Three senior judges from the High Rabbinical Court, Rabbi Eliezer Igra, Rabbi Shlomo Shapira and Rabbi Zion Luz, published a Torah opinion following the release from prison of head of the Orot Ari religious community in Tzfat (Safed), Ezra Sheinberg, and detailed what he must do to be accepted into the Katzrin community where he…
DetailsMONTICELLO – A judge has lowered bail against a rabbinical student charged with sexually assaulting an 11-year-old boy in Sullivan County.
The Israel Police’s investigation of Rabbi Zvi Thau for alleged sexual assault and rape will be closed, KAN reported on Monday. The level of evidence necessary for passing the criminal threshold for committing sexual offenses was not found, according to the report.
DetailsYeshivah Centre chief rabbi Zvi Telsner has stood down after he allegedly accused sex abuse victims of trying to destroy his community, calling one “crazy”.
A SENIOR rabbi accused of covering up sex crimes at Yeshivah College formed part of a committee that helped accused sex predator Malka Leifer flee Australia, a court has heard.
TOMS RIVER – A former Orthodox Jewish camp counselor from Lakewood will remain in state prison after judges rejected his claims that he was coerced by his religious community to falsely admit he molested a youngster in his charge.
One of the most senior religious figures of the Jewish ultra-orthodox movement in NSW, Rabbi Yosef Feldman, allegedly engaged in a disingenuous “public relations” exercise in urging sexual abuse victims to contact police as he privately pressured his flock not to report outside the community.
A Nazareth Court sentenced Rabbi Yaakov Deutsch from Afula to nine years in prison on Wednesday, after he was convicted on charges of sexual abuse against four teenagers – two boys and two girls – whom he taught.
A leading rabbi has told a court that a Jewish teacher was “annoyed at being caught” when confronted with allegations of serious sexual abuse in front of his wife as part of a secret meeting. Rabbi Shraga Feivel Zimmerman was giving evidence on Tuesday in the trial of 50-year-old Todros Grynhaus, a prominent member of…
DetailsThe judge in the trial of Todros Grynhaus has told the jury only an unanimous verdict will be accepted.
