MSS – I am not a ‘kiruv professional’ nor do I have that much experience with OTDers, but I did tutor for a few years in a small yeshiva that catered to boys who didn’t fit the system and many of them could have been potentially at risk. From what I saw, those from a more Chasidish background who don’t fit the system are at a greater risk of becoming disillusioned than those from other backgrounds, followed by kids from very heavily insular non-Chasidic backgrounds (certain parts of Gateshead, the non-Chasidic Stamford Hill-ers etc.). The Sephardi kids seemed the least likely. Most of the boys from across the spectrum that were in the yeshiva when I tutored there are now either in mainstream yeshivas or are back on an even keel and, although they are no longer in yeshiva, they are solid bnei torah.
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