Living from convention to convention
Subtitle: a history of the NCSY, 1954-1980
By: Zev Eleff.
Publisher: Ktav Pub. House
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Jersey City
Language: eng
Number of pages: 106
ISBN-13: 9781602801219
Subjects: National Conference of Synagogue Youth; Jewish youth -- United States -- Societies and clubs -- History -- 20th century; Orthodox Judaism -- United States -- History -- 20th century; United States -- Religious life and customs
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Prelude: Orthodox lagging; title: The youth bureau: Orthodoxy's first youth movement; title: NCSY beginnings: false starts; title: The new regime and growing pains; title: The odd couple: the brief and bitter partnership between NCSY and the youth bureau; title: Growing up NCSY: maturation and fortification in the late 1960s; title: The politics of trailblazing: activism and criticism; title: Educationalism and inspirationalism: Rabbi Aryeh Kaplan and the missionaries; title: Camp NCSY: new programs in America and Israel; title: Crisis and change: entering a new era; title: Afterword / Steven J. Burg.