The summer months bring long, relaxing weeknights and weekends that offer a welcome opportunity to catch up on our reading. With that in mind, National Council of Young Israel Viewpoint is proud to share with you a selection of reviews and excerpts of eleven books that we have chosen, in the hope that they will inform, inspire, and entertain. Our selection includes a wide variety of books on topics ranging across the spectrum of contemporary interests. In these pages you’ll find: the amazing story of a young woman’s triumph over serious illness; parenting advice from experts in psychology and chinuch; diet advice based on Maimonides’ philosophy on attaining good health; thoughtful essays about the state of Israel in the 21st century; and inspiring shiurim based on the teachings of Rav Kook delivered in memory of hero-soldier Roi Klein; and so much more. We hope you will “dip into” this “pool” of great reading, and we wish all of our readers a healthy, relaxing and “literary” summer.

Esther Altmann, Editor

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Shalosh Regalim Campaign to Provide Former Gush Katif families with Food for Yom Tov

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Recognizing the dire situation that many of the families from Gush Katif sadly find themselves in, NCYI got involved and embarked on a campaign to offer much-needed assistance to the families. The effort began when NCYI organized an emergency food distribution campaign before Sukkot 2007. Two days before Yom Tov, NCYI in conjuntion with Council of Young Israel Rabbis in Israel and Yad Ezra in Israel provided over $50,000 worth of food to families who have been evacuated from Gush Katif. The Shavuot Campaign is now underway. Click here to donate!

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Rabbi Chaim Wasserman, Vice President, Council of Young Israel Rabbis in Israel and Editor of The Rabbi's Letter, a publication by the National Council of Young Israel gave a siyum in memory of Ehud ben Shlomo Goldwasser HY"D and Eldad Ben Tzvi Regev HY"D.

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Welcome, Young Israel of Orange County, CA

National Council of Young Israel welcomes the  newest Young Israel affiliate, Young Israel of Orange County, CA.

Young Israel of Orange County was created in February 2008 by approximately fifty families who sought to pursue their dream for establishing a Torah-observant spiritual community, in the heart of Orange County in Irvine, California, built along the guiding principles of the National Council of Young Israel.

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