The Devil in Jerusalem: A Novel, by Naomi Ragen
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The Devil in Jerusalem: A Novel, by Naomi Ragen
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An ambulance screams through the Jerusalem’s quiet streets. Inside, a toddler fights for his life, his parents nowhere to be found. With profound shock, an emergency room doctor realizes that the child’s mother―a young American―is already at the hospital, sitting at the bedside of yet another child with traumatic injuries. Devoutly reciting Pslams, she stubbornly refuses to answer any questions, cautioning her children to say nothing.
Brought in to investigate, Jerusalem detective Bina Tzedek-herself a young mother- carefully peels back layer after layer of secrets and lies, following a dark, winding path through Jerusalem’s Old City, kabbalists, mystical ancient texts, and terrifying cult rituals, until she comes face to face with the horrifying truth which has held a young American family captive.
From internationally bestselling author Naomi Ragen, THE DEVIL IN JERUSALEM is a chilling tale of the paths that so easily lead us astray, and the darkness within us all.
The Devil in Jerusalem: A Novel, by Naomi Ragen- Amazon Sales Rank: #91498 in Books
- Brand: St. Martin's Press
- Published on: 2015-10-13
- Released on: 2015-10-13
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 9.65" h x 1.06" w x 6.39" l, 1.00 pounds
- Binding: Hardcover
- 320 pages
About the Author NAOMI RAGEN is the author of many novels, including several international bestsellers such as The Tenth Song. An American, she has lived in Jerusalem for the past forty years and was voted one of the three most popular authors in Israel.
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22 of 23 people found the following review helpful. Better the "devil you do"? By E.M. Bristol "The Devil in Jerusalem" can be described as "A Child Called It" by way of "Law and Order." It begins with two young children admitted to the hospital ER, one unconscious, both obviously the victims of severe abuse. Their mother, Daniella, refuses to admit this possibility and plays dumb when questioned by the two detectives assigned to investigate this case. Detective Bina, herself a mother, is disgusted and horrified, a reaction the reader almost certainly will share, as more details emerge, and it appears that Daniella and her husband, after moving to Jerusalem, have gotten involved with a charismatic and amoral (is there any other kind?) cult leader who has primary control over disciplining their children ranging in age from a toddler to teenagers. Both Daniella and her husband are separated from their families, struggling financially and personally, and thus are easy marks for being seduced by this man. Much space is also given to the backstory, beginning when Daniella herself is in college but must give up her dreams of being a doctor to have her first child. Crucial to punishing the leader and his flunkies is testimony from the children themselves, but will they be able to detach themselves from their harsh treatment and tell the truth?The subject matter is undeniably grim, though that is not the main reason for my rating. It is likely that the reader, upon reaching the part where graphic abuse is described, may share the reaction of one detective and feel nauseous. The descriptions are brutal to read, as just about form of abuse is perpetrated on these innocent victims without anyone intervening for a long time. If the author set out to shock, disgust and horrify the reader thoroughly, she has more than achieved her goal.The writing quality itself, however, is uneven. There is much showing instead of telling, as well as some purple prose. I was surprised to learn that this wasn't the author's first or second book, as those kinds of mistakes are more common (and forgivable) then. Overall, it does take an unflinching look at a difficult subject, but flaws in the execution keep it from being as powerful as it could be.
