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September 1, 2026 Breaking

Peter Schaktman arrest

Peter Schaktman, 66, a rabbi at Temple Emanu-El in Utica, New York, was among eight people arrested during a New York State Police investigation. Schaktman was charged with second-degree ...

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May 7, 2026 Breaking

Rabbi Yosef Shoveli arrest

Meron · Israel

Israeli police arrested Rabbi Yosef Shoveli on May 7, 2026, following a covert investigation into allegations of serious sexual offenses. Authorities stated that the investigation began a...

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April 21, 2026 Breaking

Miami rabbi Shaya Lunger arrest

Miami-Dade · Florida · USA

Rabbi and counselor Shaya Lunger was released on bond on April 21, 2026, following a second arrest connected to separate allegations involving two teenage girls. Authorities stated that t...

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December 22, 2025 Breaking

Former Newton Rabbi Arrested Child Enticement Case

Framingham · Massachusetts · USA

Eric Gurvis, a former rabbi who previously served at Temple Shalom in Newton, Massachusetts, was arrested in December 2025 in Framingham, Massachusetts, as part of a law enforcement sting...

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November 20, 2025 Breaking

Mordechai Yom Tov arrest

Jerusalem

Israeli police arrested Mordechai Yom Tov in Jerusalem on November 20, 2025, after authorities located him more than two decades after he fled the United States while on probation followi...

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October 7, 2025 Breaking

Miami Beach rabbi threatened

Miami Beach · Florida · United States

Miami Beach police arrested Christopher Martinez on October 7, 2025, after authorities said he pointed an object resembling a handgun at a rabbi outside a Jewish synagogue near 12th Stree...

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September 30, 2025 Breaking

Dovid Akiva Shenkman case

Chicago · Illinois · United States

Dovid Akiva Shenkman, a former Chicago resident, pleaded guilty to federal charges involving possession and transportation of child pornography and was sentenced in September 2025 to near...

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September 22, 2025 Breaking

Rabbi Levi Cash arrest

Delray Beach · Florida · USA

Rabbi Levi Cash was arrested in Delray Beach, Florida, on September 22, 2025, following an undercover law enforcement operation involving allegations of attempted unlawful contact with a ...

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August 31, 2025 Breaking

Rabbi Haim Abergel arrest Israel

Netivot · Southern District · Israel

Haim Yosef David Abergel is an Israeli rabbi from Netivot, Israel, and the son of Rabbi Yoram Abergel. He is associated with Haredi religious communities and has been involved in educatio...

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June 18, 2025 Breaking

Miami-Dade rabbi robbery charge

Miami-Dade County · Florida · United States

A rabbi in northeast Miami-Dade County faced a robbery charge following a confrontation with a county water meter reader outside his synagogue, according to the Miami-Dade Sheriff's Offic...

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May 5, 2025 Politics

Daniel Noboa Visiting The Western Wall

Western Wall · Jerusalem · Jerusalem District · Israel

On May 5, 2025, President Daniel Noboa of Ecuador visited the Western Wall in Jerusalem during an official state visit. He prayed at the wall and placed a personal note between the stones...

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January 29, 2025 Breaking

Israeli Lev Tahor Leader Arrested in Guatemala

Guatemala City · Guatemala Department · Guatemala

Senior Lev Tahor Member Arrested in Guatemala Senior Lev Tahor Member Arrested in Guatemala Amid Human Trafficking Probe Guatemala City, Guatemala — On January...

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April 26, 2024 Breaking

Rabbis Gaza border arrest Israel

Erez Crossing · Israel

On April 26, 2024, Israeli police detained a group of rabbis and peace activists near the Erez Crossing along the Gaza–Israel border. The group was participating in a coordinated protest ...

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April 1, 2024 Breaking

Dallas religious educator arrested on child indecency charge

Dallas County Courthouse · Dallas · Texas · United States

On April 1, 2024, Yitzhak Meir Sabo, age 43, a rabbi and former Director of Jewish Life at Akiba Yavneh Academy in Dallas, Texas, was arrested and charged with indecency with a child invo...

