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| '''National Conference of Synagogue Youth''' ('''''NCSY''''') is an ] ]ish youth group sponsored by the ]. Founded in 1954,<ref name="OU"></ref> it has thousands of members in the ], ], ], ], and ]. Its slogan is ''Inspiring the Jewish Future''. NCSY is directly supervised by the ]'s Youth Commission chaired by Martin Nachimson of ]. | |||
| == History == | |||
| NCSY is the organizational successor to the National Union of Orthodox Jewish Youth, established in ]<ref name="Raphel"></ref> as a denominational youth movement<ref name="Kadden"></ref> similar to a synagogue men's club or sisterhood. Over time, its emphasis moved to outreach and teaching religious behaviors to adolescents. | |||
| Though outreach to ] youth was started by ] in the 1930s, the Torah Leadership Seminar, created in 1954 by DCS of ] under Dr Abraham Stern, developed the ] model (for more details see ]). | |||
| In 1959, NCSY hired Rabbi Pinchas Stolper as the first National Director.<ref></ref> | |||
| In {{specify}}, NCSY established its first summer program, the Israel Summer Institute for Jewish teens. Rabbi Stolper assisted NCSY in expanding internationally into Canada, Israel, Chile, and Ukraine. | |||
| ==Organization== | |||
| NCSY is divided into geographic regions throughout ]. They are ], Upper New York, ], ], ], Atlantic Seaboard, Central East, Southern, South ], Greater Midwest, Southwest, ], Northwest, and ]. Additionally, NCSY runs programming branches ] and now, ] and ]. | |||
| These geographic regions are further divided into chapters, usually encompassing major cities or metropolitan areas. | |||
| NCSY's programming is divided into two age groups, "Junior" and "Senior"; these generally encompass 5th-8th grades and 9th-12th grades, respectively. Some programs span both age groups, but most programming is unique for each. | |||
| *National Director: ] | |||
| *National Youth Board (Composed of representatives of the Regional Boards) | |||
| *Regional Directors | |||
| *Regional Advisors | |||
| *Regional Board Members (Members are elected by peers annually. In some regions, they are appointed) | |||
| *Chapter Advisors | |||
| *Chapter Board Members (Members are usually elected, but there are exceptions) | |||
| *NCSY Members | |||
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| ==Programming== | |||
| There are national events that usually occur biyearly, and mainly for leaders. There are regional events that usually occur quarterly, or biquarterly. There are chapter events that usually occur on a monthly basis, in some locations weekly. | |||
| One of NCSY's oldest and most effective program modules is the ], a weekend-long social and educational ] experience. While on ] kids are treated to skits, learning sessions and ebbing, where participants sit in a circle around the "circle guy" where they sing songs and do funny routines some of which has been passed down since the beginning of the organization. | |||
| NCSY also runs a dozen summer programs on three continents. | |||
| ==Social Action Through Tradition== | |||
| During the social upheavals of the ]s and ]s, the Orthodox youth of NCSY strove to temper social change through religious tradition.<ref name="Diamond"></ref> In this period, at least one NCSY chapter took public action on this point, passing a resolution rejecting marijuana and other drugs as a violation of Jewish law.<ref name="Diamond"> </ref> At the ] NCSY international convention, delegates passed resolutions in this vein, calling for members to "forge a social revolution with Torah principles."<ref name="Diamond"> </ref> | |||
| ==Affiliates== | |||
| *NCSY works with ] in running Camp Nageela Midwest. | |||
| *NCSY Summer ] Program is hosted by ] | |||
| *NCSY has always maintained a relationship with ], which offers NCSY participants scholarships and recruits both students and personnel from NCSY. | |||
| ==References== | |||
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| ==See also== | |||
| * ], the sponsoring organization of NCSY | |||
| * ], an Orthodox college outreach group | |||
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