Benjamin Risha
I am Benjamin Risha, a graduate student in Intelligence Studies and recipient of a bachelor’s degree in History. I was born a child of Arab and Jewish ancestry in the Tony and Susan Alamo religious cult. My purpose in the cult was to bring peace to Arabs and Jews, but fate had different plans for […]
Cult Survivor Benjamin Risha Tells Readers His Story In THE SON OF SEVEN MOTHERS
As the adopted son of two cult leaders, Benjamin Risha was raised to someday assume a place of leadership in the Tony and Susan Alamo Christian Foundation with the Bible, and his parents’ interpretation of it, as his guide. He believed the prophecies of his adoptive mother and father, which included them being the two […]
‘Cult Survivor’ Benjamin Risha: How Therapy and Education Allowed Him To Tell His Story
“Unfortunately, the USA has a culture of demonizing therapy …” My ego has been a compelling actor pushing me forward to tell my story. However, the more I wrote and talked about this story the more I realized that there is a much bigger story than about a Lebanese Jewish, peace child who was born […]