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[Music] five minutes after 6:00 a.m. good morning everybody my name is Nasim Segal welcome to a Thursday this is your Jewish moments in the morning radio program and here we are on day two of this amazing an incredible Israel adventure to began with nefesh benefits in the amazing flight and an incredible reaction by the worldwide Jewish community to our unbelievable and I say that with such emphasis because it is hard to believe when we do a radio show from a plane but in fact sure enough we were there on the LL Dreamliner with all those hundreds of old in an incredible number of children and a wonderful journey with nefesh Bonavia Miriam L Wallach is with me Ani Pollock is with me and we are in Latrun why because yo Mencius why 2018 is taking place here at the Latrun Tank Museum I have never done a radio show from Latrun I am counting this among among the thank God amazing things we've been able to do over the years to be here at this historic place and something that has become such a landmark for the State of Israel and the Jewish people around the world is incredible and behind us as you could see on video those who are watching on video behind us is an amazing stage all set up for yeoman csy with incredible screens amazing performers both Natan Katz and we are getting to Patriot and we are getting ready to pay tribute to the NCS y summer programs by greeting over what is it 1600 1700 NCS wires who are going to be here tonight Miriam L Wallach welcome back to J M in the a.m. good morning good morning a a yeoman's effort by you it's an exhausting journey to say the least you're the driving is the hardest part well I don't know about excuse me I don't know about that I think staying awake and doing all the shows might be the hardest part for everybody involved but anyway thank God thank God it is all good and we have a unbelievable venue what's your first impression of this incredible venue as we speak to our listeners this morning it's it's humbling it's humbling and each year I feel like David Cutler and his entire team try to outdo themselves or try to wow us in a way that they haven't before and and they succeed every single time I mean we're in lecture on the history here yeah the the pedigree here is not something that we can just you know brush aside it is it's incredible and so to bring all of these I mean do we call them campers at this age we call participants yeah I would say campers via participant is actually a good way of referring to that so all of these participants and the parents and the people who have signed up and they the onlookers everyone who is joining us this evening though we are airing this program in the morning Thursday morning it is taking place Wednesday evening you can hear by the way the sound checks going on in the background which is always exciting it's exciting and I start to worry about what we're gonna be able to hear later on because these tomorrow we're not here you guys are amazing and the music is gonna blow this place apart and also David Cutler hires professionals who know how to deal with sound right so they're gonna sound good and we may hear nothing but that's okay our listeners I think are used to that we've done shows from material with NCS why especially where the background noise does dominate but that's the excitement into really shows everybody through this audio means and through the video just how amazing a night it is here and to add to that there's part two of our NCS wide coverage so anything you don't hear tonight you'll hear too much I should say tomorrow you'll hear right and you know it's funny what's funny is that one of the reasons that this has become a to show phenomenon our Association during the summer with nci's is because they have so many summer programs I mean it's unbelievable how many problems are to talk about the uniqueness of each one leaders that you and I have been discussing for weeks are to be admired so they're able work real superstars and we'll have a chance to speak to some of them coming up and to enjoy all this a lot of na festa Jewish community is getting worldwide from programs like this and we're here to document all of it and to really pay tribute to those who are working so hard to make sure these campers have great two summers we also were privileged to be able to be participants at the leadership conference that took place at the end of April where all of the leaders while the trip leaders and the modules him and the directors etc will all in one place and you and I were stunned silent by the enormity of talent and leadership in that room by the way now you see not that you doubted it I'm just using you as a sound board now one sees why it was so important were there that show because it's really enhanced even though again people haven't shown up here yet so you know I bet but I know it's going to enhance this evening because of that amazing backdrop that we got to what's happening during the summer of 2018 right we were we were also you know for two people who are shall we say sometimes cynical about at times cynical about many many different things we were so it was so heartwarming to see that these are the future leaders of our people and they're serious talent they're the future looks bright and for good reason and anyone who is involved in a David Cutler program is is a homerun yeah no question about it and you know we it's top down of course as we or I should say in my cases I reach a certain age you start comparing what it was like you know a generation ago so to speak and we had a lot of talent in that generation but the formal training that they are now getting is so remarkable and it adds to their repertoire in terms of being leaders of these youngsters in the community sure enough there's a group behind us right now keep alive that is keep alive acapella that's a nice I don't know nerve of them of course we're kidding we're kidding so so they have this their part I assume they're part of the program tonight and they're doing their little rehearsal now right don't any what to think that the concerts actually begun now because this is how they prepared because my benefits made us have our own concert that was very nice of you rabbi amazing has without between the lighting and the sound they are hot they're doing quite everybody on video you're getting a behind-the-scenes look this is really very long so yeoman csy has begun began about a half hour ago with the mega barbecue and the soon to be the mega event with musical guest slow-mo Nate's on cats and others we are saluting 19 life changing programs in one for unforgettable night this entire arena is going to be filled with thousands of people thousands of people the majority of them participants in the NCS Y summer programs what are you looking forward to the most tonight I'll play what I'm looking forward to the most I have a note that was written to us I have a note that was written to us a must be I don't know four or five weeks ago you'd know better than I that says that on the night of yo mencius why give me a second sure on the night of yo mencius why oh that's on the to look for a paper and you find it right away yes I know NCS why look at this we will announce three new programs for 2019 and you know I was about to joke what is 20% increase event well I mean David Cutler has been instructed to continue to grow this exponentially yeah and he he has a vision he has a vision that really continues to put more and more innovative programs on the map for NCS why so there are 19 programs right now they're gonna announce the renew ones for next summer that I would say will be one of my highlights tonight I go into this why I'm looking forward to the big flag yeah the big where's that flag they may already test-drove the big flag last year was really cool to watch this enormous Israeli flag basically travel across right so it is doable that it's gonna work yeah flag experiment that's gonna work David color do something that doesn't work that's true he's already mentally what made it work we thank you only Pollak our engineer here on the spot and of course our music and everybody else who's involved in the show we also want to thank our associate producers that will refer to her tonight she is the wind beneath my wings today yes she's getting it all done and we thank you for that and we should mention a couple other things a big thank you to our friends at the Inbal hotel the in Bala again being very hospitable to us it is possible that that collectively the three of us will get a few hours of sleep it's possible but whatever the case is that's where we're based we're based at the in volatile in Jerusalem thank for it and this we have so much to talk about regarding them we will have a chance in the future and a reminder that it's a big week for us here at the na from single network in JM in the a.m. tomorrow as you said and csy summer programs we are going to be stopping by the bark on winery for a show tomorrow which people will hear on the network during the live lunch slot and of course sunday is a day that we're all looking forward to ask experience day and anybody out there wants to get us a shout out for HASC on Sunday just put the word shout out ask in the subject line and send it to nafla menachem see goal.com and we have your shout outs by the way front yo mencius why we will get to that we have them here we'll do them at some point later on right you'll let me know what alright producer keeping you on your toes you know i would say keep alive is also keeping us on our toes they serve we are yeah we will take a music break we do that's we just stay with them why not how does it sound oh do they sound all right he can't hear anything music I will take this music break back with more coming up you're listening to an amazing and incredible Thursday morning broadcast from yom NCS wyatt Latrun in israel right here on JM in the a.m. [Music] I can hear my own [Music] here my momma calling [Music] [Applause] [Music] from me can you hear me we call it come back to me [Music] yeah my oh my calling [Music] my knowledge [Music] oh [Music] mushy [Music] well she died we uh [Music] mushiya [Music] we're all mocchi [Music] mushiya where are you we're all waiting for you mushiya we need you [Music] [Applause] [Music] she asked machines where are you we're all waiting for you well she has Mondavi we need you he of IV gali jae-min I am new to green brand new album is called neshama low that's mushiya here at Jamie and before that I finally was able to get my soul farm comeback selection on you know we have a whole category of of songs that are designated for a nephron nephesh and Israel so I was frustrated at the parade music also very similar so I was frustrated I was frustrated when I gotta say hi to Josh Brody mm-hmm Josh Brody I'm so I am so angry at this guy you have no idea why am i angry you tell everybody why I'm so angry dude come on kidding me I'm so angry at him because now he has two kids two kids living in Israel two kids who've made alia and I am so jealous where have I gone wrong that none of my children have want to talk about this on the air I've got over there glad that he's amazing this guy the last time Josh was with us in official capacity was down in Boca right he was helping us down there in Boca Raton Florida where it all began where nefesh will begin and where it seems like our Week began because there was so much focus centric correct and for a good reason and it's great but it also brings me back to you know we're looking forward to and AIDS on cats but it reminds me of our mission during a very tense time here in Israel where we were committed to bringing the Jewish unity initiative to Israel and to bringing Jewish music and unity to a variety of different places including Tel Aviv and including Shariah fo and including the gush where we had an unbelievable performance an unbelievable beautiful inspiring perform at the P na kama and and I thank him for that you know it's funny about that peanut homage show I was thinking about this I hope they're gonna be able to get them on the air I don't know I don't know what the story is of their schedule will say you know was interesting about the peanuts homage show he slow mo Katz was performing the concept basically was that he was performing for our audience back home right he was performing for our our listeners at the same time any soldier who showed up at the V na kama in that hour would be able to have an encounter with cats right they get a cup of soup warm place to sit and chill mocha and it's sort of when you know I mean we see this all the time on network television it's sort of one of those things where you know you're walking around Manhattan and you stumble upon you know something that's being recorded use it and that and these guys who it's a Jimmy Fallon moment correct these guys who are so and young ladies who are so desperate for just you know something hot to drink or right or a little bit of rest etcetera all of a sudden wow we're in the middle of a channel cats concertina come out which is really cool so yeah that is a great memory and a wonderful recollection and we thank him for that because you everyone who participated that week in our different shows was really a partner yeah in our mission and the Jewish unity initiative takes many different forms and goes to many different locations and you know the best is potentially yet to come but each one of them is significant and meaningful and and Soma was a part of that where youngins is why everybody at OU Latrun tank museum here in israel we're gonna meet some of the people who are keith NC sy and their summer programs coming up a full lineup a lot of a lot of community leaders from the United States who are visiting now so they could be part of your mencius Y and others who are you know leading each individual each individual program tonight is also a special night because there's going to be a a tribute right for the tjj program which has been in existence for 20 years back in 1998 startup started I think with 30 they stayed with 30 kids and now according to what we heard earlier today I believe it's 11 bus loads right at 12 bus loads so that's one of the things we'll be doing here tonight as we speak everybody's in the back of the stage I love this with a yoni can you hear it with a wonderful barbecue and a mega a mega dinner going hot yo knees officially turned into a real chief head Judy yeah because he's conserved in one big making sure we're odd and making sure we are being recorded other than that does that but she's concerned about that tonight we pay tribute to 19 life changing programs on this one unforgettable night information at NCS wide org and of course you can email summer at NCS white dot org you're also a parent former participants in yo Macias Y programs and now trip leaders I'm thinking that I'm thinking that two of my two of my sons running sis why kollel one of my daughter's is on Miss Ella one of my daughter's was on give one of my daughter's is now a a mod recon give so you know there's a lot of involvement in families like ours as a there's a lot of involvement in these summer programs it's like a it's almost expected that after 10th grade the the young people the students are going to come to Israel and spend the summer with NCS why so I'm glad we had an opportunity in the Segal family to enjoy that and we're about to find out which new three programs are being introduced that someone can now participate in I mean that's an additional I don't know is it forty people how many people out of us yeah I mean 40 each I guess I guess so it's another 120 spots and it did the programs that are just gonna continue but we also don't know the nature of the program you don't have any because because there are certain programs I don't think we can we as outsiders can assess the numbers because they're so unique these internship programs they have rescue Israel programs they have you know in terms of emergency medicine all this stuff so I don't know for sure if it all goes by busload anymore it looks like each and every one of these programs as a personality unto themselves and and therefore you know depending on what the goal is and how