Over the past 40 years, thousands of young people
in New York City whose parents were Orthodox Jews
have gone “Off-The_Derech”.
NONE of those young people were ever in the Israeli Army,
yet somehow, they managed to go “Off-The_Derech”.
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“Kids in yeshivah used to call him NIGGER because he was Sephardic.”
SOURCE: Off the Derech: Why Observant Jews Leave Judaism
(chapter 4, page 56) by Faranak Margolese,
Devora Publishing Company, year 2005 CE.
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“The classrooms are overcrowded,
and if a kid doesn’t fit the cookie-cutter mold,
he’s tossed aside like yesterday’s garbage.”
SOURCE: Matzav Inbox: A Nation in Deep Crisis, 2025 September 4
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“Our youth are walking away.
Why shouldn’t they? What do they see?
Hypocrisy. Double standards.
Parents who preach values they don’t practice.
Schools that break children’s spirits instead of raising them up.
Why are we shocked when boys and girls run from it all?
The only surprise is that more haven’t yet.”
SOURCE: Matzav Inbox: A Nation in Deep Crisis, 2025 September 4