National Council of Young Israel

The National Council of Young Israel (NCYI) or Young Israel (in Hebrew: Yisrael Hatza’ir, ????? ?????), is a synagogue-based Orthodox Judaism organization in the United States with a network of affiliated “Young Israel” synagogues. Young Israel was founded in 1912, in its earliest form, by a group of 15 young Jews on the Lower East Side of Manhattan. Their goal was to make Orthodox judaism more relevant to young Americanized Jews, at a time when a significant Jewish education was rare, and most Orthodox institutions were Yiddish-speaking, and oriented to an older, European Jewish demographic.[1]Today, Young Israel continues to promote Orthodox involvement of modern American Jews, while also advocating for the issues most relevant to its members, including support for Israel and Religious Zionism, and Jewish prisoner support.