An interesting article on crosscurrents.com provoked some thought. Currently, the major kiruv movements are Aish, Chabad and Ohr Sameach. Doing a great job? Undoubtedly. Possibly not doing the best job possible? Also true.
The author Rav Belovsky wrote (not quoted accurately, forgive me) that you cannot take an eclectic bunch of secular Jews and make them religious clones. It's just not right. It also doesn't work so well.
There exists a need to fill a gap in the kiruv world - this gap consists of an organisation that will help make kids any kind of frum. White kippah, black kippah, Zionist, whatever. Or at least show them that within Orthodox Judaism there exists a range of ways to be frum. You were a hippy before? We can find you hippy Judaism, no problem. You were a rebel? Be a frum one.
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