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Category Archives: Naomi Ragen
Israeli Supreme Court Rules: Author Naomi Ragen Innocent of All Plagiarism and Copyright Infringement in Tal Case
Bob emails: Published: Jan 5, 2012 11:52 AM The Supreme Court of Israel accepted the appeal of author Naomi Ragen for a verdict in the case brought against her by Michal Tal after the Jerusalem District Court vacated the case … Continue reading
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Naomi Ragen Addresses Her Plagiarism Conviction
Naomi Ragen emails her list: Dear Friends, I wanted you to hear this from me. As some of you may have heard, for the last few years I have been hounded by two haredi women authors who have sued me … Continue reading
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Jerusalem court finds author Naomi Ragen guilty of plagiarism
I’ve covered this story extensively here. Haaretz reports: After four years of adjudication, the Jerusalem District Court Sunday upheld the writer Sarah Shapiro’s plagiarism claim against best-selling writer Naomi Ragen. The court ruled that Ragen knowingly copied from Shapiro’s work … Continue reading
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Naomi Ragen Responds To Michal Tal
Over the past year, I’ve published charges of plagiarism (by authors Sarah Shapiro and Michal Tal) against Israeli novelist Naomi Ragen. Naomi Ragen (I’ve enjoyed all her books, but didn’t have the strength to approach her at the American Jewish … Continue reading
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Naomi Ragen Update
Here’s some background on the charges of plagiarism. Novelist Michal Tal emails me: I find that the Jewish world in America, notably Haddash, Wizo, and magazines, are in ignorance of what is happening here, in Israel and continue to praise … Continue reading
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Naomi Ragen Responds To Plagiarism Charges
Novelist Naomi Ragen emails me October 8, 2007 about this: Dear Mr. Ford, Do you think it is ethical to print charges against an author destroying her reputation when the subject is under judicial review and will be decided in … Continue reading
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Plagiarism Charges Against Novelist Naomi Ragen
Sarah Shapiro writes on Cross-Currents.com: In the Jerusalem Post of February 23, 2007, I read of a plagiarism charge against the author Naomi Ragen, and was prompted by that report to inform the plaintiff’s attorney of my own related experience. … Continue reading
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Plagiarism Charges Against Novelist Naomi Ragen
Sarah Shapiro writes April 24, 2007 on Cross-Currents.com: Intellectual property theft inflicts a particular kind of anguish—one to which any writer who experiences it can testify. For me, the experience was exacerbated not only by the fact that autobiographical accounts … Continue reading
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