Building the Jewish future NCSY’s Jewish Student Union helps young people develop the tools to become leaders—ambassadors for their Jewish identity, defenders of Israel, and advocates for truth and tolerance. Rabbi Mark Rose Nov. 11, 2024
Canadians describe Jew-hatred threat ‘as bad if not worse’ than in US Melissa Lantsman, a member of the Canadian parliament, told JNS that hate crimes and bigotry against Jews had increased in the country by 150%. David Swindle June 10, 2024
Israeli high school basketball team reunites to play in New York “Sports has healing power,” Natan Cohen, director of marketing for NCSY, told JNS. “The court, from tipoff to final buzzer, is a place where the war isn’t happening.” David Swindle May 30, 2024
Auburn basketball coach Bruce Pearl meets with teens from international Orthodox Jewish youth group The NCSY/Athletes for Israel Auburn Experience was held in part to show appreciation for Pearl’s pro-Israel efforts. Nov. 16, 2022
NCAA’s Auburn Tigers win first game on ‘Birthright for College Basketball’ tour “Our kids also come from a perspective culturally and educationally that they will return to the U.S. as allies and friends of the State of Israel,” said head coach Bruce Pearl. Howard Blas Aug. 3, 2022
$3 million gift to support Jewish identity programs for public-school teens Communal leaders Avi and Becky Katz have established a multi-year, multi-million national initiative with NCSY, the flagship youth movement of the Orthodox Union. Aug. 9, 2021
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.” Aug. 31, 2020
White supremacist disrupts webinar for Jewish teens featuring anti-Semitism envoy NCSY international director Rabbi Micah Greenland said “it is disappointing that during this time of great worldwide peril, when people should be joining in solidarity, there are individuals with such hatred in their hearts that they are harassing Jewish groups meeting via Zoom.” Jackson Richman April 1, 2020
Some 2,500 teens worldwide make deeper connections with Israel this summer The National Council of Synagogue Youth dedicates its programs to connecting, inspiring and empowering Jewish teen across the world through the use of Torah and tradition. Austin Winslow Aug. 12, 2019
