Reply To: who started kiruv?

Reb Noach Weinberg a”h has to be mentioned in such a conversation. Even though of course there was always individuals involved primarily in being mikarev the estranged he was instrumental in streamlining a process and making it a possible vocation. Much of the philosophies and hashkafas and “proofs” that is now part of the conversation (logic that people take for granted) was formulated and fine tuned by him. Of course Chabad and Ohr Somayach and Diaspora yeshiva and so many others deserve credit for mainstreaming the lexicon.