things are being arranged that's the determines how many kids are gonna be are going to be you know part of the program so I don't have it yeah by the way just as a side point so that people can appreciate the planning that goes into yeoman csy the coordination of nineteen different trips I mean these participants do not see each other otherwise and they get together for one night and then they get back on buses and dispersed to different points in this beautiful beautiful country so the coordination of getting everyone in the same place at the same time number one is monumental number two booking what Trust is not something that you can do a week in advance right and of course if you ask David color where yeoman csy 2019 and 2020 will be he'll tell you the date and he'll probably tell you the location he said I know you said the date did he tell us about location I think so he I think only the date was oh is there a discussion you O'Neill indicating that there's some discussion yes there's some backroom seriously yeah but I thought assault on Wow yeah which we were excited about because I want to just roll out of the in volatile we could roll the equipment suitcase right that DK we're not actually rolling the equipment all right here we are now home single Miriam L Wallach lots of guests coming up where yell Mencius why and Latrun in Israel it's an annual opportunity to really pay tribute in sees why summer programs and speak to some people who have had and continue to have great effect on the unti nature's in the u.s. from North America during this summer it's all coming up as we head back to the music brand-new music from Shlomi gertner and we continue here on a Thursday morning at JM in the a.m. [Music] everybody come along for the ride yeah you really gonna stay inside yeah put your hands in the air oh yeah [Music] it [Music] come along for the ride yeah you're really gonna stay inside with your hands in the air we're going somewhere [Music] all right [Music] the rise put your hands in the air we gotta be back [Music] right through the sea [Music] [Applause] [Music] and everybody come along for the ride hey you're really gonna stay inside yeah with your hands in the air yeah [Music] [Applause] [Music] the ride [Music] homicide you shall I you've gotta teach our young [Music] you shall I [Music] you've gotta teach [Music] home is where the heart beats from and your minds in Hey [Music] you shall [Music] you shall I I decided to show you [Music] we're coming home is where the heart beats frog and you knew [Music] we [Music] hard [Music] you somebody [Music] [Applause] [Music] jam damn it's a Thursday morning and that's shall shell us of course with coming home what better selection than that one as we broadcast live from yeoman CY David Cutler whose names already been mentioned 400 times this morning as the director of this is why summer programs is here later on we'll have an in-depth conversation about what's happening this summer but it's great to be greeted by you here in LA true and David Cutler good morning thank you I appreciate it very much so what do you think of the menus it's the first time in Latrun what are your impressions second time here three years ago we actually came back here that's great look it's a very meaningful place with the tank museum here and we can fit here Marcus outgrew the last couple of venues that we used and we're excited for the night it's awesome so the energy here is buzzing and we're very excited I'm gonna embarrass you for a moment because we're on the flight never been that fish flying in speaking obviously with hundreds of people that are now moving from North America and with what we were conversing with one of the Jewish leaders that has been shuttling back and forth between the US and Israel and he essentially gave all this credit the 1600 the 19 programs this unbelievable explosion of Jewish youth having such meaningful experiences he gave the credit to you said if you weren't in this position it would not be nearly the same so that's quite embarrassing is it well that is I don't think it's true but I certainly appreciate the compliment and listen the truth is we have an unbelievable staff it was most an effort all year round this is not a two-month job our staff in eleven Broadway all of our regions around the country and our parent company of the Orthodox Union the labor of love all year round we're starting pre-registration actually tomorrow for next summer so it's not it's my no means is a two-month job and it's a real team effort thank God we're back which I'm very blessed to have awesome people simply incredible alright so we're gonna have a chance later on I Miriam asked me on the air what's one of the things I'm looking forward to tonight and I said this this announcement that you had sent us by email that there will be an announcement of three new programs tonight for 2019 so we're announcing two of them tonight one of them were not ready to launch it because we're there's a special thing we're working on which we don't want to blow tonight but we're down to two of them tonight and one of them is really we're everybody away so it's very cool looking forward to our conversation later on thank you David Cutler much appreciated thanks for welcoming us here to Latrun at the OMA and csy yeoman zsy by the way has a major musical component slo-mo innate on cats are going to be performing later on during this Yoma and csy program whereby mesa greenland is with us he's international director of NCS why during an era that you could be very very proud of when it comes to this organization rabbi Greenland welcome back to JME in the a.m. great to be here enough hi everybody to have you here wonderful to be here and wonderful to be greeted by you this is such a special night I'm gonna go back for a moment and we're probably going to do this more than once tonight to a Chaba tone in April which we were encouraged to be at and frankly when we're invited to different events we wonder is it worthwhile being there at cetera what will we gain from it and all that stuff this was well how do we put in NCS why leadership event would that be a the right way of saying a staff training events or training events I'm there as an observer as other members of my staff and what do we see under that roof in the hotel in Connecticut we see an unbelievable collection of talent not to put down your predecessors who worked really hard in the 60s 70s 80s 90s etc to get to this point they all worked very hard and really were skilled in what they did but the formal training and the incredible degree type regimen this way I put it that your staff and your leaders are now going through is remarkable and I think at all all of this started from there no question that's the I appreciate you noting the predecessors and we really build on the success that's been that's been accomplished by by many many others but there's no question that the the degree to which we've been successful on the ground with the teams this is the 1,600 teams in NC sy summer this summer is is because of the dedication of a staff that in the summertime is mostly volunteer right and the fact that they're they're prepared many of them are there for four days 96 hours of training over a week a long weekend in in in April or May before the summer begins they're so dedicated thinking about these teens before they've even met them couple of months but a couple of months before is is really is is I would say you're correct that that is the prelude to what what what leads up to the to the main events of the last several weeks and to continue over the course of the summer and some listeners might ask themselves especially in the older generation is it possible to formally train these young people to do this after all when we think event seus y or Youth Work we think of you know someone with this natural ability to connect and don't really need training so to speak but this formal training program now we see gives all of those who all of those who do have a basic instinct of being able to work with youth an unbelievable regimen to continue and to really do great at their job unquestionably and there there is there there are so many dimensions to it then in 2018 you have to consider that right that that we didn't have to consider when we were growing up so many what do we call them Appendix A appendix B etcetera said all these different things right it is just on the code of conduct policy side that that all of our staff needs to be conversin tin not to mention all of the all of the basic things that that that you may think come as second nature how do how to interact with the kid in a healthy way where where you're you're you're forming a bond forming a relationship that that God willing will be lifelong and will spill over to the rest of the year but at the same time you're doing in a way that that maintains an appropriate boundary that there's so much that goes into that that sort of training considerations that then unfortunately in generations ago we're not we're not we're not taking it seriously and one other thing by the way when we say formal the program is so much more formal now the and again not to belittle the way things worked back then but today you know every minute of the day throughout the entire summer and every one of these programs is accounted for and there's a reason why we're visiting here or working on this festive project or hearing from this speaker or experiencing this part of Israel cetera etc it's really just a every piece of it it's thought of in advance and implemented one thing that always stands out to me and I interacted with some of our staff people this morning who just drove this point home is that as tightly choreographed as the entire summer is and it really is like you just said planned out minute to minute to minute but the staff people obviously they're they're prepared to scrap on a moment's notice anything if if the if the the program doesn't lend itself to the mood of where the teens are or the the the specific context lends itself to to calling an audible as we would say pivoting that I think they're they're prepared to do that and they're looking at chunks of of a week at a time 48 hours at a time the next 12 hours at a time and and and saying as choreographed as we are does this still make as much sense today as it did 7 8 12 weeks ago when it was when it was drawn up and if it in many cases it does obviously if it doesn't then they're prepared to innovate in the moment that's one of their that's one of the things they get in training right right music Greenland's here international director of NCS why are there a lot of repeat leaders here tonight no question that's part of a lot that that's that's part of how we've been so successful is that the the these slots are easy to fill well I I we just had a board meeting a few minutes ago where we're what we had had this this precise conversation that how is it that we went from in the 1200 last summer to over 1600 this summer and there's no drop-off in quality that doesn't even make sense that we were growing by 25-30 percent and not having a drop-off in quality of the team or of the of the staff and a lot of people would hesitate by the way organizations with hesitate to grow at that speed because of that very reason because of quality of so we're making to get the people I was good as we've had before no question and our our chairman of the board actually avi katz was the one who noted that this this growth in summer has been commensurate with growth elsewhere an NCS water that we are reaching 25 to 30 percent more teens we are engaging in our high impact programs 22 5 30 to 20 to 5 to 30% more teens so the fact that summer is growing along with that means that every the the whole program our fundraising has grown over that same period of time by the same percentage and it's allowed us thank God to be able to to engage staff people in in a in a way where of course we have to bring in new people but there is there is a high degree of of carryover thank God so many people who are dedicated to this work tell me about the synthesis that you're gonna observe later tonight a lot of public school youth lot of Shiva youth a lot of what we would call our you know you Shiva League youth in the day schools or I should say how you Shiva high schools in short a New York area in other areas of the country of course I mean and yet this cohesive group seems to all come together in one big musical experience tonight it's it's really I think it's cloudy solid its finest it really is from every spectrum co-ed program single gender programs the public school students and kids who received their first pair of tefillin with us this summer and listeners don't realize that that public school youth is a significant percentage we're not talking about 10 percent here I come out but close to 40 50 in that area a 30 40 50 whatever correct of the 1600 it's almost 700 that are from public school so they know it's 40 percent right there right it was amazing and that's who's gonna be here tonight and yes some of them did receive their it's filling that first that was that was just a few weeks ago and and and it's it's it's remarkable to see the the the sense of unity that it's going to be on display here tonight the sense of of we are all one people we are on one nation we are all celebrating the the Land of Israel the State of Israel the people of Israel and doing so together with such with with such a sense of it doesn't matter what you look like where you came from we are all one people qualities are all needs a heck of a lot of that on an ongoing basis and and and we just don't have it and and and that's what we're building here and it's yes now I'm sure we'll have this conversation later with tjj but between me and you the percentage of public school youth who has never stepped foot in his room before this summer is also significant right now as all the demographic studies have shown that that that engage meant among the non-orthodox communities in the united states is with the state of israel is has been on a decline for some rhyme and and the fact that we're able to continue to grow bring more of those very same public school teens that that that the rest of the American Jewish community is scratching their heads and saying woe is us what's gonna be with the future of American Jewry and their engagement with the State of Israel I mean we we believe I think with with with with appropriate balance of of confidence and and humility that we have something to say about about the answer to that question and the that that is that is exactly what we're doing here this summer having so many public school kids with their very first experience with the State of Israel is is visiting this land here together with our staff with their peers is is it's part of what makes this celebration so special and to your point about non Orthodox Jewry in America there's a good percentage of them whose parents never step foot in Israel they have never been there and yet they somehow either convinced or blessed by their parents to come and enjoy this no question and that's that's that's part of how the hand-in-glove events is why the fact that we have summer experiences that that that work in tandem with our year-round experiences we we even outlawed the term follow-up there an see us why because it's not it's a year out it's a year it's not you're not following up its relationship continue it's that that is that is what we're doing working with these teams year-round so a kid in a public school that comes to an NC sy sponsored Jewish Student Union after-school Club interacts with the staff person there and says I like you I like what you're about oh and your staffing an Israel trip in the summer that's exactly where I want to be this summer so tonight may have started what do you call the Starbucks program when you guys the latte and learning that may have started a Starbucks somewhere or anywhere in the United States unquestionably and those programs just continue to flourish it's amazing what goes on all through the year we should with you here we shouldn't only talk about the summer because it's incredible it goes on all year round and your regions I know many of them are