Meet the New Chicagoland Director!
Rabbi Shmuel Katz has been named the new Chicagoland NCSY/JSU Director. Shmuel is a native of Los Angeles, CA, where he participated in NCSY as a teen during his...
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In Their Own Words
Teens Share Their ‘Most Meaningful’ Shabbaton Moments For Charli Ernstein (left), a Kansas native and junior at Ida Crown Jewish Academy, the highlight of Shabbaton was the dancing...
CURL for NCSY
An Evening to Remember
Israel Scholars Program: Knowledge Is Power
Despite its name, Christian Brothers High School in Memphis, TN, serves students of all backgrounds, including many Jewish teens. Harrison Lane (left) is one of them. And though he...
In Their Own Words – Nehama
Teens Share Their ‘Most Meaningful’ Houston Relief Mission Moments For Nehama Kasynski, a junior at Deerfield High School, the best part of the trip was actually what she went...
Hillel President: ‘JSU Gave Me the Tools’ to Fight Antisemitism
Antisemitism is a very real challenge on college campuses across the region, and Butler University in Indiana is no exception. JSU alum Madison Pines was recently named Hillel president,...
Meet the New KC Director!
Kansas City NCSY/JSU is excited to welcome Aharon Zazulia as its new City Director. Aharon, a Colorado native, is passionate about everything NCSY. He served as a regional NCSY...
Advisors Learn to ‘Be There’ for Teens Facing Antisemitism
When Eli Sklar (right), an NCSY advisor from New Jersey, recently staffed a Memphis Sh abbaton, he was surprised when a teen advised him to take off his kippah...
In Their Own Words – Stone
Teens Share Their ‘Most Meaningful’ Houston Relief Mission Moments Stone Schwartz (back right) is a senior at Niles North High School. He also found volunteering at the Houston Food...
‘It Was Like We Had Never Left’
After two long years, Midwest NCSY held its first, in-personal regional Shabbaton in mid-March. Nearly 200 teens and staff from Chicagoland, Kansas, Memphis, Minneapolis, and St. Louis joined together...