CROWN HEIGHTS — Protesters called out one of the neighborhood’s most prestigious yeshivas for what they called a “culture of violence” in a rally at the Eastern Parkway school over the weekend.
Hundreds of people are expected to attend a protest in Brooklyn on Sunday following a Newsweek exposé on the alleged sexual and physical abuse of students by rabbis at a Crown Heights school.
Attorney General Avichai Mendelblit announced on Thursday evening that he will not be involved in the formulation of the state’s position regarding the possible parole of former president Moshe Katsav, who is serving a seven year sentence for rape, because of a prior acquaintance with him.
The attorney for the main complainant in the rape allegations against Israel Defense Forces Brig. Gen. Ofek Buchris told Tuesday night that chief military prosecutor Col. Sharon Zagagi-Pinhas had informed her by telephone that a had found Burchris to be lying and that her client was telling the truth.
President Reuven Rivlin’s spokeswoman issued a statement of clarification on Sunday after reports over the weekend that he and Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked favor pardoning or commuting the sentence of former president Moshe Katsav, who has served almost five years of a seven-year sentence for rape and other sexual offenses.
The declaration by Israel Police Commissioner Roni Alsheich that he will no longer probe anonymous complaints of sexual harassment in the force has raised the ire of the Justice Ministry’s police investigation unit, that announced Sunday it would continue to look into all such allegations regardless.
IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Gadi Eisenkot cancelled the appointment of Brig.-Gen. Ofek Buchris to the command of the strategically vital IDF Operations Division on Thursday.
A Dutch Jewish teacher suspected of sexually abusing children has been arrested in Tel Aviv earlier this week, two years after the Netherlands asked for his extradition, the Dutch Telegraaf reported on Thursday.
Mint-colored city buses and sherbet mid-rise apartment complexes with undulating facades. Women in polka-dot bikinis and men in wide-lapelled shirts unbuttoned halfway down their chests.
The trial of Rabbi Ezra Sheinberg, the former head of the Orot Ha’ari Yeshiva in Safed, charged with perpetrating sex crimes against 12 women seeking his treatment and advice, began on Wednesday behind closed doors at the Nazareth District Court.