just getting stronger and stronger around the cut it must be amazing got a remarkable year of growth for us we we achieved unprecedented levels of teens reached over 28,000 teens in North America came to NC sy programs this past year we have we have a definition of impact which is our higher impact programs or our frequent flyers 9400 teens this past year which is also unprecedented Lehigh and it's just I feel so blessed because we have just the greatest team working together in the world now this is really gonna get in trouble with certain regions but I'll put you on the spot give me a couple of reasons to watch where in the United States have things really flourished in the last 12 months so I'm particularly excited about what's going on in South West which is a a region on the rise for a number of years we had a program effectively in Dallas but nowhere else in that part of the world right that's money invested Eames was from Texas correct I mean the fact that we're in our southwest region encompasses Dallas Houston San Antonio Denver as well stretch you direction of South well that's why it's always done that they're right exactly and and the the the the remarkable growth of that southwest part of of the United States in the last 12 months has been phenomenal to see where just a few years ago there were maybe 200 kids active and this pastor was over a thousand and those watching demographics among the Jewish community united states can learn from NCS why because when Florida grew it was it was as a result I should say as my Florida grew as a result of the Jewish community growing there certainly Vegas in those areas the same thing and now as you just mentioned those areas of the Southwest United States were enjoying the same Houston Dallas San Antonio as ours are growing areas in your in Texas our various economies and and their Jewish communities as well that's one right yeah one watch one to watch one for the next year is it's right in your backyard in New York the NCS why has has has been in the hinterland since our beginning right in the next 12 months I think you're gonna see a expansion of programs right in right right in what call the backyard of janma name five boroughs five been the five boroughs in Long Island in Westchester note that it is the biggest Jewish community in North America and and and and yet it's not the biggest region in NC sy and and we feel that those kids need NC sy just as much as the kids in the hinterlands do I'm and looking forward to seeing an explosion god-willing over the next 12 to 18 months I look forward to our follow-up on that thank you for the greetings enjoy tonight or I meet the Greenland international director of it's just why Michael come on this amazing accomplishment I made such a pleasure always I appreciate that there we go her by Greenland is taking great pride to say the least and what's happening here at Yom and she is why well rabbi green wind of course gets a big hug from my next guest I guess my hug will be coming at some other point I assume no it's gonna come yeah right now right now on video on audio herb I know I'm Weinberger's here he's the director of jolt Israel he's one of my favorite people on planet earth by the way our mutual thank you that's so nice of you but in addition to being one of my favorite people on planet Earth he has other designations in this case the director of jolt Israel still spending your school year on Long Island I am how's it going what rate in doing well over there huh focus on do you have North Shore students who are enjoying the summer in Israel actually do I have one two three four five five students will be this year meaning your own students who are who are you are program correct right but there are others I assume that are enjoying this whole night is amazing you and I have had conversations God knows how many times about extracurricular education experiential education call it what you want and this whole summer is one big experience like that and adds so much but in general we know what summer camp does for a kid absolutely know how important it is for their growth and education but this whole experience with Israel with being away from home with being with other people who different parts of the country it must just be remarkable to watch it's amazing it's amazing and you know one of the things for me I guess that gave me the biggest leap like a nephesh is that when it actually translates into the way that the caves behaves not in terms of being appropriate inappropriate but time who's in terms of in terms of the way that they can port as individuals the way that they taken the information and when we see it most clearly when we run our camp which is which is really fantastic we actually do something a little bit different 50 area we worked with siblings of children that have chronic disability they're doing this on a regular basis so we did it for a week and a half once to spin and the reason why it was so important is because a lot of these kids who they're who their siblings have are chronically ill may look regular and maybe from the Sun have diabetes some have other issues but the family spent so much time on the children and the siblings have such a hard time navigating that and we give them a week and a half of love and attention and they just eat it up it's the model what are the first couple of days like are you know it's actually it's actually pretty tough and we do a lot of work with our and he acquired Sarah Jones's real kids leading up to that there's a lot of anxiety that they have and it's understandable you know they're all clutching their phones for the first 24 hours on the phone with their parents sometimes parents have to come sit with them for a little bit but we we we work with them in a way and we kind of structure the construction is dynamic in a way that we make them forget and we just have them focus and by the way what's so amazing about that is after a week after a day or two or three the kids finally realized that we're creating a story for them meaning up until that point they were always the sibling of somebody that was sick now they're their own person which is awesome you know one of the things that's gonna be a theme tonight and I guess it's a theme every year but one of the reasons that seem tonight is because we were at the Leadership Summit Sony Connecticut back in April and we saw the formal training that's going on your kids on is a joke on Joe as well yeah have to be trained in or absolutely I the first 48 hours must be intense there's a lot of psychology that I have to work with them on there's a lot of just general techniques methodology that they need to understand where they need to be how they need to work it there's a lot of that stuff understand certain warning sign things that they need to bring to my attention or the the other advisors the lot of dynamics going on and they executed it perfectly they were fantastic we had a we had a goodbye party with the parents the parents were crying the teachers were crying I said - I said we had a we had a Yash vaso you she bought said that I sat with him I said if everybody cries on the last day then we did something right and they do Friday no film in America is one and only Jewish moment - the morning radio program heard I'm listed a sponsor digital radio around the world the web enough let's see what I've gotten on an optimist Google Network and of course on me beloved NSN so you have swum Onate on cats tonight love your kids will enjoy it I love them my kids are gonna be all over it they'll they'll be into the Jewish I see it like that because you know that the and not to compare it too much but you know that the typical I don't know don't kid thirty years ago they were said the thing may not be as into the Jewish music scene yeah for some reason especially in forums like this it's not a an uncool idea to participate in Jewish music oh that's one of the things that we do on told Israel we make Judaism cool and we make we make being from cool they love it all of our kids are you Shiva gaze on Joel's intro so they buy into that culture but still you know this don't like the typical white culture music but there's something that jumped out of them when they hear it and they're gonna love it we've been always ready to use that I know from my own personal experience that you know I know kids and very close of certain kids that you know Monday through Thursday they'll listen to certain radio stations Friday they're putting on the Jewish stuff and here it seems they like that up you're gonna love it they're gonna love it very cool all right that's all Sophie thank you and I look great so you are amazing you are incredible love you god this year I hope I'll actually visit you at north door that which I'm amazed we really got to do that this time at would be may we've really got a dude I know we want it for me I know make it happen you know it's a long trek to your place I know love you thank you so much okay JME in the a.m. and we are at yo Matt's is why we now get to speak to the real heroes of the night these are the guys who are going to be recognized all through the evening mark fine is with us mark is the director of tjj ambassadors : now just to remind our listeners whenever we've been speaking tonight or any other time this morning or any other time about tjj that's the public school youth that dedicate a summer five six weeks to be in Israel they do that either by convincing or with the blessing of their parents and that's why and we refer to that as tjj overall this mark vine is tjj ambassadors Poland now first of all welcome to the show thank you pleasure via it does include an Israel component Korea absolutely tell us the schedule sure so schedule is we have an orientation Shabbat in Teaneck great opportunity for everyone to meet each other from around the country all 59 students from across North America that we see no 59 students thank God we expanded this year and it's been absolutely incredible when did it get through so we spent a weekend Poland learning about the Holocaust Jewish history Jewish identity and then we spent three weeks in Israel and I assume it's the first time for these students both in Poland that in many cases in Israel yes oh absolutely the first time for them in in Poland and for many of them the last time I'm the only one that keeps coming back and in Israel around ten of them this is actually their first experience in Israel and a lot of them went on tjj previously and there the students wanted a more intense experience and meaningful experience and then they come back for around two with us oh so this ended up being a product of the growth of tjj absolutely students who wanted another Experian grant and they enjoyed the first year so successful they said look like we got the inspirational component we want to come back again so we designed a more intensive learning environment and reflective environments for those students who wanted even more interesting are they gonna enjoy this if they're gonna enjoy Yeomans this one everyone enjoys yo mencius why what's not to enjoy 2500 Jews from around the world no matter what savannas they love the Jewish music they've got you know we we know about march of the living and how a few days in poland in a few days in israel can be a transformative experience when you're doing a week in poland and three weeks here in israel it must be on a completely different level yeah absolutely and one of the big things is that connection between Poland and Israel that's not just about less experienced death in Poland but like how do they live in Poland and then for many students Poland their first experience of galuu or diaspora in a real way so when they come to Israel there's such a greater appreciation for Wow imagine if there would have been an idea wow that does feel like home and to spend three weeks being able to tour and to invest and to learn and really immerse themselves in the country solidifies all the growth they've been having over the summer mark fine tjj ambassadors Poland tell me a story that I'll never believe is there a student of yours at CJ's ambassador's who has some what we would call crazy background or really you know I don't know is happenstance in their life that got them here that's remarkable yeah I mean they're they all have crazy stories but there's actually a one SES wire who came on a public school learning program yarn Kahala over the winter she was actually already signed up for and for a summer program of a different youth organization Wow love to learning a yarn fake challah had a conversation switched her money over for the summer came with us and has been loving it ever since the rest is history as they say it happens and I know we'll discuss this later when we do a a major tjj conversation you know that cjj is the star black funny is it's 20 years it's a big anniversary but we should note and I don't know if it's if this is the case in your programs many of the students of tjj ends up being mod repin on tjj so we have an advisor this summer who started as an NCS wire on gjj ambassadors and is now back with us as advised with the summer there you have it so I was right I guess absolutely it seems to be one of the most heartwarming parts of the whole experience right welcoming them back as a mod and they're able to relate to them in such a different way because that was their story in their journey it's not just me or a different educator going oh this is something that's possible for you to be able to point to someone who can say hey I was there this was my journey this could be your journey it's a whole different level of relatability and credibility so you're not even a bus number you're your own ambassadors Poland huh thank God yes Marc fine I thank you for coming so much Android omen is why always a pleasure I appreciate that more coming up you are listening to an amazing and incredible edition of JM in the a.m. as we are at yo Mencius why you hear all the incredible background noise you know what it is it's the beginning of anime major concert which is going to star slow mo n8 on cats for over 1600 yo mencius why insist why summer program participants another 900 to 1000 people who are here to enjoy family and friends of a great organization the O you and NCS Y and all of us get an opportunity to see this in action it is a remarkable experience more coming up you are listening to jam in the am on that album single Network [Music] Oh [Applause] [Music] No people Oh oh boy oh boy [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] jam in the a and it's timed of adverse and where do men see us why the vice chairman of the Jewish unity initiative dr. Joe roses odda is here welcome dr. Joe we got a raise we gotta raise his Michael there we go Shalom Shalom Shalom study how are you thank you I'm not accepting this hello did we did we surprised of it roses honor absolutely is he having a nice summer than sis while they have amazing time tell me as a parent some of the things that are really effective that he's enjoying this summer so you know like the first two days I got a text from the Rebbe from the other people that all govern is dead so one o'clock in the morning learning I said right away got into it right away right this second Yeah right away but he was really got into it right away and his amazing is just enjoying it so much hopefully everybody tomorrow night there but the the the level of the Torah giants that are there is simply remarkable city love it and hundreds of others get to spend their summer with that for sure it's a really really really amazing it's so nice to see to hear or like you know like who's there like how many people are tired he has like even ten ministering with them just I gave him this 10-day ten minutes hours a day that he gets six people upset Pharaoh ever there's unbelievable there may be some people now panicking in New Jersey that he might be giving up on his best water schedule nice things like is he able to keep up with that as thank God thank God two gay winners I hear go to already to game but buzzer-beaters realtor visas are I only saw the video of one of them what do you think of this what do you think of all these North American teenagers public school yeshiva