In Bad Faith

SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2025 DAVITT AWARD FOR NON-FICTION This powerful memoir gives extraordinary insight into a secretive sect, and the horror Dassi Erlich had to survive. Dassi''s resilience and fight for justice is inspiring. As a young girl growing up in a strict ultra-Orthodox family, Dassi''s life was preordained - marry young, live a devout life and raise children within the Adass community''s religious rules. This righteous path would keep her safe from the immodest, secular world just a few blocks away in suburban Melbourne. But the Adass community was not safe for Dassi. She was fifteen when her revered school principal, Malka Leifer, started to single her out. Dassi''s cloistered and harsh upbringing meant she didn''t have the words for what was happening to her, but she knew it was very, very wrong. It would take her years to break free of the secrecy which pervaded the community and tell the police of her betrayal. And only then