Rabbi Elie Abadie Loses Job Over Spat With Billionaire Wife
A holy war between the billionaire benefactor of an Upper East Side synagogue and the temple’s longtime rabbi has cost the clergyman his job.
A holy war between the billionaire benefactor of an Upper East Side synagogue and the temple’s longtime rabbi has cost the clergyman his job.
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 – 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.
Items left behind by Rabbi Eliezer Berland led to an aide to return to get them.
Rabbi Eliezer Berland appealed to the two chief rabbis of Israel in a letter today requesting that they arrange for his release.
Israeli prosecution charged Rabbi Eliezer Berland on Friday with indecent acts, indecent acts against a minor while abusing a position of trust and aggravated assault.
After three years of police searches for recordings that would conclusively vindicate the claims against Rabbi Eliezer Berland of rape, a new recording was released this evening which would seem to provide significant evidence against the founder and spiritual leader of the Shuvu Banim yeshiva.
The leader of the “Shuvu Banim” sect, Rabbi Eliezer Berland, whose arrest was extended until tomorrow (Monday), was extensively investigated over the course of the past day.
The Jerusalem Magistrate Court on Tuesday convicted the leader of the Shuvu Banim (Return boys) movement, Rabbi Eliezer Berland, 79, of two counts of indecent assault and one count of assault and sentenced him to 18 months in prison.
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.