day school yeshiva League all coming together for a nightlife but you know I want to tell you I when I came from Iran you know very go for just gang honor it right turn up tonight so when I came into this why I really was a little bit different than them the way right now so they really took me in as an eighth grade and ninth grader I remember and Barry would literally used to drive me to Sheva tones be used to really really take good care of me and so like you know it's like such a small world that boom I'm here and that day I didn't even know that and so like the honors but was so happy to be here to them to say that really he was amazed he we had a big role in my life growing up and learning and you know cone shape our thoughts and spending chávez's with an sis wife throughout of the year so it's really amazing to like have big circle come around that's unbelievable and you know what he's built this into 99 ya know hundreds of kids summers at eleven twelve thirteen buses and then Poland now and other programs amazing really really his son he's so talented he's so good he's you know he's funny the same time is and I'm serious so it's like it's really a perfect guy nobody else deserves it more than him he really is unbelievable you know it's funny over the years and you've spoken to us you know publicly over the years about your experience from the time you were a teenager and arrived even younger than a teenager and arrived in America there were and you had a great family support system borough Hashem but yet there were so many other people could rabbis and and community leaders and people like Barry he meant to Lily had a role analysis really enhances flyovers I will tell you with friends major major part I so much I could talk to them because they really did help me out grow into you know you dish guidance see more religious than Stella clothes and everything like that it really did you know I was an instance Wi-Fi so sensors what presidents like it really went through and then you know like then they went different direction I guess it was more now the summer thing so now I see this it's amazing to see them on blue sea now I understand besides just seeing your children I understand why you wanna see this up close and personal dr. Joe Rose is out of the sea tomorrow night the Mara Bob thank you so much dr. Joe dr. Rose is out of course for us the vice-chair of the Jewish unity initiative and so much more for the Jewish community in New Jersey and beyond sheera Cronenberg is going to join us yes she is Shira Cronenberg is introduced to me as the director of a first year program called for G euro would be that be be accurate suicidal yes that's it so congratulations to you in history you'll be known as the very first and what is for G euro Part B euro it's an all-girls summer program and that spent a week and a half in Italy and then shoot a little over two weeks in a row so we've been everywhere and that's because Italy has a rich Jewish history what love reason there is a rich history and it gave a chance at all to travel and learn and grow and seek your straight throughout all that the other side of Europe are these a typical right out of 10th grade we have older students we had going out of ten up going into 10th 11th and 12th yeah why'd you know that this program would work that you know would attract young ladies out there I think girls are really interested in traveling going most about the interview we're really interested in being able to see the world and also get to see Israel again so a moments ago when we spoke about Poland and Israel the you know the progression the inspiration that one can imagine a student gets from that transition is remarkable is there that type of transition when it comes to being in Europe and another part of Europe like Italy and then spending this time in Israel yeah it's the girls really appreciated coming to Israel after going through Italy it's just because we've got like to see the arc separated during the three weeks and really hone in on it born so it was really great for that good point what ended up becoming the center of the Jewish exile for a long long time a rich history there as you mentioned and rich meaning detailed and long I don't know about rich in terms of good but rich means details that long and then of course getting to Israel so we always ask the question of a first year program you think will be a second year I hope definitely a three program the girls have been really enjoying it and second year what do you think of the geography where are they coming from you are all over everywhere we leave a nice thing we had a girl from La Florida Texas Arizona New Jersey New York so we really have brought some everywhere well the difficult getting advises for this trip no I actually had a lot of people applying for the job and we very much code are amazing and one of them or a formal tour guide knows everything about Italy what we kind of supplemented some of it I keep not that was helpful so it was great and then our tour guide we had a tour guide from install join us who also helps with some of the Jewish history and then all my mojo my mother hold our key in education so that can help all one of the themes tonight we really have two themes tonight one is this tjj celebration which is remarkable the other one is the experience we had in meeting so much of the leadership of the summer and since why in April back at the Shabbos own in Connecticut and seeing how all of that training translates into a summer like this with that in mind I would assume your advisors your my3 folks are you know formally trained really have become superstars for that whole area and have this ability to in an amazing way affect the lives of these teenagers yes definitely and all of our coverage is like the magical plan to eat Scarborough we have learning every day on the program and it really helped enhance the program a tremendous amount especially with their background that they were coming in West you know Shiro one of the things we love is as we get to announce the increase in the number of plaits it's why summer program so we owe you a debt of gratitude to make it even more exciting for us like that thank you very much for joining us I continued success this suburb pleasure Shira coder a Cronenberg is the director of for G euro they're a first year program and it is as you heard an amazing one you are listening to JM in the am on another remarkable day with NCS why in this case yeoman C is why with all the amazing and incredible noise in the background as they get set for a fantastic program and won the whole concert adult coming up if you keep it right here at JM in the a.m. [Music] with some of cash of the default car vote because wonderful Nicole Avenue and parole novel gamut say Alan launch gone in selenium calcium Cheryl team doc aha roles of our new it parole nah [Music] we come [Music] oh my [Music] go down my cool I'm following baton amen I bought you a photo now a ball down that's it I see not people lucky now time told me I can do nautical about know a fellow the ball got me too I say cool ah no [Music] we kind [Applause] [Music] it [Music] though my [Music] below him don't let me denote I'm not the Imperial code the Lord imagine it loo but I'm not the old 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morning please okay good morning it says in schmoes the Lacock the Eskom lila um usually in order for people to become a nation they have to dwell in the same land where they were born and raised if they become uprooted from their land and have to move elsewhere they can't always maintain their own nationality B'nai Israel however became a nation before they reached Eretz Israel we have always been a nation no matter which land we have gone to the alkyl foolish explains that the same language is employed with reference to Eretz Israel the Holy Land as the expression that is used for the Taira toward sevillana Moshe Masha Rubino commanded hasta Torah my Russia it is an inheritance key Heelys Yaakov for the key Gila of Yaakov because the inheritance of Eretz Israel is not something that a person as an everlasting school so we have this privilege if we live a life according to Torah our claim to Eretz Israel depends on cloudiest regarding our nationality through shmear some its lewis in torah learning the milk emilio says the fact that we have a yeshiva narrates you sell today is an ace it's a miracle it is among the great high sodium that Hashem has bestowed upon his nation we are able to come from one extreme the point of harmony ropa the Holocaust to the other extreme and re-established the shiva's in the great centers of yiddish kite in Eretz Israel we have to remember though there is an Eric Cecil de la mota in a narrative cell shall my lo one that is below and one that is above they both must exist simultaneously we say in governing Robert Sevilla a left or it has been thousands of years since we've gone into gallows into the Exile how does the other the great love remain in our heart the myth Emilio explains it's because of the holiness of Eretz Israel that kedusha continues to draw us near no matter how long the bitter gallows is this is the Arusha the inheritance that we have from Avraham Avinu he was my son FS he self sacrificed for the nice on the challenge of lack Lacock the talmidim of the Belzer Rebbe rev psalm of bells had drawn water for the my mashaallah know the special water which is used to bake matzah s-- when they finish their task they were leaving the water overnight to use the next day they wish the Rebbe lashonna haba Buechel i'm next year in Yerushalayim the Rebbe asked why next year we can take this water that we drew today and we can make matzo Senor shall I him and eat them in the presence of Messiah tomorrow this is been rabbi dovid goldwasser ringing good morning have a nice day Jamie and thank you very much I go la soirée yo mencius why me Rima Wallach is here we'll be speaking with more representatives the oun ncy coming up by the way it seems from the information I am getting that our endeavours beneficial Wednesday morning an absolute record breaker in terms of engagement with our audience worldwide and I am so proud of that and we had some great guests amazing job producing the show and remind remember it was 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Paul from Polina Jean Danny David Joanie and I yell it have an easy meaningful fast they said for tisha Bob looking forward to the broadcast especially NC sy and the Ollie off light and that's from our friend dr. Jean bercovich Wow nice shout out we also have a couple of shout outs that are on my phone because they came in a little later than we preferred so I'll get to those in a minute and that will continue with our special guests here at yo mencius why you ready for these I am I will continue to provide lighting fast oh yeah and I appreciate that somebody's gonna have to use ways to get us back this is a unique opportunity everybody a unique opportunity to include some of our listeners in today's show Aviva Rosen let me get it back now you know how phones can sometimes be a little petra mental temperamental right a little wonky Aviva Rosen shout-out to our beautiful daughter I yell at Rosen from Potomac Maryland I was checking in Russell Adler says shout out for our daughter Adina Adler at McClelland whose birthday is on to Bob happy birthday too Idina so technically it's her birthday that's from Ross - bob is Friday so yet tonight will be her birthday right so rustling needs to Adler check in with that oh and look at this Bobby and Zadie wine trap have a shot at the sava Siegel who's part of give with a message of we love you and we miss you wow that's funny two places at once that was my voice in the back oh hey Nasim you are very talented growing my voice you are getting people seated and doing the show at the same time shoutout to NCS I think something that we were trying to chase way earlier may have gotten onto my leg SATA that is why co-op participate Kobe Kasdan yeah I keep up the good learning they say yikes about the bite not about the chatter you could say that again and well I think there was one more and then we'll continue with our guess I think oh yeah we got I read this - earlier we got this from Rebbetzin Shoshana can act oh thank you for an incredible NBN program listening to the show and the charter flight brings tears to my eyes oh my and hoping to be on that flight soon enjoy yo mencius why and please give a shout-out to nephew yoni Besser spending 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listening to us on the listen line if you give yourselves a round of applause yes in your home or in your car wherever it is connecting by telephone at your desk yeah exactly exactly that's 605 562 4,400 a shadow to everyone there as well oh my word you know you're the superstar you know that honey naming this year but even a man I mean poor honey Saudis my darling niece and she knows how much we love her darling husband so I mean um he's an incredibly popular member of the family Joanie points out that if you're gonna go to one of the three go to Instagram right right well right now there's a lot going on a lot of a lot of content okay well we'll look into the calamine lotion yeah or the benadryl and the benadryl supply here in Israel a little later on and I thank you for securing our guests for the upcoming segment here at Yom is why we'd like to thank United Hatzolah for the benadryl they will be provocative this is a challenging situation because you know it's interesting when you wake up with a Buddha hundred bytes for there actually happen again you feel that that's a little different right so we might be dealing with the heat and we might be dealing with the lack of lighting and we might be able to handle the fact that we can't hear ourselves but it's the bugs fix it it's the bug bites all right we have more coming up right do so I would quickly go to a short song all right now we're gonna get our next guests on because mr. my vein joins you very very momentarily getting ready emotion is next God is alive and well in Jerusalem one of our favorite selections will do that coming up and I remind you to continue to stay tuned to our broadcast here as JM in the a.m. continues at the NAM seagull Network and as we said earlier follow us with all the incredible social media so you can see all the photos and get all the information from us at JM [Music] in front of me gonna take out all this guitar single-mode song god is love salamé yeah I be praying three times day throw away the cars and buy the stock Simone get along rather bold thing well [Music] it's a message we love transmitting when we're in Israel and that is that God is alive and well in Jerusalem OSHA hath cloth would be s legacy here at JM in the a.m. while my vain he's president of the o u he has overseen over the last couple of years just amazing growth incredible programming and this an NC sy organization the summer program the collective summer program that has just become the darling of the international Jewish community my vein and honor to welcome you back always great to talk to you enough I am in the mood when you and I are together at this to wish you a models oh I feel like we're at a simcha I feel like gratis celebrates I know you take Jewish unity very seriously I know you take love emeritus trail very seriously I know you take great pride in all the Torah study that's going on with these kids all through this summer even though tonight obviously they have this incredible night off so I feel like radish simcha and then I owe you a Mazel Tov well I think we all each other a Mazel Tov this is not a personal event this is a car you Cyril event and it really is a Mazel Tov we're celebrating not only the total that's learned here but the connection that all these kids are making to the country to Israel and to each other as part of the Jewish people which is necessarily going to affect them for the rest of their lives it is remarkable the some people listening might think that what you just said only applies to those who had no connection to Israel before they got here public school use etc who are well represented here tonight but I know that you mean that are you