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Don't Panic

JL;DR SUMMARY Natan Slifkin addresses the alarming allegations of organized ritual sexual abuse within Israel's ultra-Orthodox and national-religious communities, scrutinized by the Knesset and media. 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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Ultra OrthodoxKnessetChild AbuseMedia CoveragePsychologyTestimonyMass HysteriaRitual AbuseSatanic Panic

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Jerusalem, Israel
"When the ritual abuse ring panic started in Jerusalem just over a decade ago, people genuinely believed that dozens of children had suffered at the hands of a ritual abuse ring like those described in the US in the 1980s."

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