[1][2] Its operations include Jewish-inspired after-school programs; summer programs in Israel, Europe, and the United States;[3] weekend programming, shabbatons, retreats, and regionals; Israel advocacy training; and disaster relief missions known as chesed (kindness) trips.

[7] In 1959, NCSY hired Rabbi Pinchas Stolper as the first National Director in the United States.

[9] In this period, at least one NCSY chapter took public action on this point, passing a resolution rejecting marijuana and other drugs as a violation of Jewish law.

[9] At the 1971 NCSY international convention, delegates passed resolutions in this vein, calling for members to "forge a social revolution with Torah principles.

"[9] According to the Orthodox sociologist Chaim Waxman, there has been an increase in Haredi influence on NCSY since 2012.