A missing Jewish boy, a bitter custody battle, and a nationwide crisis that forced Israel to call in the Mossad. The kidnapping of Yossele Schumacher in 1960 exposed tensions between secular and ultra-Orthodox Israelis while triggering an international manhunt across Europe and the United States. As agents closed in, the case became far more than a family dispute, raising urgent questions about religion, parental rights, state authority, and Israel’s fragile social unity.
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