An indictment was submitted by the state prosecutor on Monday morning to the Nazereth District Court against Rabbi Ezra Scheinberg, who faces complaints of severe sexual abuse from no less than 13 women.
The well-known Rabbi Ezra Scheinberg from northern Israel accused by multiple women of sexual abuse has denied the allegations against him on Wednesday, speaking just after a hearing which extended his detention by eight days.
The Nazareth District Court rejected Tuesday an appeal by a well-known rabbi from northern Israel facing sexual abuse allegations, after the Magistrates’ Court decided to allow his name to be published.
The dean of haredi elementary school Tiferet Yaakov was arrested at Ben Gurion Airport on Tuesday upon his return from a fundraising trip abroad, reported Kikar News.
Tzfat (Safed) Chief Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu spoke on Sunday about the video from a wedding three weeks ago, in which Jewish extremists appeared to celebrate the deadly Duma arson while waving weapons, in a clip leaked to the media last week that has raised an uproar.
The Chief Rabbi of the Rabbinical Court, Rabbi Eliezer Igra, referred to the issue of refusal to grant a divorce during a conference of the Bar Association.
After a six-hour session, the committee for appointing dayanim (religious court judges) managed to reach an agreement on only one dayan out of the seven it is supposed to appoint.
Haifa, Israel – The longtime leader of the Seret-Vizhnitzer sect died today after experiencing a cardiac event in Haifa at the age of 91.
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’s Randburg Magistrates Court ruled on Thursday that Rabbi Eliezer Berland is to be extradited to Israel, reports Walla news.
