Faces

Nominated and written by Rabbi Dave Felsenthal, Director NCSY Alumni   I first met Joey when his wife Bonnie Sue was the secretary in the Regional office (Bonnie went on to be an outstanding Regional Director of Atlantic Seaboard NCSY). I remember visiting their house on Glenn Avenue and wondering who was this crazy person

Nominated and written by Sarah Edelstein, NCSY Alumna It was spring regional 2012 it was my first shabbaton. I was sitting towards the outside of the circle and Avi came and introduced himself, made a few jokes, and got me more involved with the shabbaton. Little did I know, he was going to be my

Nominated and written by Rabbi Moshe Benovitz, Dean of NCSY Summer/Director of NCSY Kollel   Aaron was my first chapter advisor in Teaneck Bnai Yeshurun NCSY.  He was surely in possession of all the normal attributes of an effective NCSY advisor.  He was selfless and generous with his time and resources.  I fondly remember mini-Shabbaton’s in

Nominated and written by Andrew Israeli Being the wife of someone that gives his entire existence to Jewish youth is a next-to-impossible task. However, Marilyn Cutler has become someone who has done the impossible. She directly inspires hundreds of NCSYers that have seen her dedication to her husband David Cutler, director of NCSY Summer. She

Written and Nominated by Rachel Lelonek, NCSYer   My first NCSY interaction ever was back on New York and Atlantic Seaboard’s joint Winter Regional in 2012. After experiencing an amazing Shabbos, we boarded buses to Manhattan, and that’s where I met her: Sara Wolkenfeld. Now, try to imagine this: a girl probably about five feet tall making

Written and nominated by Miriam Moshkovski, NCSY Alumna   I have always been deeply passionate about Judaism and leading a Jewish lifestyle. It is important to me to play an active role in the Jewish community – as such, I had been chapter president and on regional council a number of years in high school.

Nominated and written by Rabbi Barry Goldfischer, TJJ Director Howard Goldfischer gave of himself in many capacities in the NJ Etz Chaim Region. He served as President of his West Orange chapter (President of the Year), Fair Lawn chapter advisor (Advisor of the Year) and finally as the Assistant Director of NJ Jr. NCSY. Most NCSYers will

Written and nominated by Joshua Gladstein, NCSY Alumnus As my NCSY Director, Ari embodied Seattle NCSY. No matter if it was in NCSY board meetings or at thursday night hang outs, Ari was always around to talk with and help with any problems. He would call when you were sick and take us Go-Karting when

Nominated and written by Adele Lerner, NCSYer My religious journey began on National Yarchei Kallah 2011. I came interested to learn, but without much passion. The first one-on-one learning session I had was with Rael, and in that conversation he told me something that I don’t think I’ll ever forget. I mentioned how I was sure

Nominated and written by Alan Friedenberg, NCSY Alumnus  Herbie and Renee were our first NCSY chapter advisers, way back in the early 1970s. They had no children of their own back then, so they adopted many of us from the neighborhood as their own; that’s how they ended up with twenty or so kids in their