Seva kids and those that I always refer to in the Shiva League High School League and all the they are having the same type of transformation maybe a little bit of a different way but the same type of growth this summer absolutely look there's always a risk when you're in the front community that you become very insulated you begin to think that your world is the entirety of the Jewish community and to spend the summer seeing that there's so many other kids from backgrounds that are different than yours who also want to connect to God who also want to grow in Judaism it changes your growth itself you know earlier we had not as this is such a revelation but for it for this program it is because we had never discussed it before all these programs are fed by what goes on in NCS why all year round you know that I I joked earlier when they're sitting in a Starbucks in some City United States having one of these tourist sessions it's there that they're introducing to these students the concept of coming along to Israel for this summer which is really remarkable so this is not in and of itself a two-month project this is happening all year round absolutely it happens all year round it leads to these kinds of experiences that are clearly more intense than the casual afternoon get together for an hour and even this experience is merely a precursor to coming after high school and learning here a full year which many many of both Uchida kids and even many many of the public school kids actually do primarily because of these kinds of experiences it's really amazing have you heard anything in terms of great stories like one kid where you couldn't believe they came from a certain background or situation or parental battle which we don't encourage but we know sometimes happens anything you've been told already specifically about one of these cases out there well we apprently are not very encouraging of parental battle that's right or but you know what I'd be it's not part of the culture that we're trying to encourage but there are for example last year we began an Athena program in the kollel which means we had eleven students with no backgrounds public school kids who came to a full-time learning program seven of them did not know how to reveal it before they came one of them never had a bar mitzvah we actually celebrated their bar mitzvah at the age of 17 at the Colo last summer of those kids seven are coming to Israel to learn after high school and full year program Zack what we know as the gap year just incredible the whole thing is amazing and the yahwah's encouraged yet he battles with parents but I did say earlier that in sub cases the public school youth sometimes with the urging of the parents and sometimes would be blessing of the fairs right you have a whole spectrum of things I gotta ask you obviously some general questions about the oh you you've taken I mean look if someone would ask with the my Spain agenda has been I believe you would proudly say that the last couple of years you've really wanted the Contra and Jewish education for everybody whether it's these youth whether it's adults around the country whether it's the incredibly large Jewish community of New York in New Jersey I think you can conclude at this point that's so far that has been a success I wouldn't call them boys banner Jenna I've got to know who you agenda and some like go to Jewish right a lot of partners within the organization both on the lay side on the professional side who che who share this agenda I agree with you that it has been very successful and the success is a reflection of the first that the community has at so many different levels not just high school kids not just our on our college campuses where our jail AC programs are giving opportunities to kids and secular universities to learn Torah during the course of their year but even on the adult level and the programs that were we've already introduced and they were planning to introduce to give Jews of all kinds of backgrounds as adults and even as retirees to engage in total learning as a significant part of their life is very very encouraging and exciting I'm glad you mentioned Jail I see I was pointing out earlier how some groups like this and C sy summer might be hesitant to grow at a rapid pace like you are because it's hard to staff unique quality people and somehow you have been able to really incorporate even more and more quality staff members a shout-out to JL I see because I frankly don't know how you find these couples these Jewish heroes who are undertaking these tests and some of them on difficult college campuses I don't know where to supply comes from but maybe you could shed some light on it where you're binding them well it's amazing because the the couples really come from across the world we have many many couples many of who are Anglophone but who comes from Israel and they don't attempt to stay in America that content to come from four or five years developing expertise develop the experience of working with American kids and then returning to Israel we even had a couple last year from Germany that would have been German and working in education in Germany who came to be JL I see couples for a year and of course the majority are United States born and bred out of our yeshiva is out of university out of other places and the growth of the community over the last thirty years has produced these enormous talents that we have now at JL I see and it's why when you look at instance why advisors today you're able to grow because the pool of the Shuba cute boys and girls has grown so enormously and if we're able to grow exponentially because of that and they have a desire to stay within that circle become my dream in life to hook themselves advisors during etc do you get a chance to see up close and personal to jic experience yeah I was fortunate over the car Sibbett last year I went to two campuses I agreed with JLo I see I try to go to least one campus every semester my wife and I go and it's about experience about experience and it's really really it's very exciting to meet the young people who want to grow even when they're involved in their studies even during finals they're showing us to learn it's very very exciting that's unbelievable well look I mean continued blessings it's really an amazing program this as I said I think is one of the great symbols of the Jewish world this the unity in and of itself is so remarkable and to see everybody come together like this and I am amazed because I know attitudes toward Jewish music and that's of course the main staple of tonight I am amazed that not only the Achieva teenagers but the public school youth as well are inspired by what goes on yep in the Jewish music arena which is so great yep so they are about to thank you much for joining me and continue hats like you same to you I appreciate that my Spain he's president of the oh you doing a remarkable job and overseeing such an amazing staff and an NCS y summer program growth that is to be envied by any organization by any youth group by any leadership in the United States and beyond more coming up Mary Malec is providing us with another guest I think yoni am i right that they're about to go with some fireworks here we'll do our own fireworks we will we will haha we will introduce somebody that we've been very anxious to speak to for the last couple of months ever since we heard of his role Oh red Shalom to you this is Owen Bendel Steen who is director of research it is another first year program I'll give you a chance to tell our audience what is research research as an organization it's it's a program it's a summer camp that's been built since 2012 but now taken on by NCS why to really build leadership and enable teams to become true leaders to help make a difference students that in Israel that live in boarding schools that have to leave their homes for all sorts of different reasons and we give them life we give them passion we give them energy we create relationships with it with the students initial and at the same time have an amazing time with our teams that are part of our summer program traveling all over Israel's getting to serve getting to learning how to serve for the first time traveling ziplining stand up paddleboard and wakeboarding anywhere we could call this an adventurous program I would call it a Leadership Program with a social service twist twist that and what we found at the end of the summer which is tonight is our last night here is we built a family of ambassadors it's not about the summer it's about the are teens coming home being leaders in their schools building up leadership by building clubs and creating more awareness and helping more feet kids and people all over the world where are you from I'm from New York New York City New Yorkers sir oh yeah oh yeah I live in Long Beach so Long Beach I was about a two minute walk to the beach I'm going out do you have any experienced surfers we do this summer say there you have any experimental yeah there may be like out of our 30 we had about five of our teens that have been in the water and the other 25 want to learn it they got to learn how to surf and they loved it I mean the our biggest problem on our trip was how do we do programs outside of the water because they were just so excited they everybody just connects I mean the water is a powerful thing we know Miami Pattaya works on the water and what is it what is it that it that is instilled in them when they have that type of order experience there's just a connection that they make with each other with with with God nature oh yeah and and it's and I guess like in a lot of ways in terms of like Jewish outreach what better way to connect to a student than to be able to get into the water with them and push them into a wave and and for the very first time sometimes and just be able to share that stoke that they get and and then after that I mean it's basically it's a done deal in terms of our relationship and then we talk Torah and we thought that we create bonds together and we and we meet Israelis that are religious that are not religious from all sorts but all the aspects that we are going on in Israel and they get to see that and they get to see the amazing people that are here and it's inspiring it's an arc our goal here is to inspire teens and that's what we're doing but we're not just inspiring our teens were inspiring Israelis and giving its regular so they're getting to meet the people and not just thoughts travel trip where you are touring we're really it's traveling and meeting the people and mingling with the Israelis and seeing life in their eyes over and Bendel's Nina's hero my research there'll be a second year right oh yeah oh yeah you know that it's we're definitely looking in this coming year to actually hopefully add another component possibly right now we work for public school looking into possibly working with also the Shiva discus as well and then giving them the opportunity to be on a trip like this but yeah this year we have 30 next year opened up 60 students but most of all we're looking to do something new within NC sy where we can have your summer programs with a year-round component so it only it starts here in Israel but it goes throughout the year where you get these students motivated you get them to become real true leaders and they go to their school and they they they recruit and find other Jewish teams inside their schools and then they go out and they do constant missions with us so it's not difficult to search no way anybody can do it well I'll get you out there oh yeah it's very easy all you guys do is be willing to get on a board and go into the water that's it that's it yeah and by the under today I'll be able to do that you know you're gonna ride a wave no matter what I don't know I can only imagine that would be some experience our in Bendel's Nene directs research it's a first-year program because she which has seen great success thank God which are you the best of luck thank you so much thank you for having me Jay I'm in the am yeah it's night time here even though you are you are experiencing this as a Thursday morning edition of JM in the a.m. what we're gonna do is we're gonna go to a song from one of these stars of the one of the stars of tonight's yo mencius Y small mo cats and eight-time cats are together here's one of them slow mo cats at JM in the a.m. [Music] is bad [Music] my [Music] my god [Music] he's McManus bad [Music] he's my friend [Music] he's my bad [Music] he's my man [Music] my god [Music] [Applause] [Music] JME in the a.m. you know the background the background is film and see us why libration Ziggy's darkness is here he's director of rescue Israel partnering with United Hut Sela to give some of our amazing teenagers an incredible experience and life-saving techniques out assume Ziggy's are this welcome to jam of the a.m. thank you so much thank you for have had you hear me or if you want to work on my ears maybe tell me I'm I could hear you louder trace I think I made these two fell fragments this is a program in its first year correct and I don't know how the concept came about I think it's unique and different in that the bulk of the time I assume the teenagers are spending in these life-saving environments am i right correct and has it been a success so far it's thank god it's been really great I think the program was long in the works for a while but about a year ago David color approached me and asked me if I'd be interested in running such a program so of course I was in Israel for a wedding so I met with United Han Solo and we started you know putting things together and we came up with an amazing program we changed the itinerary a few times thank God here we are today how many teams are there so in an all-girl year we have 22 so we wanted to we're shooting for 30 but we're think God happy we got a bus I think it's a great number and like I say it's unique talk about a niche you come back kids that really want to be experts in life-saving techniques that's what it's about right this is not a CPR course this is really getting a full points experience its CPR plus four weeks the whole week of class and did it get to go out on these different you know with the different Uppsala members and challenging situations so yeah actually after their week of training we put them through a surprise drill we simulated a terrorist attack we had five or six ambulances waiting in front of the hotel we we all have radios so now with their first night and then that Friday and really this entire week we've been rotating shifts on the ambulance for the teens that could be scary that's all yeah I mean if they were they weren't they knew something was coming because I was freaking them out all week but they were ready they did great house Allah said that our group did better than some of the professionals I have been doing this for years they're fresh and they're so into it out of their hearts really into it Ziggy's darkness is with us do they have any experience walking into this program back in the United States have they done any of this so some kids have ambulance experience CPR but you could ask them that it's nothing to prepare them for what they see what they do and how they train here it's completely different it's cutting-edge Hatzolah responding in 90 seconds and in Spring Hill or Fairlawn where I'm from it takes nine minutes for an ambulance to go and today do you have students that have zero experience yet correct it's really every end of the spectrum so you were they heard about it and said I want to start by jumping in completely yeah this is for like the student that's interested in the fun aspect but also kind of building the resume and this program does both does they get a real-life hands-on medical experience but we still every night we're touring we're having fun we're doing drills we're doing the same things as all the other programs just with the Hatala twist we talk about leadership and how all these programs you know ends up having a very big influence on Jewish leadership I would say this is really a matter of not only leadership of community involvement when you have a guy like this making the type of commitment you describe each what we're