Home". NCSY Relief Missions. Retrieved 2020-01-28.
  7. ↑ "NCSY ALUMNI -". NCSY ALUMNI. Retrieved 2020-02-10.
  8. ↑ "Sex-abuse Conviction of Rabbi Closes Difficult Chapter for Orthodox | Jewish Telegraphic Agency". www.jta.org. 10 July 2002. Retrieved 2018-06-19.
  9. ↑ "Second victim alleges sexual assault by local rabbi". New Jersey Jewish News | NJJN. Retrieved 2018-06-19.
  10. ↑ "NCSY Conduct, Policy, and Behavioral Standards Manual (Updated: 9/10/2016)". NCSY. Retrieved 2020-01-28.
  11. ↑ 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.
  12. 1 2 3 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.
  13. ↑ "Winners and Losers in Denominational Memberships in the United States - Chaim I. Waxman". Jcpa.org. Retrieved 2012-07-04.
  14. ↑ Nathalie Friedman, Faithful Youth: A Study of the National Conference of Synagogue Youth (New York: National Conference of Synagogue Youth, 1998).
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