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NCSY corrects record after chapter signs onto letter supporting Black Lives Matter

“The leadership of NCSY was not contacted by the organizers of the advertisement, who instead relied on an email from a student participant to signify our approval.”

More than 600 Jewish groups placed this ad in “The New York Times” in support of the Black Lives Matter movement. Credit: Medium.
More than 600 Jewish groups placed this ad in “The New York Times” in support of the Black Lives Matter movement. Credit: Medium.

The Jewish youth group NCSY has distanced itself from a recent ad organized by a far-left Jewish group in support of the Black Lives Matter movement after a member signed onto it without authorization.

The NCSY, formerly known as the National Conference of Synagogue Youth, which serves as a Jewish youth group under the auspices of the Orthodox Union, was listed as one of the 600 Jewish groups that signed onto a full-page ad that appeared in The New York Times on Friday in support of the Black Lives Matter movement.

“NCSY was incorrectly referenced in a New York Times advertisement placed by BEND THE ARC,” stated the national Jewish youth organization in a statement. “The leadership of NCSY was not contacted by the organizers of the advertisement, who instead relied on an email from a student participant to signify our approval.”

“NCSY continues to advocate, educate and work towards a society that is free of bigotry and racism and that reflects our core biblical values, that all people are created in the image of G-d, and that each human life is of infinite value,” continued the organization.

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