The Hasidic sect known as Chabad is famous for doing “outreach,” trying to introduce Jewish practice to unaffiliated Jews. But, as the short documentary Aliya shows, the goal of the Aliya House in the Chabad neighborhood of Crown Heights is to do “inreach” to troubled and at-risk youth–within the Hasidic community. Some of the young men who frequent Aliya are struggling with their faith, or […]