really selling that somebody wants to be involved in the community down the road correct this absolute model is community based response and these kids are all people that we want to go back to be leader of The Bachelor not only for NCS why but also for their respective volunteer organizations whether it be Hakala their local squads their schools we look to them as the next leaders of the next generation well I wish you continues luck I assume that the next year year two is gonna be even bigger and better yeah thank God I'll tell you a quick story there somebody on the ambulance today huh fellas just messaged me there was a lady that had an irregular poem and we have two of our kids on that took her pulse and they recognized the signs of an irregular heartbeat and they called ALS which is advanced life support and she was having a heart attack and the to hots audience is that we're with her didn't pick it up and they said it's because we have fresh ears so they literally saved somebody's life a real heart attack what more is there to say thank you Ziggy things rattle life is a good luck thank America's one and only Jewish moments in the morning radio program heard on listeners sponsored digital radio around the world a weapon off from school I go on and I'm single now we're gonna force anybody and it set up I see Allen Fagan knows exactly what I need he does exactly what I did Alec Fagan Allen Fagan ready to hand me a wet washcloth that he sees I am in desperate need of to say the least what an amazing sympathises unbelievable thank you for welcoming us against the elements he is wise thank you so much for being here I mentioned earlier that because of the environment and knowing what we're celebrating Jewish unity you're unbelievable leadership when it comes to the connection to Israel with these kids and so much of the oun NCS who I have and of course the Torah education that every one of them are getting in different levels that every one of the getting this summer with all that together I feel like Radisson I got a wish your Mazel Tov thank so it's really a remarkable event you've seen amazing growth this is a total of 2,500 people and I use that number because it's not just a 1,600 participants it's very proud lay leaders and families that love a winner and this organization you could attest to is a real winner absolutely but what I need to tell you nothing is it's not just the kids and it's not just the lay leaders but we're not counting as a staff I know them and the heart and soul of these programs is the most remarkable staff that you can assemble anywhere in the world bar none you know it's funny as you know you know there's been anybody you're the the longest veteran with us at doing this every show takes on a personality in the themes this year aside from the cjj celebration which is not to be ignored the theme has been the growth of NCS wise summer programs which a lot of organizations would be hesitant to do at this pace because of what you just mentioned where will you get high quality staff in those numbers and yet every time you have a challenge like that you meet it Baruch Hashem it's is it's so remarkable that as we expand year after year this summer with about 200 more kids than we had last summer summer and plans to add additional programming so in summer we're still turning away hundreds and hundreds of staff members we want to volunteer to leave pjj buses to be Modric him in the country code in the kollel and in mikela the finest of our young people anywhere and we're able to attract them it rolls and they are the heart and soul of these they are what make these programs really sing in there you know you and I had a shared experience once you've had one you had many many times and because of you we were able to have it this year which is attending the leadership seminar shove a tone that took place in Connecticut in April I am not in any way minimizing the accomplishments of those who led this organization in the 70s 80s 90s etc but now this formal seminars hype I almost say to Greece hypest formal education that your leaders are getting in so many different areas across the board has really inculcated them with a resume of leadership that you know that ends up being and to being ends up manifesting itself in all of this it's it's true and it's so critical for us to be able to focus on professional development that's what it is alone and it's professional development for our advisors and it's professional development for our full-time staff which keeps growing by the day and providing opportunities for them to grow in their learning to grow in their Yiddish kite and to grow in their skills as as leaders within the common world all right so let me be redundant if I may you have much talent there is here how much talent there is tonight among those who are staff members to efficiently add a designation of madra Bob my dream advisor counselor ever you want to call them collectively you're talking about an immense amount of potential leadership to ensure the Jewish people interest and they are in fact the future of the Jewish people and there's nothing more heartwarming for me than to be able to have the opportunity to see them to speak with them I spent I spent the afternoon speaking to the magic pen in the NCS why kollel what a remarkable group - almost a hundred staff members in the kola' and they are the very finest young men and the mantra coat in McClellan the finest young women in our community yeah you know what that's a good message to parents out there they should realize that thank God's we I her their children are with real great role models incredible role models and what we try to tell them is that not only are they teaching and imparting Torah to the kids in our program but more importantly they're allowing our kids to see them and to see what they are going to look like in a couple of years more importantly what they want to look like a couple of years and that is just an incredible incredible heartwarming experience alright have you had a chance to visit any of them I don't have you just arrived of you've been it for we here I'm here for a week I've seen as many programs as I could get to you in a way give me one that highlights that you know that you that you would love that this audience would be aware of a lot of this audience knows kollel knows miss well it would tell me something that you would wish our listeners would see person that's here is a story kind of that's an episode of restore a good searcher and and that I wish we could somehow find a way to publish the stories of every one of these kids but but I'll give you two oh great this past week at the kollel last year we started a McKenna program in the kola' public school kids embedded within the NCS Wi-Fi we have 15 boys in that program last summer ten of them were rising seniors so they just graduated this past June of those 10 guys with no background whatsoever we're in the McKenna program last summer seven of them come elros mon are going to be learning in israel I take it I think another matter three of them couldn't leave even when they can and seven of them are now gonna be learning in Israel next year we just duplicated that program on the girls side and the Braille out we've got 20 girls from public school in McClelland oh I didn't know is that yeah for the first time this summer and as much influence as these programs have on these public school teens that's how much influence the public school Kane's has on the desire of everyone else to adopt them to teach them to embrace them as family it's such a wonderful wonderful relationship and that's really what tonight is all about you know it's interesting this model of NC is why you see the kids playing mimin with children these teenagers playing a major role in the public school youth enjoying the program which we've seen over the years over the decades order than see why that's now happening here I mean from appellate which I would assume never had public school never to now have 20 kids in it I mean we're gonna approach a time where NASA program is published and it's not like they're off to the song right they have their own grid of classes but otherwise are integrated within the appellate experience they're going on the same trips they're eating the same meals sleeping in the same dorms and the and the bilateral influence that takes place is something one of the things you know and you've been very helpful to us with our Jewish unity initiative you know how important tonight is this Yeomans is why for Jewish unity if you could if you would take if you would take certain stories of different backgrounds there are kids here who had never ever interact with each other and here they are here tonight celebrating as you pointed out in many cases literally being in the same summer program you know enjoying the summer so a big shout out for Jewish community tonight because there is no greater display to this let me tell you a wonderful story last week in the Colo spin this Makana programmatically there were two boys who had never put on film before we gave them both Ellen and we had a hung up affiliate ceremony one morning last week is bait Meir in the MTS Wycombe 20 minutes singing and dancing It was as if these two boys had their entire family there with them at this wonderful event at the end of the program one of the two young men who put on so a fabulous young man from Houston Texas gets up in front of the entire Cole and he says the phone I was admitted to the University of Texas that's where I planned on going next but I want to come to Israel I want to ask all of you to do something for me I want you to pray for me because the University of Texas wouldn't give me a deferment to be able to spend the year in Israel have filed an appeal of that determination I'm asking everyone here to praise that that appeal is amazing and we know in our tradition when one prays for another it's even more powerful so look what he's got it the whole coop right he's got the full control of praying for him and now he's got the whole apparatus of for you advocacy that's going to be working to get the University of Texas to allow him to be here next I would think people like you would be quite familiar with these types of procedures and you would say there is hope there is hope and we're gonna do everything that we can to pave the way for him to be able to be here is one of the finest young men I've ever met and and that's the impact it's it's it's one kid at a time you can talk about having 1600 kids in summer programs but 1600 is one 1600 times I didn't realize that we'd have a city that we always discuss the synthesis of your different departments I didn't realize that oh you advocacy would actually have a role in the future of studies that we have very close relationships with senator Cruz and others within the Texas state government and we're gonna use every means at our disposal try to get the University of Texas to allow this young man who desperately wants to learn here next year to give him the opportunity to be able to do that a lot of organizations are afraid of growth I pointed out one of the reasons earlier David Cutler insists that later in this show he's going to announce at least two new programs for next summer who knows maybe even more than that I guess there's really no stopping this summer ends it's white rain at the moment huh you know it's not it's not growth for the sake of world right what not just for numbers what we look at is the condition of American jewelry the condition of American Jewish teens and as much as we try to focus on what it is that we've accomplished we focus a lot more on what it is that we have yet to accomplish and that means that you'll need to continue or more and more kids in because we see the impact that these programs are having on them they work and that imposes a very special obligation on us to try to take in as many kids as we can possibly afford to take and to continue to find creative ways to offer unique programming that meets the needs and the interests of every Jewish kid that's out there unbelievable and and they all have different aspirations they have different goals they have different things that sort of move them and that's what we're really trying very hard to do is there's the fine wedge to speak to every one of these kids so that they can get the sense of what life is like Jewishly moments ago we were speaking about the 22 kids that are spending their summer learning life-saving techniques yeah I mean you know Co like a vote to them but talk about a niche then too so I was able to provide nobody else is doing that for them they're working alongside professionals in this area and working 24 hours a day when necessary just to experience all things and the kids were on that program probably wouldn't be interested in being on lots of other programs right and they're going to be other kinds of programs that other kids are going to be interested in and we need to continue to branch out so that we find something that appeals to the intellect and to the heart of every Jewish kid in America all right listen to go secret that you helped facilitate us to talk about all this and spread the word throughout the Jewish world I thank you for that I wish you the biggest Mazel Tov I mean I'm telling you I'd I can't think of a family celebration that includes three screens fireworks and two major Jewish music stars this may be the biggest family celebration we've been to in a long time like absolutely and we should continue to celebrate for many years thank you thank you so much for everything Khaled sagen everybody of course had an amazing and incredible night here with yo Mencius why what can I tell you we have been privileged to be part of this amazing and incredible experience so many times and in this way we get the ability to spread the word and alert you to some of the fantastic and incredible things that are happening on the Jewish youth scene a time Katz he is part of tonight's program he's on J M in the a.m. [Music] Oh English oven Yoda Yoda [Music] - yah yah oh yah [Music] [Applause] I assure marvin yard and toys yeah yeah I [Music] Oh [Music] Oh [Music] [Applause] JME and the ama time cats he'll be on stage later here you Mencius Y with cats imagine that threw them together Jeremy gold fetters here his director of Euro ice and I would ask him at Euro ice dance where but come on Jeremy you know it's so obvious all of our listeners why even bother with that welcome to the show thank you very much it's nice to see you nice to be here so Euro ice would indicate to me that there's a European component to this trip explain to everybody how it works so we started off at JFK fly into Amsterdam spend a few days there then you go to the big synagogue you go to Anne Frank yes do all those you see about 4 million bicycles we actually took her own bicycle ride all the windmills it was a fantastic after a couple days we then go to Italy so we spent Shabbat in Venice or first shot was there traveled through Italy into Slovenia which many people wonder why but it's a beautiful part of Europe where we got to go whitewater rafting is tobogganing a whole bunch of other outdoor activities then we swing back for another Chavez how many how many participants you have on yours we have a full bus 41 kids and 10 staff why is this so attractive to them tell me or they just like to travel I think most of them came for the Europe experience and the experience there are other programs mencius y but that offer the Israel component but the Europe you get a lot of returnees those who've been part of an Israel program and now want to do something different we do get a lot of second year that have gone to DJJ and then they'll come to us we do have some attorneys that have gone Shunta bet for Euro itself earlier in the day tonight over a person is show at this point so we spoke about the obvious inspiration that Israel gives these teams the obvious quote-unquote inspiration that teams may get from a trip to Poland when you're in Amsterdam mania is there an inspirational component for these youngsters very much so in every city that we visit we've gone to in Florence is the most magnificent jewel I've ever seen they got to experience