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Did Mass Panic Lead to False Accusations in Nachalaot Pedophile Ring?

November 29, 2012 by 15 Comments
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I've translated several articles about the large number of children who testified that they had been sexually molested by neighborhood residents in the close-knit Jerusalem neighborhood of Nachalaot. Today, Tablet Magazine published an article by Menachem Kaiser called Panic in Jerusalem. Kaiser did not find much evidence of molestation, and notes that the case is similar to others in which large numbers of children made accusations that turned out to be false: This history is relevant because, to borrow Lanning’s (an FBI expert's) term, a multi-dimensional sex ring has never once been substantiated. Never, despite the enormity of the crimes in question, and despite the numbers of … [Read more...]

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Were the Nachalaot Parents Negligent?

January 18, 2012 by

Chana Jenny Weisberg of JewishMom.Com wrote this guest post in response to comments on this site and elsewhere criticizing the parents affected by the Nachalaot pedophilia tragedy as negligent.  When parents hear that someone else's child has been hurt, often their first response is to blame that injured child's parents. In fact, that is probably the most natural response when tragedy strikes, since finding someone to blame is the most effective way for us to ease our own fears. Blaming other parents allows us to tell ourselves: "This could never happen to MY child, because I'm a good parent, not like those NEGLIGENT parents whose child was hurt." While this is a very natural … [Read more...]

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Nachalaot Pedophilia: Yisrael Hayom Report

January 17, 2012 by

Update: An article in Tablet Magazine concludes that there is little evidence of a pedophile ring: Panic in Jerusalem Yisrael Hayom published this article about the children of Nachlaot. The residents of Nachlaot are anxious for it to be translated into English and published, and I have done so below. See the previous article from Jerusalem Net: Nachlaot Pedophile Crisis: At Least 100 Victims When I published the first article last week, a few readers felt that the parents should be taking better care of their children. While there may have been neglect—the article mentions parents who left smaller children alone—there is simply no way for parents to prevent sexual abuse … [Read more...]

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Nachlaot Pedophile Crisis: At Least 100 Victims (Updated November, 2012)

January 4, 2012 by 30 Comments

Update November 29, 2012: This article in Tablet Magazine examines the evidence and concludes that there is little evidence for pedophile activity, much less a ring. Panic in Jerusalem Update: Yisrael Hayom report Dear readers, I was planning to write a light post today, about unusual Israeli baby names, but unfortunately that post will wait. If you are looking for inspiring, humorous posts I ask for your patience--they will come. Instead I have translated an article that is difficult to read. The following article by Yossi Haziz appeared yesterday in Hebrew in JerusalemNet, a division of Ynet. It summarizes the discussion of the case in a special session of a Knesset … [Read more...]

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