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Amanda Esraeilian, an advisor for Midwest NCSY and former International President, examines the census process of the Land of Israel described in Parshat Pinchas and is struck by how fairly the land is then divided between families. But life is rarely proceeds so justly. How can we rationalize living through those unjust experiences?
What can we learn from talking donkeys? Carol Rhine, COO of NY NCSY and Director of JUMP takes a look at a strange message sent to a king of Moab who tries to curse the Jewish people. What lessons can we take away from this and more recent events in Jewish history? Carol recorded this
The NCSY flame has always represented a lot to me: a rekindling of Judaism, a legendary Havdala, a flicker of identity. But now, it has begun to represent something more.
What did Moshe Rabbeinu have to fear from an Amorite king, Og, in this week’s Torah portion? Avi Levy, an advisor for West Coast NCSY Alumni explains that Mitzvot generate zechus, merit, and Og had plenty of zechus building in reserve… Every good thing we do or prayer we say counts for the future!
As we plead to Hashem for the safe return of Gilad Shaar, Naftali Frenkel, and Eyal Yifrach, the three kidnapped Israeli yeshiva students, it is important to remember a very important lesson learned from the rebellion of Korach: everything is from Hashem! Josh Cohen is the Alumni Coordinator for West Coast NCSY as well as
Forget splitting the sea, this Jewish legend is all about keeping it down. Meet Yael (Brodsky) Levine, a native of Fair Lawn, NJ, a former New Jersey NCSYer and TJJ advisor, and now an urban infrastructure manager, working for New York State’s Governor’s Office of Storm Recovery. “My job is about preventing damage
How many of your decisions are based on your sense of self-worth? What about the actions of those around you? Rabbi Yaakov Frankiel, Director of Columbus NCSY, tells an Old Country parable of train travel that explains why the scouts returned from Canaan with such anguished news in this week’s parsha.
I was walking through the park the other day and I saw grandfather coaching his grandson on his hitting stance while dad was pitching the ball. Could there be a more beautiful concept than three generations engaging in an activity together? No less, the handing down of the lessons learned from grandfather to son to grandson. It's Tradition, or as we call it, mesorah.
In Parshat Naso, why does the Torah identify the leader of each tribe and their relationship to the Mishkan in such repetitive detail? This week, an explanation from Rabbi Yaakov Glasser, the Emeritus International Director of Education for NCSY and now the Associate Dean of the Center for the Jewish Future at Yeshiva University. While