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National Council of Young Israel | |
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Theology | Orthodox Judaism |
President | David Warshaw[1] |
Region | United States and Canada |
Headquarters | 50 Eisenhower Drive, Paramus, New Jersey |
Origin | 1912 205 East Broadway, New York City |
Congregations | 135 |
Members | ~25,000 affiliates |
Official website | www |
The National Council of Young Israel (NCYI) or Young Israel (in Hebrew: ישראל הצעיר, Yisrael Hatza'ir), is a synagogue-based Orthodox Judaism organization in the United States with a network of affiliated "Young Israel" synagogues. Young Israel was founded in 1912, in its earliest form, by a group of 15 young Jews on the Lower East Side of Manhattan. Their goal was to make Orthodox Judaism more relevant to young Americanized Jews at a time when a significant Jewish education was rare, and most Orthodox institutions were Yiddish-speaking and oriented to an older, European Jewish demographic.[2]
Today, Young Israel continues to promote Orthodox involvement of modern American Jews, while also advocating for the issues most relevant to its members, including support for Israel and Religious Zionism.
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