The central witness against Rabbi Eliezer Berland, the fugitive head of the Shuvu Banim sect who was finally arrested in Johannesburg, South Africa two months ago, has spoken out on shocking details of the sexual abuse case against Berland.
Johannesburg’s Randburg Magistrates Court ruled on Thursday that Rabbi Eliezer Berland is to be extradited to Israel, reports Walla news.
Chief Rabbi of Migdal HaEmek Rabbi Yitzchak Dovid Grossman boarded a flight Monday morning to Johannesburg in an attempt to release the leader of the Shuvu Banim sect, Rabbi Eliezer Berland, from prison.
About 700 followers of Rabbi Eliezer Berland demonstrated Monday morning outside the South African embassy in Israel in Ramat Gan calling for the release of their leader who is wanted in Israel for suspected sexual assault.
Johannesburg – Israeli fugitive Rabbi Eliezer Berland, 78 – who is wanted in his home country for sex crimes, on Friday repeatedly yelled “I will die in prison” as he came up the stairs into the Randburg Magistrate’s Court from the holding cells below.
JOHANNESBURG – With one day to go before he was due to appear in court for a continuation of a bail application, fugitive Rabbi Eliezer Berland’s lawyers have brought an urgent appeal before the North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria – to be heard by a judge Wednesday morning.
Johannesburg – Bizarre behaviour, unreasonable demands and continuous attempts to disrupt the court were the order of the day in the Randburg Magistrate’s Court on Thursday by an alleged sex-pest rabbi.
JOHANNESBURG – Fugitive Rabbi Eliezer Berland, is recovering in a Johannesburg hospital after he was rushed to a doctor from the Sandton police station.
Rabbi Eliezer Berland, who is wanted in Israel on suspicions of sexual assault, was finally arrested in South Africa where he has been hiding out on Thursday.
A fugitive rabbi on the run from Interpol has issued a death threat against the chief rabbi of South Africa, Warren Goldstein.