Reply To: Kid Off The Derech

I just would like to thank everyone for posting and for caring. It is fascinating to me to see how people want to respond, they care about another human being, they really want to reach out. It is quite uplifting, mi keamcha yisroel.

As far as reasons why kids and adults go off the derech, there is an excellent book, Off the Derech: Why Observant Jews Leave Judaism; How to Respond to the Challenge: Faranak Margolese. There are many reasons why someone would choose not to be frum anymore, it can be very complex.

May the geulah come bekarove, and moshiach should come and gather up all of klal yisroel and bring back those precious kinderlach that have been turned off to yiddishkiet. amen!