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From the desk of NCSY Alumni Director - Rabbi Dave Felsenthal
So the big question on everyone's mind is: Who is coming to the Reunion Shabbaton?
Movie Producer Avi Abelow, Author Becca Feldbaum, US War Hero Adam Campbell, Ruach Revival Original Musicians: Howie Kahn, Danny Wildman, Chaim Fruchter and Rabbi Joey Fishoff, National Director Rabbi Steven Burg*, Former National Director Rabbi Pinchas Stolper*, Regional Director Rabbi Glenn Black*, Regional Director Rabbi Yaakov Glasser*, Former Regional Director Rabbi Itchie Lowenbraun*, Former Regional Director Rabbi Yaakov Kornreich*, Former Regional Director Mrs. Debra Kapnick*, Doctor Jerry Luchins*, NCSY Alumni Director Rabbi Dave Felsenthal*, Eve Messing, Mr. and Mrs. David Kessler, Tzivia Arnow, Neima Chasky and many more amazing NCSY Alumni are coming, ARE YOU?
* And More importantly their wives/husbands!
See Who else is coming so far
Have an awesome Shabbat,
Rabbi Dave Felsenthal
Director NCSY Alumni
D'VAR TORAH BY AN ALUMNUS
"A Light Unto The Nations" By Rabbi Zev Leff
 The Israelites [also] did as Moses had said. They requested silver and gold articles and clothing from the Egyptians. God Made the Egyptians respect the people, and they granted their request. [The Israelites] thus drained Egypt of its wealth (Shemos 12:35-36).
Prior to the Exodus, Hashem caused the Jews to find favor in the eyes of the Egyptians. The immediate reason for this was so that the Egyptians would readily offer their vessels of gold and silver to Bnei Yisrael, in fulfillment of Hashem's promise to Avraham that his descendants would leave their servitude with great wealth. But if that were Hashem's only intention, it would have been sufficient to cause the Egyptians to give over their wealth out of fear of Bnei Yisrael.
We must, therefore, seek another explanation for the miracle of the Jews finding favor in the eyes of the Egyptians (see Ramban to Shemos 113)-i.e., some reason why it made a difference whether the Egyptians loved and respected us or merely feared us?
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Breaking News: NCSY Alumni Event in NJ to Include Reunion of Famed Ruach Revival Band of 70’s, 80’s
From 1971 on, the RUACH REVIVAL band – Howie Kahn, Danny Wildman, Harold Fruchter and Joey Fishof – was a big name on the American Jewish music scene, and played at NCSY events across the United States and Canada year after year. They had big hit albums, and were the first American Jewish act to be invited to appear in Europe, after their success headlining a show in England.
Band members eventually moved on to other things, and last played together in 1984. But now they will reunite for the first time since then, when they will play Saturday night, February 17, at the NCSY Second Annual Alumni Reunion – the Adult Inspiration Retreat -- to be held at the Sheraton Parsippany in New Jersey. More details of the Reunion follow below.
 
NCSY Alumni to Reunite for a Second Time Feb 16-18; Retreat May Outdo the First
Why change a good thing? To make it even better. In response to the tremendous success of last year’s debut NCSY Alumni retreat, there will be a second and aptly renamed A.I.R or Adult Inspiration Retreat, taking place the weekend of February 16-18 in New Jersey, but drawing an audience from around the United States and Canada. The A.I.R is an NCSY-style Shabbaton for adults, in which NCSY Alumni, the OU Young Leadership Cabinet (YLC), and new friends will join for an uplifting and unforgettable Shabbat.
For NCSY Alumni, there are many new attractive elements to the retreat including:
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NCSY Alumni To Rock The Bencher: Famous Songbook To Undergo Revision
 There are few publications, particularly in the Jewish world, that can claim to have sold over a million-and-a-half copies as The NCSY Bencher has done. The Bencher, which has guided joyous singing at weddings, bar mitzvahs, and many Shabbatonim for nearly 25 years, is now being revised. The goal of the revision is to add new songs and new versions of old songs to the widely distributed compilation. NCSY Alumni, the organization of thousands of NCSY graduates, is sponsoring the revisions and welcoming the input of anyone who has internet access and an interest in a wide variety of Jewish melodies.
Rock The Bencher
NCSY: Teens For Freedom
   
   
As the families of the kidnapped Israeli soldiers await the safe return of their fathers and sons, NCSY Teens for Freedom and NCSY Summer Programs call upon Jewish teens worldwide to unite as one as we raise our voices in unison, harnessing the collective power of our prayer and study in support of Ehud Goldwasser, Eldad Regev, Gilad Shalit, Guy Hever, Tzvi Feldman, Yehuda Katz, Zachary Baumel and Ron Arad. In addition to dedicating the learning that will be occur on our 2007 NCSY Summer Programs, parents and teens are encouraged to join us in a worldwide learning initiative dedicated in the merit of our missing soldiers.
To get involved
ALUMNI ANNOUNCEMENTS
Engagements
- Ezra Drissman (CE) and Bracha Cohen
- Noah Greenfield and Nava Pincus
- Michaella Goldberg(Southern)&Yaakov Lyons
- Rachel Seidle (WC) and Daniel Eden
- Eli Perlman and Elisheva Motsenyat (NY)
- Dena Abrams (NJ, South Florida) and Moshe Rosenberg (WC, NJ)
- Amy Goodman (NER) and Dani Gross (Canada)
- Menachem Butler (WC, LI) and Debbie Ciner
- Yitz Motzen (HS) and Shosh Rudolph (Canada)
- Devorah Lebovitz (Long Island) and Ari Lockspeiser
- Amy Goodman (New England) and Dani Gross (Canada)
- David Zelingher (NJ) and Shifra Bermish
Weddings
- Sharon Shmuel (NJ) & Yosef Golubchik (NJ)
- Rachel Gordesky (NJ) & Daniel Orlinsky (NJ)
- Sarah Epstein (CE) and Amitai Barth
- Shoshi Gelula (Northwest) and Alan Stein (Long Island)
- Bobby Faigen (Central East) and Ariella Fessel
- Sara Greenberg (Central East) and Danny Wolfe
- Ari Schwarzberg (Kollel) and Naomi Weiss
Births
- Ari and Leah Cutler (New York) on the birth of a girl Shoshana Rochel
- Rabbi Ari and Mrs. Heitner (Atlantic Seaboard) on the birth of a son
- Rabbi Yisroel and Mrs. Rabinowitz (Canada) on the birth of a son, Azariah
- Riki and Mikey Stopnicki (Canada) on the birth of a girl, Maayan
- Marcel (Member, Board of Governors) and Pearl Reischer on the birth of a granddaughter, Zehava Golda, born to Yoni and Dovey Shapiro of Dallas
- Jerry (Vice President, Atlantic Seaboard Region) and Sora Wolasky (Virginia Region) on the birth of their first grandson, born to their children Danielle and Yitzchok Saltz
Condolences
- To Alex, Jen and Melanie Pudles (Etz Chaim) on the loss of their mother Lori
- To the family of Batsheva Refaela bat Zecharia, Beth Samuels (Har Sinai) on her patira
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