NFTY: The North American Federation for Temple Youth (formerly known as the National Federation for Temple Youth) is the organized youth movement of Reform Judaism in North America (also known as The Reform Jewish Youth Movement). Funded and supported by the Union for Reform Judaism (URJ), NFTY supplements Reform youth groups at the synagogue level. In 2014, about 750 local youth groups were affiliated, representing over 8,500 members.

In February 2005, the biennial NFTY Convention in Los Angeles formalized NFTY’s role as the North American branch of Netzer Olami, the global Progressive Zionist youth movement.

Founded on January 15, 1939, by the Union of American Hebrew Congregations (now called the Union for Reform Judaism), the then-titled National Federation of Temple Youth was a program to encourage college students to engage in synagogue life. NFTY was originally focused in just three regions - New York City, Chicago, and Pennsylvania, but it soon expanded to all areas of the UAHC. The first national officers were: Richard Bluestein (president), Bernard Sang (first vice president), Lewis Held (second vice president), Daniel Miller (third vice president), and Lenore Cohn (secretary.) The executive committee of NFTY met in June 1939 in New York and discussed college activities, publications and social justice while also confirming cooperation with the UAHC as an affiliate and to cooperate with the National Conference for Community and Justice in interfaith work.

Rabbi Sam Cook organized one of the first regional Labor Day Conclaves of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations (UAHC) Pennsylvania State Federation, held at Pinemere Camp in 1939. The February 1940 convention in Chicago featured former President Herbert Hoover as keynote speaker. National conventions continued every two years until 1948 and the organization began to focus on High School aged students.

In the 1950s, NFTY began to focus on social action and mitzvah themes. Local, regional, and national social action efforts were commonplace on issues ranging from the releases of Russian Jews to the fight against poverty to hunger. Mitzvah Corps groups were established in many regions.

In 1952, NFTY began Jewish summer camping in the newly purchased facility in Oconomowoc, Wisconsin later called the Olin-Sang-Ruby Union Institute Camp (or OSRUI). In 1964, the Kutz Camp in Warwick, New York became NFTY's North American leadership camp and the site of North American board meetings. The successful Jewish camping movement expanded under the UAHC/URJ and NFTY to Jewish camps around the United States.

In 1961, NFTY began Israel programming with the URJ Heller High School (formerly Eisendrath International Exchange) semester in Israel. NFTY summer trips to Israel, often attended between sophomore and junior years of high school have been attended by thousands of Reform Jewish teenagers. Trips to Europe, mitzvah trips to locations such as Puerto Rico and Mexico, and archaeological digs have also been sponsored by NFTY in recent decades.

From 1962-1965, NFTY focused on innovation in international programming. The NFTY Summer Antiquities Tour brought NFTYites to see the sights and meet the Jewish youth of Europe and Israel. The NFTY Bible Institute provided a thorough touring experience in Israel. Mitzvah Corps programs sprung up in Puerto Rico, Israel, and Mexico, as well as in New York and Chicago. Today, almost every NFTY Region has a Mitzvah Corps Program.