Anti-Cult Course Aimed at Jewish Teen-Agers
Associated Press
NEW YORK —
The Union of American Hebrew Congregations, representing the Reform wing of Judaism, has issued a 17-unit course designed to help Jewish teen-agers say “no” to pressures of religious cults.
Among other things, the material suggests means of evaluating “pie-in-the-sky promises,” analyzing recruitment tactics and avoiding “entrapment.”
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