Through songs and instruments, music opens up the minds and hearts of individuals in a unique way. Countless times Isaiah Rothstein witnessed the impact of music on people. Isaiah saw the power that music has to create remarkable connections and relationships during his NCSY career. Although Isaiah began NCSY for the same reasons as any

“I always wonder why birds choose to stay in the same place when they can fly anywhere on the earth, then I ask myself the same question,” goes the quote from Harun Yahya. Not everyone can say that they’ve flown to distant countries and acquired achievements in their travels. But Captain Yoni Goldstein is someone who can. In

After meeting on Yarchei Kallah 2013, they were both assigned to staff TJJ the following Summer. They knew it was a shidduch after the Staff Shabbaton in May, and the rest is NCSY history.

The happy couple began dating after they co-staffed TJJ West in the Summer of 2014.

From TJJ to the IDF, Mai Bonomo takes NCSY with her wherever her life leads. It all started in 2008 when her friend from dance was going on a JSU trip to New York. Wanting to be in on the fun, Mai convinced her parents to also let her go, and as they say, “the

Not everyone can be as involved as Allen. He was in Atlantic Seaboard NCSY, very involved with Shabbatons and latte and learning. An avid participant in JSU, Allen enjoyed learning about the different Jewish holidays. He has a lot of hakarat hatov (gratitude) toward JSU for the opportunities it gave him. He says, “JSU is

Not every college student can say that they are the founder of a successful business. Not every college student is able to commit to their academic work and dedicate hours to doing chesed. Not every college student is like Shachar Avraham, a junior at Binghamton University. Shachar began his community outreach when he was a