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Ex-chief rabbi convicted of graft gets early release from prison
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleDisgraced former Israeli chief rabbi Yona Metzger will be released from prison early, the Israel Prisons Service Parole Board decides.
Metzger has served a year and 10 months of his 3.5-year sentence after he was convicted for taking NIS 5 million in bribes.
The early release is part of a rehabilitation program run by the Prisons Service. The State Prosecution did not object to the decision.
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