JUMP (Jewish Unity Mentoring Program) is the NCSY National Leadership Program that trains and empowers high school students from all over the United States to become leaders.

Participants are given the tools and training to make positive changes in their schools and communities, while broadening their understanding of local and global issues facing the Jewish people today.

What do students say about NCSY Jump

My extracurricular agenda in high school has always been do whatever looks good on a high school transcript, namely science institute or mathletes. I helped out the JUMP team last year and decided that I would devote some of my time to JUMP this year.
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Tamar Yastrab Midreshet Shalhevet, NY

JUMP constantly challenged us to answer many of the tough questions of today and demonstrate our capacities as leaders. Along with leadership skills,  we learned to work as a team in order to solve difficult problems.  In addition, JUMP allowed us to bond and cooperate, not only amongst ourselves, but with other young leaders from all […]
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Abraham Milhem Hillel Scheck, Florida

The JUMP experience put us in a situation of responsibility and because of this we learned how to successfully plan something and then follow through with it. JUMP taught us how to work as a team even when we all have very different ideas. It emphasized the importance of core values of Judaism such as […]
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Seattle JUMP Team Seattle, Washington