it we actually got to dive into on some of the great synagogue in Rome we have to back down so the inspiration from them for them comes from what used to be unfortunately most of the European city but it is inspiring for all of them to understand what your app was where your is today and then they finally touch down a Korean and really understand what it's like to be in our to be winners it's interesting again the Eastern European trip has a certain personality I think it's obvious to everybody what that is but what you just pointed out that a lot of these places used to be bustling Jewish communities or a lot of these places have a certain attitudes toward Jews as they travel through them all those become part of this whole summer very much so they really get to understand and feeling what it's like to live in Europe today and now be free in Israel it's a total different results leave these trips you know a lot of my friends and it's again you know one of the things we've been doing all the show is recognizing the accomplishments of those who've led this organization 20 30 40 years ago today I mean obviously they're following in great footsteps but my gosh there was no such thing as programming like this back then and there are people who would really give anything to be part of this and included in their growth experience Jewishly you know for sure for sure it's a different the thing what yours is for you are your eyes this is really it's a veteran progress it's my first year running enjoying it absolutely it's the best summer ever it's my best summer ever my wife is with me on the trip we are having an unbelievable time and give me before we say goodbye give me a comment about this give me a comment about what you're looking at I love never I'm in the event business this is a part time thing to me I've never seen anything like this absolutely amazing I said it's like a big family soup up right yeah it wasn't see you again likewise thank you Jeremy golf's better it's your eyes everybody euro ice keep that in mind next time you're looking great wonderful program for your team during these summer months rather than see why this is this is a amazing night yo Mencius why here in Latrun oh she got Thursday today at the am [Applause] there are thousands of people dancing in the aisles enjoying this celebration having a wonderful time here at yo man soos wife Rebecca shrug mayor is at the right pronunciation director of a yacht beyod yacht beyond as its own reputation he started as a yacht Fiat participant now she directs the entire program welcome to JM in the a.m. thank you so much for having us a pleasure not much I can do about the noise by the way the environment that's true explain to my audience what yacht Fiat is thank you for having us Jacques got that summer program that takes teenagers with and without disabilities to Israel we have four buses on two different trips we go all over touring learning volunteering doing all sorts of ectasy videos that you would think of when you think of a great trip to Israel but we just do it in an inclusive way where every single person can participate one might think that there are therefore some challenging situations when it comes to your feet not every part of Israel is built for a special needs or special situations tell me how you deal with those that is a great question that she's never met a more group members in her life I think that the people involved in the program the creativity you know it's just a part of it because the love is there I'm in the love and the ones and everyone wanting to just want all their friends to be there and visit everything else is secondary and to get creative we bring our participants for filling and ziplining and resting and all these things they may wonder how does somebody who uses a wheelchair rappel down a mountain but you know it anyway and you ain't kidding about any of it yes exactly right so we understand the benefit of those advisors who are you know in Israel and being inspired by Israel give me a moment let that finish but what about the interaction between the teens and councilors and those yot be odd participants tell me about that dynamic and how it adds a whole other level of growth and leadership to that group great you are good at your job you know all the questions thank you you know exactly what you said the relationships and interactions are so multi-directional and the impact and look at our program you may think oh that's so interesting they're participants without disabilities with disabilities or you know maybe they're there for one not one group more than another group but it's so far from the true on our trips I said each of our participants come with so much strength and they're impacting each other and I think that at this point in the summer that's been the biggest takeaways for the entire group and purpose has been thinking that they were coming maybe even to fall in the firewood really they've been gaining even more some violence than then you know a person who's been with the outside for years I want to tell you what I think of when I think of the obvious and this is where I think there's an additional component to the growth of a person who's you know a typical background like for that there's probably a situation and that be out this summer where you get somewhere and the wheelchair cannot you cannot you know trends trends Authority you know transverse or you can't get they can't get through and I would bet your team's and staff say to each other hey guys let's just lift up the wheelchair let's just take it carry it get it where it needs to go and I bet small episodes like that have a lot to do with the general attitude that these kids get not only toward the campers in that beyond but towards other people in general totally this is everything or instead of going that path they go the other way someone brings out their spare sound system and there's a dance party in the other direction you know the excuse can switch in a moment but yeah it's the group the group is about having a great time and I think that they really they're so excited for all the aspects of Israel the beautiful aspects and growing their connection to Judaism but it's really the social element that's stick out the most and I think that no matter where they're going and how excited they are to be there them wanting to be with all of their friends and then wanting to be with every single person on the program not just their small group that they came with that that becomes the most important thing you remember your first year now you get to direct everybody Rebecca track Mayer director of Yad beyod which is in you know what year 2012 summer it's an amazing program it's it really is it's the start of the journey for many of our participants myself included who then continue their relationships with the other with the participants that they meet on the programs for the rest of their lives and continue their involvement with Yad and the Oh you for the rest of their lives talk about you great having you on thanks so much for joining me tonight thank you so much Jamie and Thursday that's right it's a Thursday morning broadcast here at jam and the a.m. as we continue and we have we have yet another wonderful leader Ave hopefully I said this earlier and I continue to say it I don't know where they find these people know where they find all these amazing leaders all these amazing and incredible people who are leaders of NCS why yes very much sometimes they find them in the presidential fellowship really that's great look at this I'm in competition with myself how do you like that [Applause] [Music] [Applause] the next step internship program is in its second year the leader is Malky Hammett's how that's pronounced properly welcome to jam in the a.m. thank you tell us what the next step internship program is so internships is a four and a half week internship based summer program for teens primarily from the New York New Jersey area although we do have teens from all across America in Canada we place our teens in internships in various fields in the Jerusalem area for four days a week and other days of the week we're traveling we're exploring we're doing more of a classic Israel touring touring trip we have teams working in internships and marketing design architecture you know why we were skeptical when we first heard about this last year because we've said how many Israeli institutions organizations corporate etc are going to cooperate with you guys and provide a relatively short internship four plus weeks to these students and yes look what's happened thank god we've had it so much demand we were actually just checking in with a number of our internship providers this past week just to see how things are going and see how we could support our teens what did I tell you that they have glowing feedback thank God we have teens who are working on developing an app for four basically it's co-leading and collecting all the various volunteer experiences that people could be involved in in the Jerusalem area so we have teens who are coding in like five different languages I have you know I've never even heard of and the provider is saying hey when could you get us some more interns if one of these guys coming back for next summer like there's a big question to everybody who observes this program is how much can you accomplish in four weeks now you've made it obvious you can really make a difference that's especially when that organizational head or the corporate head you know is working hand in hand and trying to you know utilize the talents of these kids app how large is the program at this point we have 55 teams of summer right here they're around 30 and the person basically doubled his ice you know I get some of the fun programs with me on this one exactly is just gonna keep growing keep growing we we had to turn away a number of teens so you know we just couldn't accommodate for this I'm where we wants to make sure the growth was manageable and wants to make sure that we've got the best internships possible for these teams and we said you know we have to cap it at a certain point that the demand was through the roof for the only high school internship programs for high school teams Malky Hamas's with us next step in this internship program which continues to grow amazingly in my opinion which is incredible where the hits from all new york new jersey or other areas we have we have teens from from LA from Northern California a couple from Canada are you working all year looking for corporate entities and organizations in Israel that will do this with you so my husband is the co-director with myself his name is tree and we teach in LA full time we live in Los Angeles so we actually hired someone on the grounds in Israel to help put together a lot of the internship offerings so she was working on the grounds in Israel as a part-time job making a lot of new connections maintaining a lot of the connections from last summer and making sure that we placing teens in in various positions where they'd be valued and where they would have substantial work to be to be doing what an enormous task and it's 12 months a year you don't give up a chance to you know someone who expresses interest in working with you you can't not give up that opportunity to connect with them and make sure that but yeah we have teens in high tech we have teens in fashion you know doing working on a whole Instagram campaign promoting mottely this at this modest fashion and swimwear line we have teens you're creating you know driving sensors making sure that people are staying awake at the wheel we have you know with some really incredible some really incredible positions we have teens doing cancer research high school teens doing cancer research in the lab and Hadassah Hospital they understand how unique this is for that right Malky Hammett's next step in tisha programming since second year toda raba thank you for joining us tonight a pleasure we go to this selection as we've been as we've been doing we've been featuring the eight-time cats selections here because he's on stage tonight with his brother cat Siri is a jam in the air [Music] Oshin [Music] oh sure [Music] a no-show [Music] we now [Music] No [Music] Oshin [Music] live long [Music] can you share [Music] my radio show [Music] ASSA [Music] you know I [Music] me [Music] [Applause] [Music] I like a notion but I know oh yeah like you have a notion bro Levi [Music] uhh [Music] JM in the am Etan Patz featured the music of a tonkatsu cats you know why they're both performing tonight at Yeomans just why here in Latrun Thursday morning broadcast jam in the am David Cutler is director of the NCI summer programs as I mentioned earlier there are people who credit him for all of this he is a little bit more modest than that won't take all the credit but no doubt he's enjoying this incredible celebration I said to some of the people who are with us earlier and I feel I need to wish people like you a Mazel Tov tonight it feels like a family simple frankly this night defines NCS why the family that we are one night everyone under the same roof do you think about this when you're doing all the paperwork interviews planning in November December January etc I don't only think about it I need it yeah I spent five weeks here in Israel every year pretty much every summer just a chef to knock us and to see what goes on to go every single banquet to spend Shabbos with our we're gonna be in the old city Friday night with Charlie Harare and five of our tjj buses for a big Oneg I mean for me I leave I leave very to stroll on a high every single summer that takes me right back into the year so I'd only think about it I need like you wouldn't believe unbelievable the whole thing is incredible when we get a chance tomorrow night to celebrate cjj and they'll be able to wish them a big happy time tomorrow night it's a big it's a big deal he really is it's I mean you think about it started off with one bus to 35 kids 20 years ago today with 13 buses over 600 kids I mean and the future we're adding at least a couple buses next year you know will be hopefully God willing at least and to think about tonight there are approximately 1500 kids here just teenagers and almost half of them are public school kids that's yeah we figured 40 percent which is an insane number yep what do you think of the Ahana thoughts feelings celebrations that were going on in kollel recently unreal I mean there are some points over the summer that you just say this is what we do it for you know just to see the three boys putting on thrilling and the kollel celebrating it like that it's uh it's hard to put into words and I always encourage people doesn't like to watch my video and then now everyone's on you know their phones and everything there's nothing like being here there's nothing like like sitting and experiencing the difference the feelings on the program and experiencing and with the wit with the boys and girls or sometimes with boys and I always encourage everyone just to try to get here spend some time with our summer program cuz there's nothing like being with her I said this to you earlier we we've almost joked that we've certainly spoken over the last decade about the continuous addition of programs and trying to film niches that I'd never even dreamed had to be met whether it's surfing whether it's emergency rescue I mean I was shocked to hear your internship program we just learned minutes ago as 55 people in it someone they want to spend their summer as teens interning in the either corporate organizational world of Israel so the idea was we wanted to expand our programming and see who we not really catering to and also we we have sports only natty lim and we have different different things that go on at new 0 but we wanted to get a more studious kid that wanted to build their resume so we really were the first program to have high school collegiates here and you know high school kids here in Israel doing internships there are many collegiates doing internships where there's a lot of them we were the first one to bring high school kids the first year we got to 31 this year we really we really had 60 before a couple kind of dropped out at the last minute