How Lev Leviev Building Was Rocked By The NYPD Corruption Scandal
If a single Manhattan building could sum up the saga of New York City’s big, bad and wacky real-estate business, the Apthorp would have it covered.
Oded Guez Who Refuses To Grant Wife Divorce Arrested In Belgium
An Israeli man, who allegedly left the country with a false passport and is wanted by the police, was arrested in Antwerp on Thursday, the State Prosecutor’s Office said.
Israel Investigates Parents of Hasidic Man Denying Wife Divorce
Attorney General Avichai Mendelblit has ordered a criminal investigation against the parents of a man hiding abroad and denying his wife a divorce on suspicion they are abetting a crime by helping their son violate a ruling of an Israeli rabbinical court.
Rabbi Eliezer Igra Named Religious Court Judge, Despite ultra-Orthodox Objections
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.
Chief Rabbi David Lau: Divorce Should Be Granted Before Division of Assets
Chief Rabbi David Lau has reiterated a much-praised stance he took in a recent divorce case which came before the Supreme Rabbinical Court, asserting that it is legitimate for rabbinical judges to require a divorce be given before an agreement on the division of a couple’s assets is reached.
Rabbinical Court Awards Custody To Suspected Abuser Because Mother Lives With A Non-Jew
A rabbinical court in Jerusalem has awarded permanent custody to a father whose two children had been removed from his home by the welfare services because the mother of the children, who lives in the United States, “lives with a non-Jew and isn’t interested in the Jewish religion.”
Suspected Bribery Exposed At Jerusalem’s Rabbinical Court
A. was losing the fight for custody over his children at the Jerusalem Rabbinical Court until Rabbi Saar Mizrachi, a clerk at the court, offered to help him – in return for thousands of shekels in bribes. A. had no choice but to pay, until he had enough, recorded his incriminating conversations with another clerk,…