Big Aish’s Man in NCSY
Want to know why NCSY is so fond of sending teens from public school backgrounds to yeshivas and seminaries of fahfrumt repute?
Part of the answer may be understood by taking a glance at the resume of the director of alumni, Rabbi Felsenthal, which he posted on AJOP’s website. It’s all Aished up.
Rabbi Felsenthal was the National Director of American Students to Activate Pride (ASAP) for Aish HaTorah International; Director of Kiruv Training and Director of the Basics Program for Aish HaTorah Jerusalem. Rabbi Felsenthal also has Rabbinical Ordination from The Chief Rabbi of Jerusalem and (guess where!) Aish HaTorah.
Rabbi Felsenthal alone–and Rabbi Felsenthal is hardly alone in his attitude–more than adequately explains the unacceptably close partnership NCSY has with Aish HaTorah, as well as the preference NCSY continues to demonstrate for sending public school students to haredi institutions generally.
As long as Rabbi Felsenthal is in charge of NCSY alumni, there will be a preference for sending public school teens to haredi yeshivas and seminaries.
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Rabbi Felsenthal is a top-Jew and rules.
Yeah they call Rabbi Goldstein now a “GAON”, no less.
Don’t forget Matt Tropp, they recently hired him into Big Aish, he is a former NCSY’er, several years, various positions.
You know I was thinking about the Lanner thing, I find Mendy Ganchrow an interesting player in that, he quit NCSY, or I should say OU, right before the shite hit the fan to take a nice chushy, easy spot at American Mizrachi.
Wonder what he knew. Smart guy.
Stanley,
Rabbi Granchow was there when the shit hit the fan. He lashed out a bit at Jewish newspapers who reported the story.
Larry Silverstein,
You and yours are going to learn that your machers do not, in fact, “rule” our public schools. You are going to learn that the hard way. The only way you ever learn anything.
Maybe its just me, but im not getting something…
How it is wrong for NCSY and Aish to have a lot to do with each other. They are both groups with similar goals (despite your objection to those goals), and therefore should work together to accomplish those goals.
Its like the NRA and the Republican party working together…it just makes sense, its not inappropriate.
Just FYI - Mendy Ganchrow did go to Mizrachi -but got fired from there, not because he was a bad person but was just unable to do the job. They hired a replacement, Alan Mond but fired him too and yes they fired the office workers (some after 20+ years of service) Now Mizrachi has closed their office alltogether, and all this is under the leadership of Rabbi Yosef Blau and Marty Oliner. A recent dinner run (to the ground) by a Brooklyn consultant lost money. So much for that.
“Its like the NRA and the Republican party working together…it just makes sense”
Hahaha..I couldn’t agree more!
Fran, NCSY should not be trusting Big Aish first of all. They will steal whatever the can from NCSY.
Total world domination. They will change NCSY personality into the mold, the big Moguls brains will change the entire NCSY vision. They’ve got 10 moguls in Aish NYC looking to grow fatter.
This is for starters.
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