https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baal_teshuva_movement
Appearing as an identifiable movement in the 1960s, a growing number
of young Jews who had previously been raised in non-religious homes in
the United States started to develop a strong interest in becoming a
part of observant Judaism; many of these people, in contrast to
sociological expectations, became attracted to observant Judaism within
Orthodoxy.
Rabbi Yosef Blau the mashgiach ruchani of Yeshiva University has noted:
Rabbi Yosef Blau the mashgiach ruchani of Yeshiva University has noted:
A baal teshuva movement has emerged with a significant number of Jews from non-traditional homes returning to the observance of grandparents and great grandparents. In fact one of the challenges facing modern Orthodoxy is that many of these returnees are attracted to a European Orthodoxy.[6]
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