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All alone in the world: The crisis of leaving Haredi life
Ahiya Raved
Published: 22.12.16, 23:48
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1. The government should fund and promote Hillel
Dan   (12.23.16)
The Haredim are terrorists, capturing helpless infants, brainwashing them into their bizarre anti-modern, anti-rational, anti-democratic belief systems, converting them into footsoldiers in their relentless campaign to seize the state and force its population to do as its ridiculous imams dictate, and preventing them from experiencing the real world until it is, generally, too late or too frighteneningnfor them to change. These children, who make up 99% of Haredim, must be rescued. No genuinely democratic or genuinely Jewish state, and no state that is proud of Entebbe, would fail do do so. And once the rescue is accomplished, many of Israel's problems will disappear. Of course, so will Netanyahu and Bennett, which is why they have no interest in rescuing their fellow Israelis from their hottible trap.
2. The crisis of leaving Haredi life
Lazerbenabba ,   London, England   (12.23.16)
His adoptive family derive the "Nachus" great pleasure that devolves to the parents of a child and his blood family are bereft of the joy and association that comes with the attainments of that child.
Their religious bigotry is no substitute for the loss of the love and comfort to be given and received from their son.
3. It happens the other way too!
Gimmie a Break ,   Jlem   (12.23.16)
What about us who found meaning in a charedi lifestyle and have now been cut off from our militantly-secular families? We also suffer - the door swings both ways
4. god line
norah ,   JERUSALEM   (12.23.16)
be very kind with the parent whatever they are >>may the opposit is difficult specialy in judism but kindness will make it easy to accept a son with different beliefe
5. Too bad there is no organization to help Christians with the
Rivkah   (12.23.16)
loss of family and friends when they convert to belief in One Elohim and the seventh day Sabbath and Jewish Holy Days and walk away from the paganized Christianity holidays of Jupiter's December 25 birthday and the Spring festival of rabbits and eggs that symbolized fertility. Come Out of Her My People by C.J. Koster is so important for paganized Christians to read and see how the early church was changed by Emperor Constantine and the apostate Council of Laodicea.
6. There many open arms in life, and loneliness, normally.
Michael ,   California, USA   (12.23.16)
A "lone soldier" comes to Israel and gets absorbed after some time, or, an Israeli moves overseas and starts a new life. A high school student goes away to a University somewhere and finds friends from among other newcomers. You start a new job and find new friends after a while. When you get married or get a divorce your friends change. And so on, it is normal, part of daily life everywhere.

No need to rely on the government to fix what comes naturally. People need each other and find each other quite easily. The first step is to stop crying and hiding from the world. There are plenty of open arms everywhere extended to you.
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