Arizona Chapter

NCSYer of the Month: Amanda Benros

Amanda has been deserving of this great honor for a long time. As a board member of Phoenix NCSY Amanda continues to use her leadership capabilities and fun character to help the chapter grow. She has worked hard to recruit new teens as well as help mentor some of the younger teens to become more involved. After she recently helped make a delicious spread for our Shabbaton, we’ll be counting on Amanda for her famous “GRUB’ in the future! Keep screaming AMANDA!

Bay Area (NorCal) Chapter

NCSYer of the Month: Ariel Cohen

Ariel Cohen is one of the most devoted and dedicated NCSYers our chapter has! She has been involved with NCSY since she has been in 6th grade and is a central part of Norcal NCSY. She has been a board member for two years now, and is a role model to her friends and schoolmates, both in her continuous growth in Judaism and learning and in her constantly positive attitude. Ariel went on TJJ this past summer (PDP!!!) and is very much looking forward to TJJAP this summer to have the BEST. SUMMER. EVER (again)!

City Chapter

NCSYer of the Month: Jesse Orenshein,

Not being in a constant Jewish enviroment can always be a setback. For Jesse it was difficult to leave all his friends and start in an enviroment that is the extreme oppposite, but Jesse was up for the challange of continuing to be a leader even when it seems there is no one around who cares. Jesse makes sure he a has weekly chavrusas (torah partners) set up to ensure that he is continually growing. As we prepare to enter the second leg of the school year Jesse is seriously considering yeshivas in Israel for next year, he realizes the importance of having a year just dedicated to torah growth and I know whatever path he chooses he will not only be successfull in but also make sure that torah and a jewish surrounding is a part of it. We can wait to see where he goes from here way to go! City NCSYer of the month!

Las Vegas Chapter

NCSYer of the Month: Shoshana Sefia

Shoshana Sefia has been extremely active in JSU and NCSY for over 3 years. As a long time board member she plans Shabbatonim runs her own Torah sessions and brings all of her friends to join Las Vegas NCSY. Shoshana recently signed up for her first Israel summer program with NCSY called The Jerusalem Journey. Shoshana and NCSY are ecstatic for this incredible opportunity. We thank Shoshana for all she has done and continues to do for Las Vegas NCSY!

Orange County Chapter

NCSYer of the Month: Ethan Bogart

Ethan is a senior at Tarbut V’Torah and co-president of the NCSY chapter.  Ethan recently was accepted to Tulane University and we are all very proud of him.  Ethan has been instrumental in organizing our events thus far this year. He has also participated in every one.  We look forward to seeing great things as this young man travels to the big easy.

Portland Chapter

NCSYer of the Month: Jonah Rothstein.

Jonah has really been in the drivers seat this month. As the freshman rep on the pNCSY board, Jonah worked hard to recruit for Shabbat Shebang and brought new friends to all of our events this month. He has also started learning chavrusah on a weekly basis as a part of the iLearn program.

San Diego Chapter

NCSYers of the Month: Marcus Loebenstein and Harel Amsalem

Marcus Loebenstein and Harel Amsalem are this month’s San Diego NCSYers of the Month. Marcus and Harel created Torah Vines, an epic project which creates 3 short 6-second each week. This videos exemplify Torah concepts. Their page has over 1000 likes and has taken the internet world by storm. You should check out the page – facebook.com/torahvines and like it to join the movement!

Seattle Chapter

NCSYer of the Month: Julia Appelbaum

This month our NCSYer of the month is our fearless leader Chapter President Julia Appelbaum. Julia is always a hard worker and went above and beyond pulling off the Seattle Shabbaton. She even stayed extra hours to finish cooking the shabbaton for close to 200 people and making sure everything was done to perfection. She is always on the ball in planning every event and is an active recruiter for our new JUMP program.

Valley Chapter

NCSYer of the Month: Michelle Kalin

Although Michelle is a recent addition to the Valley NCSY Family, her involvement is huge!  Michelle is a student at Champs Charter High School and hopes to be president of her JSU Club.  You can now see her frequently at Shabbat Dinners, DNL’s, and Chapter Shabbatons.  Her sunny smile and calm disposition makes her a real pleasure to see every week.  Thank you Michelle for joining the NCSY and JSU Community.  Valley can not wait to see what great ideas she brings in the coming years.

West Valley Chapter

NCSYer of the Month: Loryn Voskoboynik

Loryn has been one of the strongholds for West Valley NCSY. He has attended all of the JSU clubs at Granada Charter High School, as well he has attended all of the Latte N’ Learnings Monday night in Northridge. What most people don’t know is that he also has a chavrusa a half hour before Latte N’ Learning. With Loryn’s dedication to learning and growing there is no telling how far he can go. Keep up the great work Loryn!