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Menachem Kaiser on a Jerusalem pedophile conspiracy

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November 29, 2012
A Playground in Nahaloat(Michael Chelin)
A Playground in Nahaloat(Michael Chelin)

Today on Tablet, we’ve got some crackerjack reporting from Menachem Kaiser on a story about a pedophile ring in Jerusalem that has parents in a panic, but may not be real.

To date, more than 70 children, nearly all from Haredi families in the tight-knit community of Nahlaot, have been interviewed by Social Services and have claimed to suffer severe sexual, psychological, physical, and ritual abuse at the hands of nearly 60 individuals. At least another 50 children have claimed abuse, though they were not interviewed by Social Services. The children have identified the perpetrators either by name or by telling characteristics: the one with the ponytail, the one who exercises, the filmer, the one with a walker, the one who wears a knitted kippah, and so on. Those accused include American immigrants, middle-aged men, elderly women (nearly half of those accused are female), geriatric couples, teenagers, mother-son teams, mentally handicapped individuals, at least one Arab, suspected Christian missionaries, and, more recently, a few prominent members of the community, including a rabbi. Some of those who have been identified by one or more children are unaware, or appear to be unaware, that they have been accused.

This is a must-read story. Check it out here.

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