Jesus Camp Creators To Release Documentary About Leaving The Hasidic Community

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From the article:

In “Jesus Camp,” the premiere documentary by Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady, we watched as three children dedicated their young lives to Jesus Christ and the teachings of their church......
The duo behind this documentary recently announced their second one: a documentary that will tell the story of three Hasidic young adults who choose to leave behind religious life for the secular world — and must grapple with the consequences of their decision.

To read more:

http://forward.com/schmooze/378810/jesus-camp-creators-to-release-documentary-about-leaving-the-hasidic-commun/

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1. I helped two mid-20s

Jehovahs witnesses leave their kingdom hall behind.
It took about a year before they were ready. That was about 10 years ago and they are thriving socially now.
One went back to school to study law and the other owns a successful contracting business.
They were shunned by everyone they knew, the only people they really knew all their lives because of it. I think the mother of one of them finally came around and talks to her son again, much to the dismay of her husband, who is an elder.
I planted the seed when they showed up at my house one hot day while they were out pioneering. I didn't start it but I could tell they weren't happy. They stuck together and I helped them online and hooked them up with ex-JW forums and stuff. Taught them how to hide their online interactions from spies that would check on their online presence. One had a laptop with nanny software that I helped to disable. The things they told me were terrible, but the thing they were most scared of was being shunned for apostasy. It happened, but they were prepared because I pointed them in the right direction and got them in contact with hundreds of others who went through it. They deserve all the credit, I was more of a middle man. The devil. They are warned about people like me from a very early age. They absolutely do not trust people like me.
I did it pretty good. I used words and asked questions that a JW could relate to at first. They thought I was lying when I said I had never been a JW. I told them I knew some exJWs and they told me all about the organisation and it started from there.