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Haredi-Cofounded Nonprofit Organization That Helped Child Molester’s Family Make Aliya Wins Jerusalem Prize
Shmarya Rosenberg • FailedMessiah.com
This year’s Jerusalem Prize for Aliyah and Absorption was awarded to the cofounders of Nefesh B’Nefesh today – despite the fact that Nefesh B’Nefesh helped the family of a child molester who fled justice move to Israel to join him there.
Several months ago, Nefesh B’Nefesh helped the family of Brooklyn haredi child molester Yona Weinberg move to Israel – despite the fact that Weinberg, a convicted child sex predator and molester, had fled to Israel shortly before that from Brooklyn to escape yet another abuse-related arrest.
Nefesh B’Nefesh allegedly does background checks on the people it helps. Nefesh B’Nefesh has sometimes denied this, but persistent reports from people familiar with organization say the checks are in fact done.
Weinberg and his family now live in the heavily haredi Har Nof neighborhood of Jerusalem. Local haredi rabbis have worked to stop publication of Weinberg’s record of molestation while a handful of local haredi activists – almost all originally from the US or other western countries – have complained vociferously that Weinberg now lives in their neighborhood.
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