Lenore Skenazy

Jewish Parents Once Panicked About Teens Joining Cults — But No Longer

In 1981, the New York Times wrote about a source of parental anguish that had been growing for about a decade. “From across the United States… American Jews face a special problem: a disproportionate number of their young are defecting to a proliferation of cults.” The Moonies, Hare Krishnas, gurus, yogis — all of these…