December 1, 2000
Honoring
the Past, the Present and the Future
Toronto Resident To Be Inducted into the
OU’s Ben Zakkai Honor Society
The
Orthodox Union is pleased to honor long-time affiliate of the Orthodox
Union’s (OU) National Conference of
Synagogue Youth (NSCY), Rabbi Glenn Black, by inducting him into the
Ben Zakkai Honor Society at the annual Ben
Zakkai Dinner, Sunday, December 10, in Manhattan.
Much
of the credit for the astonishing growth of NCSY Canada may be given to
Rabbi Black, a gifted teacher and charismatic youth leader who has
modeled the Ohr
Hatzafon Canada Region in the rugged image of his own charismatic
integrity.
A
proud son of Montreal, he spent a year in Yeshivat Ohr Yerushalayim
before enrolling in Yeshiva University where he became involved as an
NCSY advisor. After
graduation in 1992, Rabbi Black was hired by the Canada Region as
program director and, within six months, had become, at 22, the youngest
full-time regional director in NCSY.
Rabbi
Black’s commitment to NCSY is legendary.
With his wife Hennie's assistance, he lives, breathes and thinks
NCSY -- constantly coming up with innovative and creative ways to
repackage the NCSY experience. Few
regions have done as much work in training advisors.
Fewer still have put together as successful a program of reaching
public school NCSYers in a meaningful and lasting fashion.
From the Canada Experience for Girls Camp, to the Mission to
Washington, D.C., his skilled touch can be seen in every aspect of his
region's extraordinary growth.
OU
President Mandell I. Ganchrow, M.D., explained, “Rabbi Black is the
first member of the Canada Region ever to receive this honorary
membership. He has demonstrated
tireless dedication to the youth of NCSY and has provided a supreme
example
of Torah scholarship while instilling in countless NCSY teenagers a deep
love and enthusiasm for Judaism.”
Since
it was founded in 1954, NCSY has
pioneered the Jewish outreach movement and today is the world’s
largest Jewish youth program. With
chapters in 39 states, 215 communities across the nation and 3 Canadian
provinces, NCSY reaches 40,000 boys and girls annually by offering 750
major educational events and programs and 10 summer camps – in the
U.S., Israel and the Ukraine.
When
the Ben Zakkai Honor Society was created in 1965, its mandate was to
honor those exceptional men and women who “have demonstrated personal
Torah growth and the promise of future meaningful service to the Jewish
people and the Orthodox community.”
Rabbi Black has lived up to that mandate and epitomizes those
very qualities.
The
Orthodox Union, now in its second century of service to the Jewish
community of America and beyond, is the world leader in youth
work,
advocacy for the disabled, synagogue
services, adult education and
political action. Its kosher
supervision label, the
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is the world’s most recognized kosher symbol and can be found on over
250,000 products in 68 countries around the globe.
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