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Book review – The Yemenite Children Affair: Ethnic Tensions, Immigration, and Public Records in Israel 

JL;DR SUMMARY The Yemenite Children Affair controversy in Israel, which alleges the abduction and illegal adoption of Jewish Yemenite children by Ashkenazi families during the early years of Israel's statehood, is examined in Motti Inbari's book. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Israeli SocietyHolocaust SurvivorsImmigrationConspiracy TheoriesJewish AgencyYemenite Children AffairAshkenazi ParentsCultural BarriersInfant MortalityIsraeli Commissions

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Israel
"The Yemenite children affair is one of the most painful allegations in Israeli society."
Yemen
"This refers to the alleged disappearance of thousands of Yemenite children from new immigrant parents between 1948 and 1955."
Southern District, Israel
"Esther Meir-Glitzenstein is a professor at the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev specializing in the history of Jews from Arab countries in the 20th century."
University of North Carolina, North Carolina, United States
"In The Yemenite Children Affair: Ethnic Tensions, Immigration, and Public Records in Israel (Lexington Books, 2024), editor Dr. Motti Inbari, Professor of Religion at the University of North Carolina, has gathered numerous authorities with expertise in the topic in this fascinating and intriguing volume."
Boston University, Massachusetts, United States
"Yet, surveys conducted in 2023 from Inbari and Dr. Kirill Bumin of Boston University showed that between 60%-70% of Israeli Jews believe most babies had not died but were stolen from their parents."
Aden, ’Adan, Yemen
"Many Yemenite Jews traveled hundreds of miles, often by foot, to get to the airport in Aden, Yemen, getting robbed numerous times and arriving at Aden with absolutely nothing except the clothes they wore."

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