Yossele Schumacher affair

Yossele Schumacher (Hebrew: יוסל'ה שוחמכר, Yiddish: יאָסעלע שוכמאַכער; born 1952) is a Soviet-born Israeli whose abduction as a child in 1960 became a cause célèbre within Israeli Jewish society. Schumacher was abducted by his Haredi Orthodox Jewish grandparents to prevent him from being raised as a secular Jew by his parents, and was found in the United States after an extensive international search by Mossad before being returned to his parents' custody.

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Yossele Schumacher affair

Yossele Schumacher (Hebrew: יוסל'ה שוחמכר, Yiddish: יאָסעלע שוכמאַכער; born 1952) is a Soviet-born Israeli whose abduction as a child in 1960 became a cause célèbre within Israeli Jewish society. Schumacher was abducted by his Haredi Orthodox Jewish grandparents to prevent him from being raised as a secular Jew by his parents, and was found in the United States after an extensive international search by Mossad before being returned to his parents' custody.

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