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Rabbi Ari Goldberg left the Jerusalem Kollel in 2006 to become Assistant Rabbi in Pittsburgh and to run NCSY there. His achievements are very inspiring: "When I started we had 35 kids involved with NCSY and only a handful of those were public school kids. Now our list has grown to well over 65 with more than a third of those coming from public school. We have events at least twice a month and they all draw at least 30 kids. For example, we had a Latte & Learning program at Starbucks and we sponsor their coffee as an incentive! We did an explanatory Mussaf service for Rosh Hashanah followed by a lunch - more than 30 kids were there, most of whom would not have come without the added attraction.
Things are just warming up here in Pittsburgh. The best is yet to come!"
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We just got back from a major regional Shabbaton in Detroit where 38 kids came from Pittsburgh. This was a very uplifting weekend for one kid in particular. He comes from a non-observant background and knows little to nothing about Judaism. Now he puts on Tefillin every day and wants to get a pair of his own. He also learns with someone over the phone at least once a week!
