Jewish Outreach: What Your Rabbi Isn't Telling You

Jewish Outreach, or "kiruv" in Hebrew, often targets college students and young professionals in an effort to make them orthodox. This blog exists to educate students and their parents about kiruv, outreach professionals, their supporters, their practices, and their motives.

Friday, May 4, 2018

Guest Post: A Concerned Jewish Mother Speaks Out About Kiruv

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Guest Post Thanks to TB for submitting her account of her child's experiences with aggressive ultra-orthodox Jewish outreach. Is t...
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Thursday, August 11, 2016

Children of BTs and Converts: How They're Really Treated

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  I posted the link to this article on this blog's Facebook page yesterday but it was too important not to include a brief post ab...
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Thursday, July 14, 2016

How They Take Custody of Your Kids 101: Recipe for Alienation

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Guest Post by Anonymous Note from Rebecca M. Ross: Divorce is never easy. In the non-orthodox world, divorce can be traumatic for both chil...
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Sunday, June 26, 2016

Aish Issues Apology for Controversial Meme, FB Users Still Angered

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  O n Friday, June 24, 2016, right before Shabbat in Israel, ultra-orthodox kiruv group Aish HaTorah's Facebook pa...
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Friday, June 24, 2016

Outrage Ensues After Aish HaTorah Posts Controversial Facebook Meme

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 O n Friday, June 24, 2016, the ultra-orthodox Aish HaTorah kiruv group's Facebook page posted a meme stating that "Silence e...
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Saturday, March 19, 2016

Cutting Ties to Family and Friends in the Name of Kiruv

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  W hile some rabbis claim that they would never influence ba'alei teshuva/newly religious to sever familial ties, Sephardi Chief Rabbi ...
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Sunday, March 13, 2016

Mark's Story

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I 'd like to introduce Mark*, a long-time reader who contacted me a while back to tell me of his experiences with deceptive Jewish...
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Rebecca M. Ross is an English teacher with a BFA in creative writing and an MA in English from Brooklyn College. Her work has been published on Jewish Ficton.net, Unpious, New Vilna Review, Scribblers on the Roof, and other print and online publications. She currently lives, plays, and works in New York’s Hudson Valley.
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