Description: The Yemenite Children Affair was a tragic crisis in which about 1,000 children died between 1949 and 1954. Over the years, rumors spread that the kids were not dead, but kidnapped. This book tells the story from the health crisis to the investigations and the conspiracy theories that have developed ever since.
Brief description: Motti Inbari is professor of Jewish Studies at the University of North Carolina at Pembroke.
Review Quotes:
"In this fascinating read, the authors have shown that the notion of a conspiracy to kidnap Yemenite children should be yet another topic to be added to the list of conspiracy theories, heavy on drama and emotion, but lacking the slightest bit of evidence." --JewishLink
"In The Yemenite Children Affair: Ethnic Tensions, Immigration, and Public Records in Israel, the authors have compellingly shown that the notion of a conspiracy to kidnap Yemenite children should be yet another topic to be added to the list of conspiracy theories, heavy on dramatics and emotion, but lacking the slightest bit of evidence." --The Lehrhaus