Amid reports that Rabbi Eliezer Berland received citizenship in S. Africa and can no longer be extradited to Israel, it is now reported that dozens of police on Friday night tried to arrest Rabbi Eliezer Berland once again.
A fugitive Israeli rabbi accused of several sexual offenses may have been granted citizenship by South Africa, stymieing extradition efforts.
Fugitive Israeli ultra-orthodox rabbi Eliezer Berland may be in hiding in South Africa, several Jewish news websites have reported.
Haredi leaders appear to be taking stock of several recent sexual harassment scandals, Kikar Hashabbat reports Sunday.
Items left behind by Rabbi Eliezer Berland led to an aide to return to get them.
Netherlands – Rabbi Eliezer Berland has once again evaded law enforcement authorities, this time pulling a disappearing act from the Dutch justice system which had just ordered Berland’s extradition back to Israel to face charges for alleged sex crimes.
Overturning an appeal on a local court ruling in February, the Dutch Supreme Court on Tuesday authorized the extradition of the leader of a Jewish hassidic sect wanted in Israel for alleged indecent assault of women and girls.