cuz their internship didn't come through exactly but you know we ended up with 55 kids who are just having such a great experience really working with patients doing research you know working with management efforts the really unbelievable experiences in there and and when they're not an internship they're on an NC sy summer program area and when we said earlier was that you know you question what could be accomplished in four weeks and yet they're doing real stuff for four weeks they really are they really have a real workday from Sunday through Thursday from 9:00 to 4:00 including getting to their internships and it's unbelievable yeah it's such a really a next year God willing the plan is for us to go both he was shall I meant to Tel Aviv into to branch out unbelievable you know David Cutler's here of course of the this is one of the things when you have to work 12 months a year at this for obvious reasons I mentioned you know some of the some of the months that you spend remembering the fruits of your labor her during the summer but really when someone's running an internship program for you they better be in touch with people in Israel those same 12 months a year it's really a year-round program because they don't to give up an opportunity when a corporate entity or a an organization expresses an interest in having one of the kids their eponymous XR the Edition that we had theaters to program this years we had somebody on the ground during the year managing the relationships with these with these internships and really you know just working with them the entire year to create 55 internships is very challenging because again they're high school kids and they're there for a few days over the summer and that's it so but they after and they're young as you say very used to taking anybody who's not in college I really think collegiate so it's a it's an amazing thing we really appreciate the partnerships that our internships have created a lot of them actually over here tonight some of the internship providers are here tonight because they really believe in what we're doing and we've made some very nice connections for summers ahead and we're hoping you should have at least some in the area of 60 to 80 and God willing pressed enough for buses in future and those who are getting emergency training spending time on ambulances you know chunks of the time and I just heard that there was a an episode where your guys saved a life a teenager actually got on time yes and noticed something that one of their paramedics didn't and it's it your mom and save somebody's life go home to your parents and say I went on Masada I save somebody's life pretty sure there's nothing that compares oh yeah tell me about Tish above hundreds of people around the world watch it was going on at the Kotel the end of tisha bubbles that well I assume you were there exactly I was there it was I'm not gonna correct you I don't mean to but at least thousands are inside my website crashed people have to watch on the Facebook feed this thing I apologize for that but it's become there were over thousand well over a thousand people on site there well it must been 1502 unbelievable because I just gathered around and if people watching around the world I can't tell you when people are watching even without without kids on a summer program they say someone came over to me from Canada I think they see it every single summer they had to be here themselves just to see it definitely with inches wide but they see our our beautiful transit system and they wanted to spend it with us did you see the UH sea-green video Jesse green sent out a video that he received from the coke bill of the NCS wires singing his another man ovens and you could tell how emotional he was watching it just from the way he set it out to everybody really cool really really word has spread about that that comes it's it's uh a wonderful way to go I'm talking to my wife last year about you know maybe I'm not spending as much time in air to showing that with our son you know safe and it's a little a little more challenging I said I kidnapped Oh imagine ever spending tissue but back in the United States I mean that that last hour and a half at the Kotel is unreal you know you think about it the entire summer I mean someone came over the loud speaker right after we finished you think it's my think was some kid lost in the parking lot it was one of the other but yeah disappointed but it wouldn't surprise me if that was the announcement that uh he sat there there were literally people just hand-in-hand standing or from all over the world all walks of life I felt like I was in like a car bomb you know macoco on a Friday night with everyone just sitting there singing together in total unity was alright David Cutler it could be a teaser it could be real information you have already made a commitment that tonight there'll be an announcement of at least two new programs what can you tell this audience so I'll tell you that we have two new programs that were introduced in next summer we are gonna expand our horizons literally and physically we're gonna go to Thailand next summer we're gonna have an institution-wide summer program that goes to Thailand in Israel for high school kids and I'll and and Israel next year with an organization called justify we're gonna expansively an organization that has service missions and exotic beautiful more that iconic farmer has created the experience a beautiful land of Thailand but while doing profess said and giving back the underprivileged people there and then you come back and Eric to throw in a cure just rolling and you finish that you're somewhere on a very meaningful way so we're expanding that's one program which is really doesn't have an official name yet right now it's NCS white I like that very creative you had your whole team on now the other program is actually we have two programs right now called give and give West right so we're starting a Gibby starting and this one though the difference for this one is that it's post seventh and eighth graders and they're they're basically going to be the depression on the East Coast but we're expanding and expanding to before high school future or currently girls who are only great 7 and 8 so we want to start really targeting kids already before they get the hive ship has its own brand it really has its own brand inviting enthusiastic yeah that really it's so giving back very similar to the 2jj umbrella where it ended by itself but really is even the gift program here in Israel span into two separate buses here with two separate dates and then that that expanded to give West which is on the west coast and now we're expanding it to a younger market on the East Coast what do you hear about the Gib staff here in Israel good thing some of them a little bit better than others but wishy-washy yeah David Potter had come from great heritage summer programs you know how to get in touch to search that's why summer it is remarkable and incredible what they're doing as I said a big Mazel Tov to you David Cutler this is like a big family simply you know that at the heart of all this is is Jewish unity attitude toward Israel which is so important both for yeshiva kids and public school kids and everybody on their own level studying Torah in whatever way all through the summer it seems to all culminate in this tonight you'll notice this is some that I actually I have an idea a good idea very rarely tonight my idea was the first song tonight was homage to all right I miss all kinds of song that unifies both our public school clientele and our UC Berkeley and sell and it's just got everyone into the mood tonight and it defines who we are it doesn't matter where you're from tonight we're one family singing together dancing together under one roof and it just really it got it got the night off started out really incredibly well and that's a really better than anybody these are accents and our public school kids in yeshiva cake and just the public school kids and so sort of connecting to Israel connecting to Europe wherever you are the sparkle amidst a beautiful world in Baltimore drama program in Pennsylvania wherever you are with the right people and you're learning Torah you're doing it the right way tomorrow night we'll have a chance to speak more about this while summer programs we will of course acknowledge tjj on this very special summer for them will be meaning for the Friday morning jam them at NCIS why kollel which you know some would call in a way the epicenter of all the NCS wide summer programs after all the most our intensive one I guess deserves that distinction and we'll have an opportunity to speak more and more about the present and the future of NCI so it's such a wonderful thing that you come with us every single so we are I'm loving you mark your calendars Wednesday July 17th is next year's yeoman csy willing I won't take the location we're gonna look at it next week hopefully it'll be available for us but it's an exciting location a little closer to Rachel I'm and but Wednesday July 17th God willing unless I get fired before then or whatever I see you're keeping a very positive attitude oh yeah party live it up right now that's why you're hesitant with all this praises he dies yeah we don't think praise we just take accomplishment listen we have a blast when you're on here it's just so extra special so thank you so much for being part of this and for inviting us to be martyred a thank you and joy I wish you guys can stay longer but we'll take good care of you while you're here thank you very much and we'll see you tomorrow our Friday che VA and David Cutler hosts us at Beit Meir where we get an opportunity to enjoy all the NCI summer programs by speaking about them we're at NC sy Co well Miriam Wallach why don't we start by thanking the person who is the real point person for us for the last few months in terms of yo Mencius why it's not sadita is he here yeah mom is here yeah yeah did you not hear the screaming before no and everyone was startled I'm like it's okay it's only 59 well now all we'd like to thank Amy Moskoff she's the best she is Amy Amy Amy Amy Amy so we thank Amy for helping us produce this event and for really being part of this entire effort I mean this is month people don't realize it but yeah yeah the show needs to simmer a little bit before it actually gets on the air and they do things way in advance they work with us and it becomes a really good product before it even starts thank God and it's also it's a pleasure to work with them they have a great team this is a week of partners and sponsors for more like family it's a real Bravo so yeah we thank Amy we of course thanks David we thank Alan we think Mike I mean there's a there's a tremendous amount of hook our total to everyone at NCS why we thank you only Pollux who has done a yeoman's job shooing all those on video I like having fun I know he's been chewing away the bugs and the was that shooing or chewing and the bigger bugs and yeah and you've done a phenomenal job this is what this was was an exhausting program but an inspiring person we get him on the air for a minute well I think I think you know it's the stuff hit you and he needs to talk about after nine o'clock love it's Athena the brilliant producer has such as shown up at Latrun where he's probably produced an event or two I bet he's a guy he's been around yeah he's always screaming zk in the background think CK is either watching or listening yes and of course let's remember those of you who are going to be true and we keep hearing about more and more people are gonna be joining us someday up it has crows oh my god those who want to get a shout out for our hash show this coming Sunday very simple email now from an alchemist go calm Nasim n ACH um at not some seagull n ACH um SSG al calm and make sure to to 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continues again I mentioned earlier that we are staying at the inn valve hotel and thank them profusely for the accommodations and hospitality that's in Jerusalem also I mentioned earlier that we had record-breaking attention record-breaking attention for our nefesh benefit show absolutely record-breaking attention it is an unbelievable feeling to be recognized and to be this attractive a radio product for those who want to connect with Israel's and nefesh benefice that's what it's all of that we got an opportunity to do it are we wrapping up with a song before we go to our closing what do you wanna do well my goal was to wrap up the interviews before the cats has took the stage you know who's introducing the cats I assume it's you I think so yes yes three minutes is all you need oh he needs three more minute that's it watch it's three minutes to nine there have been some remarkable shows here the Yeomen sea is why over the years this is real unique this is incredible two brothers together one from the United States one from Israel we're going to be performing here tonight and already we saw this place Rock imagine what's gonna happen when they hit the stage it's gonna be pretty wild we were here for the soundcheck yeah for that yeah I'm excited for every one of the attendance tonight they're really in for a special show so everybody out there you'll have an opportunity to see the videos and to experience yo Matthias why the music that that they are going to be presenting and Pat's brothers here very very shortly I think sob rummy a big thank you to our rummy you know where our Brummie is now right he's a band in the United States he's literally abandoned the u.s. na he's done the right thing he and his family are now in drama Beit Shemesh kudos to him big thank you to Z K of course always helps us and of course eagle our chief of staff or by you golf Segal who has again figured out a way to help us logistically while we're here in our second very very much for that and for all of his help in general and a big shout out to our families back in the United States so I hope you're enjoying our programming from Israel and our families who are here we both have kids that's right imagine that we I didn't even see my daughter yet she came I hope that you come back and I son is here it's really it's a privilege to have family here tonight and I don't even realize that my chair is breaking beneath me here mine cracked did it crack what does that say about the quality of chairs in Israel I think this chair is fat shaming me imagine what it's doing to me all guys it's frankly giving me a reputation make good the resources I chose are here from New Jersey visiting with their son and NCS why Cola want to acknowledge the vice chair listen today [Applause] [Music] now fun you can't compete with yourself you know it's funny now that we're here on the spot I would do that a hundred different ways okay you're gonna have a meeting that later tonight I'm sorry I'm thrilled you are going to meet with me just so I can go through all the differences that I would have had and that announced through that that I've heard it live it I'd see this wife a to V Sorrell and asked me if I have our brothers and sisters in Israel we are with you it's your favorite America's wanted only Jewish moments in the morning radio program heard I'm listening to sponsored digital radio around the world of web announcement feel like I'm on top some people know working of course I think beloved NS an app I thank all of you for tuning in a being part of this amazing and incredible celebration the first notes of 800 former cats are being played we are saying so long from Latrun and yo mencius why thank you yoni thank you Mary Mel Wallach and that we get to wrap up what has been an insanely incredible day for us here in our heads thank you all for tuning in and being part of it don't forget you be in touch with us on social media Facebook comm / Gotham single network on Instagram of course and on Twitter and that is that have a fabulous Thursday tuning later at 11:00 a.m. eastern time for our show from Barton and of course tomorrow with our NC sy summer programs live right almost live from Dayton a year for an earth Shabbos show from Beit may year in Israel till tomorrow remind the you remember to past live the present and trust the future [Music]