PERSPECTIVES → OPEN MIC Issue 1096 · January 21, 2026

Beyond the Campus: The Quiet Revolution in Kiruv

Something is shifting in the kiruv world, and it’s not happening where you’d expect it

Beyond the Campus: The Quiet Revolution in Kiruv

When his campus rabbi asked if Torah Links could find him an internship opportunity, we connected Jacob with a six-week position at a fast-growing Lakewood e-commerce company.

By summer’s end, Jacob told us: “If this place makes me a legitimate offer, I’ll drop grad school and the DoD job.”

They did.

He did.

A year later, Jacob has multiple weekly chavrusas and a Toraso B’umnaso learning seder at his office. He is considering enrolling in a yeshivah for baalei teshuvah and has become more engaged with the details of leading a Torah-true lifestyle.

That’s workplace kiruv in action: not teaching, just practicing.

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