Hope Rehak, comic, teacher, writer, recalls being recruited by a classmate to attend religious fundamentalist summer camp when she was in third grade, and how it cost her a friendship

Raised by a Jewish mother and a Catholic father, Hope Rehak shares her powerful perspective on the impact religious fundamentalism can have on friendships and relationships. In this childhood memory, Hope recalls being recruited for a religious summer camp by a third grade classmate, who is worried Hope may wind up in hell if she doesn't convert.

Hope Rehak is a comic and writer whose work has appeared online, in print, and on stages in Chicago, New York, LA, Glasgow, Malmo, and Copenhagen. Her weekly blog, "Obsessions This Week" clues readers in on what's happening in the world, from Hope's LA perspective. She ...