Tag: Hebrew Israelites

The Terrible Secrets of the African Hebrew Israelite Community in Dimona

After Kevin Penix, a young man from the Hebrew community in Dimona, decided to reveal the fact that he had undergone sexual abuse as a child, children and women of the community leveled harsh accusations against the heads of the community and the life they lead. Sexual abuse that crosses three generations, violence against children and infants, polygamy and the subjugation of women, poverty and overcrowding that leads to physical and emotional neglect, and a strict code of silence that forces all the information to stay inside the community. The heads of the community in response: “Our community is based on high moral values.”

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