• 500,000 Miles for the Dream: Edo Lavi

                    Remember to check in, lap top goes in its own bin, where’s that gate? The commute to work for Dr. Edo Lavi is anything but typical. Former NCSYer of the Year, Dr. Lavi spends an average of one hundred hours a month in flight time alone. That translates…

  • How NCSY Helped Google: Alumni Spotlight on Tova Nadler


    “Hey can you Google that?” The term “Google” has become synonymous with searching for something on the internet because of the search engine’s popularity.  The number one search engine has also come out with e-mail, social networking and even cell phones. With all the great accomplishments the…

  • Alumni Spotlight: Judy Rieser

    By: Bayla Sheva Brenner

    “NCSY changed my life,” asserts Judy Rieser. Tonight’s new inductee discovered NCSY soon after the launching of the West Hartford, CT chapter. Completely smitten, Rieser, who grew up in Bloomfield, CT, attended every chapter and regional. By her senior year, she won vice presidency…

  • Alumni Spotlight: Jon and Nechama Ackerman, Ben Zakkai Inductees

    Jonathan and Nechama Ackerman

    By: Bayla Sheva Brenner

    Jonathan Ackerman, New York NCSY North associate regional director, New York NCSY, grew up in Minneapolis, MN in a non-observant home. His grandfather, a Holocaust survivor who escaped…

  • Rav Nosson Tzvi Finkel, zt"l

    11/09/11

    This week, the Jewish people lost a true Torah leader, gadol hador with the passing of HaRav Nosson Tzvi Finkel ztz"l, Rosh Yeshiva of the Mir, on Tuesday morning in Israel. Rav Finkel was the great-grandson of the Alter of Slabodka, for whom he…

  • Alumni Spotlight: Matan Hazanov

                      NCSY Alumnus, Matan Hazanov is a recent York University graduate who is blazing a trail to create business opportunities for college students and recent graduates, all the while incorporating Jewish values. While he was an undergraduate, Hazanov…

  • Allison Josephs is Jew in the City

    New Jersey NCSY alumna Allison Josephs is using her talents and passion for Jewish outreach and education in a cutting-edge way. Harnessing the power of new media, Josephs is the creator of a YouTube series called “Jew in the City.”  The episodes feature a Q&A video blog between non-Orthodox…

  • Alumni Spotlight: Josh Steinreich

                 Josh Steinreich graduated the Yeshiva University’s High School for Boys (MTA) early to embark on the voyage of a lifetime in Yeshivat Hakotel’s Heseder program this fall.  Josh’s journey to this decision is enrooted in his experiences…

  • Alumni Spotlight: Tamir Goodman

                        Basketball star and trailblazer Tamir Goodman, dubbed the “Jewish Jordan” by Sports Illustrated magazine, became the first observant Jew in recent history to reach the highest levels of his sport while Tamir was…

  • Alumnus of the Month: Mark Skier

     

    (Mark is the one obscured by the guitar player in this shot.)

     

    Mark Skier’s connection to NCSY goes back to early high school. He was a member of the Ohr Chadash NY region under Nate Segal.  He…

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