Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The practice of turning secularized Jews toward Orthodox Judaism.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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If however "kiruv" means helping students develop a deep personal connection to Torah and Judaism and a personal passion and commitment to Israel then can SIACH be categorized as a kiruv program.
Jewlicious 2009
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If "kiruv" means using the framework to try to convince students of my "truth" or of molding them in my image rather than helping them mold themselves in their own, then SIACH is not a kiruv program at all.
Jewlicious 2009
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David aka ck from Jewlicious revealed that he believes Jewlicious to be a kiruv effort.
Archive 2008-08-01 2008
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David aka ck from Jewlicious revealed that he believes Jewlicious to be a kiruv effort.
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Maybe Reform is taking a page out of the Chabad kiruv book, liquoring up teens to help the persuasion?
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And which goes to show you, those kiruv organizations — and those insistent concert promoters — have something; more people do look at fliers on the ground than fliers that are handed out:
Illumination in Shanghai (and Crown Heights) | Jewschool 2007
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“Even Ohr Somayach in Monsey yeah, I know, one of your many kiruv nemeses”
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As many of you know, I used to work at Camp Tawonga for years as their outreach director gasp! kiruv!
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Even Ohr Somayach in Monsey yeah, I know, one of your many kiruv nemeses when I was there, had a guy come in to talk about how kollel was bad and how “work was therapeutic”.
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Z asked “since when is anti-kiruv cool”? and the answer is: “when it is done to save people from becoming self-loathing, ignoramuses”.
Tainted Love Child: The Baal Teshuvah’s Status as a Ben Niddah in the Haredi World | Jewschool 2007
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