“Cults” and Enslavement via Brainwashing in Israeli Justice: The Case of Daniel Ambash

Daniel Ambash (1955-) is a Franco-Israeli citizen and follower of Rabbi Yisrael’s revitalization movement within the “Na Nach” Breslover Hasidim. Since his arrest in2011, he has been serving a 26-year prison sentence. He is portrayed in the Israeli media and in the judgments...

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1. VerfasserIn: Palmer, Susan J. 1946- (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:Englisch
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Veröffentlicht: [2018]
In: The journal of CESNUR
Jahr: 2018, Band: 2, Heft: 6, Seiten: 9-36
weitere Schlagwörter:B Anti-cult Movements
B New Religious Movements
B Polygamy
B Brainwashing
B Enslavement
B Religion in Israel
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Zusammenfassung:Daniel Ambash (1955-) is a Franco-Israeli citizen and follower of Rabbi Yisrael’s revitalization movement within the “Na Nach” Breslover Hasidim. Since his arrest in2011, he has been serving a 26-year prison sentence. He is portrayed in the Israeli media and in the judgments of the District and Supreme Courts as a sadistic cult leader who enslaved his six wives and his children through the mental manipulation techniques of brainwashing, thereby compelling themto participate in deviant sexual practices and heinous acts. This study explores the anti-cult narrative that shaped the police investigation and the legal process, and how Israel’s new anti-slavery legislation was combined with brainwashing theory in order to convict Daniel Ambash. The role of Israel’s anti-cult group, the media, the police and Social Welfare are analyzed within the theoretical frameworks of Stuart Wright’s model (1995) of counter-movement mobilization and Stanley Cohen’s concept (1972) of “moral panic.”
ISSN:2532-2990
Enthält:Enthalten in: The journal of CESNUR
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2018.2.6.2