>Is it really better to send these boys for the weeks that they have in the summer to SEED programs, where most have no experience in Kiruv, nor have any desire to be in the field of Kiruv, to run to some exotic area of the country (or some other country) for the sake of running around freely in the name of Kiruv?
As a member of a small out-of-town Jewish community that greatly benefits from over a dozen SEED counselors I am deeply disturbed and offended by the letter writer’s negative SEED comments. Without those counselors local boys and girls would have zero point of reference of bnai and bas Torah young adult role-models. I would hope that any counselor attending a SEED camp would be doing so on his/her volition.