15 of 15 people found the following review helpful. A story that needs to be told By Israel Drazin This is a very well-written, gripping, and suspenseful novel that is based on true horrendous events among Jews, Christians, Muslims, Atheists, and indeed all people. Although depressing, the story needs to be told to protect vulnerable and insecure people from falling into the grip of cult leaders who lead innocent victims into believing that the cult leader is a “messiah,” a “god-like” figure, a man or woman who knows the ultimate truth, who is in conversation with angels and God, who is defending his gullible flock from demons, and aiding them to climb to loftier heights, to become what he or she claims God desires them to become.Some of these cult leaders milk their followers of their wealth or part of it, leaving them to live in harsh conditions that is “better for them,” which “helps clean them,” while the cult leaders live in huge mansions in luxury, even flying in multi-million dollar planes.Many of these leaders are sick psychopaths who derive unnatural pleasure from being able to control and manipulate people. Some, as the “messiah” in this tale enjoy hurting their followers and getting others to hurt people as they watch, or, as an American cult figure did, he poisoned hundreds of his flock.While this book does not address it, there are many, too many, “ultra-religious” leaders, who although not reaching the level of a cult leader, also take advantage of insecure, often insufficiently educated people leading them to think that what they are teaching is true religion, while what they are saying is untrue. They attract many followers, even well-educated men and women, and cash in on them by taking donations and ego-bursts. They demand the observance of practices that reasonable religious leaders consider absurd and demeaning, even demonic, behaviors that cut off their congregants from friends and neighbors.Naomi Ragen’s tale of a Jewish cult leader in Jerusalem is based on some true events that occurred in Israel, but while Jewish it is an unfortunate universal tale. Irony is too weak a word to describe the striking similarities of the Jerusalem cult leader to what occurred in ancient times in Jerusalem’s Valley of Hinnom, called Gehinnom in Hebrew, which came to be the word for “hell,” where pagan priest were able to convince their followers to deliver their children to burn them as sacrifices to their god.Ragen’s tale is the story of a loving couple, an educated woman and her loving husband who is not as educated as his wife, who is a well-meaning luftmensch, a man with his head in the clouds, who does not like to work. They are Americans from good families who moved to and settled in Israel because of their love of Judaism. He thinks that he should spend as much time as possible studying Talmud for he was told that this is what God wants. However, he soon becomes attracted to the study of Kabbalah, Jewish mysticism, which he really does not understand, and falls under the influence of the “messiah,” a charismatic, bearded, highly disturbed rabbi with a restricted group of followers who teaches practical Kabbalah. Although the husband spends time “studying,” he finds time to produce children. Soon, with half a dozen kids, and with little or no help from her husband, tired, feeling lost, and confused, she also falls under the “messiah’s” control.What follows is bizarre, cruel, and unbelievable. She is led to do things no rational person would do. Brainwashed and convinced that what she is watching is good for her and her children, she looks on as her children are tortured, beaten, burned, forced to eat vomit and feces. She allows the “messiah” to do tormenting things to her and to her husband, and to cause her to afflict her husband, and he her.
19 of 21 people found the following review helpful. "My great sin was my silence." By E. Bukowsky "The Devil in Jerusalem" is a cautionary tale about the ways in which persuasive frauds prey on susceptible victims. Naomi Ragen based this book on true cases of self-proclaimed religious leaders and their acolytes who committed horrific acts of child abuse. The novel opens in Jerusalem with an ambulance rushing to Hadassah Hospital. The paramedics are trying to save the life of an unconscious boy who has suffered terrible head trauma. Meanwhile, the toddler's mother, Daniella, sits at the bedside of her older son, who was admitted to the hospital with third-degree burns. Daniella sways back and forth, praying from the Book of Psalms. What happened? She refuses to talk to the authorities.Ragen flashes back to the marriage of nineteen-year-old Daniella Whartman to Shlomie Goodman, a Talmudic scholar with no marketable skills. The two move to Israel, where they start a family without delay. Daniella is a doting mother who lavishes love and attention on her beautiful children, while Shlomie seeks a mentor who will teach him how to get closer to the Almighty. Tragically, Shlomie naively allows himself to be manipulated by a psychopathic and charismatic individual with evil intentions.Unfortunately, Ragen's prose style is awkward and heavy-handed (Shlomie had "an overflowing sweetness that was as clean and pure and wholesome as a glass of milk. It came out of his eyes, blue, happy pools, like waters in the Bahamas."); her dialogue does not ring true; and, in her eagerness to deliver a powerful message, she neglects the basics of effective storytelling. Instead of creating three-dimensional characters, Ragen settles for caricatures. Daniella, who starts out smart and independent, becomes so inexplicably passive that we no longer recognize or empathize with her; Shlomie, although basically kind and well-meaning, is a "luftmensch," or "impractical contemplative person having no definite business or income." The villains are all brutal and malicious. The sole voices of reason are Daniella's brother, who lives in America, and two Israeli detectives, Morris Klein and Bina Tzedek, who try every method at their disposal to break down Daniella's resistance. This is a dismal and dispiriting work of fiction. If Naomi Ragen's name were not on the cover, and if "The Devil in Jerusalem" were not based on actual events, one wonders why anyone would want to read it.
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