Fugitive Israeli Rabbi Eliezer Berland will spend another weekend in detention as the South Gauteng High Court reviews an application to have him placed under house arrest instead.
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.
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.
Rabbi Yoshiyahu Pinto has submitted a request for pardon, Channel 10 reports Tuesday, just two months after beginning his jail sentence for corruption.