Midnight. Most of us think of it as 12am, but Judaism looks at it differently. Judaism views midnight as the exact midpoint between sunrise and sunset. It is a very spiritual and holy time. King David used to get up every night at midnight in order to connect with God. But what is it that

From Great Neck, NY to Shiloh in the West Bank of Israel, Batya Medad of "Shiloh Musings" shares her story of NCSY in the 60s.

As we have discussed in the past few posts, each one of us is unique, we are all part of a bigger picture and we are all unified with and through God and Judaism. Today, I want us to actualize this concept. A big part of understanding being unified and being awesome is realizing that when we act

Till this day, prominent professionals still use the lessons and values they learned at NCSY. Once an NCSYer, always an NCSYer.

Yesterday, we discussed the importance of being awesome. But we also mentioned the flip side of that, and the fact that Parshat Shlach and Parshat Korach are juxtaposed. In Parshat Shlach, as we mentioned yesterday, we are told the story of the spies, who mistakenly think that they are too small and insignificant to accomplish their mission, whereas in Parshat Korach we are

Part of being a Jew means being a part of the chosen people, and this means that we are all special and unique. We all have a task that only we can accomplish and a set of tools that is unique to us. Each and every one of us is amazing and no one can

Wait...Havdallah isn't always two hours long?