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Tuesday, July 7, 2015
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Tuesday, July 7, 2015
3 more women file complaints against Safed rabbi
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleThree more Israeli women file complaints of sexual assault against a Safed rabbi.
The new complaints filed Monday night bring the total to eight against the rabbi, who was arrested Thursday night at Ben Gurion Airport on his way to Brazil. The arrest was based on an accusation by a woman who claimed that she was raped by the rabbi several years ago.
A gag order was placed on the case, including the name of the rabbi, identified as a yeshiva head from the Safed area who belongs to modern Orthodox Zionist circles.
His name will be released on Wednesday, a Nazareth District Court judge ruled on Tuesday, pending an appeal by the rabbi to the Israeli Supreme Court, Haaretz reported.
The rabbi reportedly denies the accusations.
— JTA
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