“Here’s a mattress - now build your own bed!” This is what ACE students are told when they arrive at Moshav Tarom a small Moshav near Bet Shemesh, Israel, their campus and home for the year.
As a recent recipient of the prestigious Grinspoon-Steinhardt Award for Excellence in Jewish Education, one would be surprised to hear that Chana Zinstein actually grew up unobservant.
Remember to check in, laptop goes in its own bin, where’s that gate? The commute to work for Dr. Edo Lavi is anything but typical. Former NCSYer of the Year, Dr. Lavi spends an average of one hundred hours a month in flight time alone. That translates
Israel Free Spirit Birthrigh Alumnus, Izzy Ezagui enlisted in the Israeli Army, twice. After suffering an injury that claimed his dominant arm below the elbow he was determined to return to combat. He’s currently working on a memoire to tell everyone his story. Read More >> kickstarter.com
Sitting at his desk in Hebrew school, facing a chart explaining the differences between the Orthodox, Conservative and Reform denominations, teen David Storfer tentatively raised his hand. He was about to ask the most important question of his life, a question he had asked before many times. The rabbi called on him.
(Mark is the one obscured by the guitar player in this shot.) Mark Skier’s connection to NCSY goes back to early high school. He was a member of the Ohr Chadash NY region under Nate Segal. He spent some of his first real Shabboses at NCSY Shabbatons and developed a love of Yiddishkeit and a
Basketball star and trailblazer Tamir Goodman, dubbed the “Jewish Jordan” by Sports Illustrated magazine, became the first observant Jew in recent history to reach the highest levels of his sport while Tamir was also involved with NCSY since childhood. He experienced Jewish holidays and shabbatonim with his family and saw how the organization made Judaism come
Josh Steinreich graduated the Yeshiva University’s High School for Boys (MTA) early to embark on the voyage of a lifetime in Yeshivat Hakotel’s Heseder program this fall. Josh’s journey to this decision is enrooted in his experiences NCSY. Josh began NCSY was he was in 6th grade in NJ NCSY. Josh decided to spend
New Jersey NCSY alumna Allison Josephs is using her talents and passion for Jewish outreach and education in a cutting-edge way. Harnessing the power of new media, Josephs is the creator of a YouTube series called “Jew in the City.” The episodes feature a Q&A video blog
Jonathan and Nechama Ackerman By: Bayla Sheva Brenner Jonathan Ackerman, New York NCSY North associate regional director, New York NCSY, grew up in Minneapolis, MN in a non-observant home. His grandfather, a Holocaust survivor who escaped Auschwitz three times and eventually fought in the Israeli Independence War, served as his “greatest Jewish role model.” He