Rabbi Dave Felsenthal

Yarchei Kallah is one of those events that always blows me away.  Once a year I get to learn and teach Public School NCSY’ers who have chosen to use their winter break to learn...

Yesterday, I went to the funeral of one of my Jewish heroes, Zev Wolfson. His accomplishments are immense in all areas of Jewish life especially in reaching out to our unaffiliated brothers...

Over Passover I went hiking with my kids.  My oldest daughter Miriam Sara wanted us to do a 7 and a half hour hike at Bear mountain as she had done at camp.  My...

Guess what time of year it is? No it’s not Yeshiva winter break or the end of the round of Birthright or even Tu B’shvat. It’s time for the annual Ben Zakkai scholarship reception...

Who will answer the call? What if the most important call of your life came and you did not answer? What if you did not hear the ring? What if you...

Without you I’d be crying on Thanksgiving; thank you to OU Campus program, JLIC, from all the NCSY alumni. A few weeks ago, I spent Shabbos with the Shulman family at the University of...

Love of Israel. As an NCSY I was surrounded by an overwhelming love of Israel. This came from my advisors who either moved there or yearned to be able to. The many summer trips...

As Rosh Hashana is here, I look back at a phenomenal year at NCSY Alumni. I can't describe for you in depth everything we do here at Alumni but here is a very brief...

I’m going to share with you one of my pride and joys of NCSY Alumni that few of you probably know about. We have a special fund (feel free to contribute) that we use...

I love having NCSY alumni visit my home for Shabbat. I love even more hearing from others who visit the home of an alum for Shabbat. But the ultimate pleasure is when I actually...