WEST COAST NCSY YEAR IS OFF TO A GREAT START!

West Coast NCSY 2007-08 has begun with a great start! We began with a trifecta weekend of Freshman/LTS Shabbaton and regional kick-off event with our largest attendance ever! The chapters have begun rolling out great events, weekly programs and are planing some great Shabbatons! We have also introduced a new membership card that has had a great response. Our website has new sections. We have a new chapter in Las Vegas, a new City Director and many new Jewish teens joining NCSY. This has started off as a great year and we expect it to only get better!

City NCSY FNL

We kicked off our YICC FNL with a blast joining together in an upbeat carlebach
style kabbalat shabbat! The excitement continued as close to 40 teens from all over
the Los Angeles area and even some from la Jolla sat down for a traditional Friday
night Mexican dinner. After some lively singing challah and beef fajitas we enjoyed
informal discussion about the existence of G-d. Finally it was time for desert at
rabbi Fe's house where we hung out till midnight! It was awesome and we can't wait
for the next one!  

West Coast NCSY Pre-Peasach Carnival a Success!

Today West Coast NCSY had its first pre-Pesach carnival to give families a break from Pesach cleaning and enjoy a great Sunday afternoon together. We had a petting zoo, pony rides, music, moon bounces, slides, face painting, a live concert with Rabbi Dubin, pizza, popcorn, cotton candy and more. It was great to see so many families from the community bring their children and have such a great time! It was also great to see all the NCSYers who came to help with the carnival and make sure everything went smoothly. We were so happy to provide such a great community event and happy to see it be successful.

NCSY Friday Night Lights in Northern California!

West Coast NCSY has implemented successfully the Friday Night Lights (FNL) program which brings the excitement of Shabbat to local Jewish teens! Our most recent FNL was a double header in Northern California with one in San Francisco and Oakland. The teens had an inspiring Davening with explanation and a Shabbos meal with singing, D'Vrei Torah, stories, and great food! Then the teens got to hang out with their friends, play games, enjoyed junk food and have a "Oneg Shabbos." It was a wonderful experience for all and the true brilliance of Shabbos was shared by all.

West Coast NCSY Super Bowl Parties: Huge Success

West Coast NCSY Super Bowl Parties Were A Huge Success! The City and Valley NCSY had two wonderful Super Bowl parties this past Sunday. City NCSY had over 50 Jewish teens watching the Colts beat the Bears on one big screen and one plasma. They also enjoyed pool, ping pong, friends, and good food, which included a Jeff’s hot wing competition.

The Valley had close to 80 kids with some serious fans of football and basketball. Basketball? While the game was on the big screen there was also a hard core full court basketball game going on in the backyard. Everyone enjoyed junk food and pizza, and all their buddies from around the valley.

It was great to have all these Jewish teens together enjoying being with other Jewish teens, eating kosher food and hanging out with West Coast NCSY advisors. It was a good game and an even better event!

City NCSY Upcoming Events!

Last week city NCSY had an amazing movie night at Avi Elhiani’s house complete with pizza a big screen make your own slurpees and prize giveaways.

If you missed all the fun at E=MC2 at Ouriel’s house this past week, don't worry cause it’s going to be great this week. E=MC2 is back with a vengeance!

Don't miss our annual Super Bowl party at David Korda’s house, 2107 Duxbury Circle. Whether you've been following the season or you've never seen a football game ever the Super Bowl is always amazing. The commercials are almost as entertaining as the games! Football, food, friends and a flat screen, what more could you want? Party starts at 1:00PM!

Mark your calendar for the NCSY snow day! Busses leave the office at 10:00am on February 11th headed for a monster hill and an afternoon of snow tubing and a snowman building competition. Don't miss this awesome event! For more info call Ouriel at 310-819-0165 or check out our website at www.westcoastncsy.com!

Super Bowl XLI in the Valley and City!

Valley and City NCSY will be having their annual Super Bowl Party Febuary 2nd. Enjoy 100 yards of great excitement on big screen TV's, with awesome food, a wonderful Mincha, and those sweet commercials!

Valley NCSY Super Bowl Party:

Sunday Feb 2nd @ 2:30 pm @ the home of Jason Pietruszka, 5086 Avienda Hacienda, Tarzana. See you all there!

City NCSY Super Bowl Party: 2:30 pm @ the home of David Korda, 2107 Duxbury Circle, Beverlywood. TOUCHDOWN!