With 26 chapters in the United States and 10 in Israel, they convene each year for a spring concert in New York City.
The NUS has a bad track record of failing to protect Jewish students from antisemitism and hate crimes within its organization for over a decade.
Fostering the values of decency, kindness and empathy are integral values to Jewish identity. Many pluralistic and modern Orthodox schools list menschlichkeit at the top of their mission statements.