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After early prison release, ex-chief rabbi prays at Rachel’s Tomb
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleFormer chief Ahkenazi rabbi Yona Metzger, following his early release from prison today, arrives for prayer at Rachel’s Tomb in the West Bank city of Bethlehem.
A parole board on Tuesday accepted Metzger’s request for early release after serving less than two years of his 3.5-year sentence.
He was imprisoned after pleading guilty in 2017 to fraud, theft, conspiracy, breach of trust, money laundering, tax offenses and accepting millions in bribes, under a plea bargain reached with state prosecutors.
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