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April 18, 2023 Breaking

Stephen Weiss arrest Ohio synagogue

Pepper Pike · Ohio · USA

Stephen Weiss is an American rabbi who served as senior rabbi at B’nai Jeshurun Congregation in Pepper Pike, Ohio, United States. He had been affiliated with the congregation since 2001 a...

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June 24, 2022 Breaking

Jewish Perspectives on Abortion and Religious Rights

Jewish Perspectives on Abortion and Religious Rights Jewish texts and legal traditions have multiple views on abortion, often rooted in the interpretation of Torah and rabbinic...

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April 13, 2022 Breaking

Rabbi Leon Mund Montreal charges Canada

Montreal · Quebec · Canada

Leon Mund is a former rabbi and teacher who worked within Montreal’s Orthodox Jewish community in Canada. He is reported to have served in roles involving religious instruction and counse...

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February 9, 2020 Breaking

Rabbi Berland fraud tax arrest Israel

Jerusalem · Israel

Eliezer Berland is an Israeli ultra-Orthodox rabbi and leader of the Shuvu Bonim sect. He was previously convicted in Israel of sexual offenses in a separate case and served a prison sent...

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January 13, 2020 Breaking

Jerusalem Rabbi Arrested Slavery Case

Jerusalem · Israel

In January 2020, a man described by Israeli authorities as a rabbi in his 60s was arrested in Jerusalem on suspicion of running a closed religious community in which dozens of women and c...

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May 3, 2019 Breaking

Hamilton Rabbi West Bank Detention Case

In May 2019, Rabbi David Mivasair, a Canadian citizen from Hamilton, Ontario, was detained by Israeli military forces in the South Hebron Hills region of the West Bank while participating...

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June 16, 2015 Breaking

Two Orthodox Jewish Rabbis Sentenced Kidnapping Case

New Jersey · Newark · USA

In the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey, multiple Orthodox Jewish rabbis were prosecuted in connection with a federal case involving efforts to obtain religious...

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October 14, 2014 Breaking

Barry Freundel voyeurism conviction

Washington · United States

Washington, D.C., United StatesRabbi Bernard “Barry” Freundel was arrested in Washington, D.C., on October 14, 2014, after police began investigating allegations that he had secretly reco...

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November 8, 2013 Breaking

Rabbi Samuel Waldman Brooklyn arrest US

Brooklyn · New York · USA

Samuel Waldman is an individual who served as a rabbi and teacher at a girls’ seminary in Brooklyn, New York, United States. He was associated with religious educational roles within a co...

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October 30, 2013 Breaking

Rabbi Mendel Tevel arrest Beverly hills

Beverly Hills · California · USA

Mendel Tevel is a rabbi who worked at a Jewish youth community center in Beverly Hills, California, United States. He previously worked as a youth worker in Brooklyn, New York, United Sta...

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July 10, 2013 Breaking

Mordechai Elon Conviction

Mordechai Elon was a prominent Religious Zionist rabbi in Israel, known for his leadership roles in yeshivot, public lectures, and media appearances. He was considered an influential reli...

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June 14, 2013 Politics

All Dogs Are Bad And Their Owners Accursed, Israeli City’s Rabbis Rule

Safed · Northern District · Israel

All Dogs Are Bad And Their Owners Accursed, Israeli City’s Rabbis Rule More than a dozen rabbis in the city of Elad, located near Tel Aviv, issued a religious edict declaring that all do...

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March 6, 2013 Breaking

Rabbi Chaim Halpern arrest London probe

London · England

Chaim Halpern is an Orthodox rabbi based in Golders Green, London, England, United Kingdom. He has led a synagogue and has been described in reporting as a prominent figure within segment...

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April 2, 2012 Politics

The Whale At The Wall

Western Wall · Jerusalem · Jerusalem District · Israel

New Jersey Governor Chris Christie visited Israel’s Western Wall in February 2011 during his first official overseas trip as governor. He was given a personal tour of the site by the rabb...

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October 11, 2011 Breaking

Two Arrested Toronto Rabbi Fraud Case

Toronto · Ontario · Canada

In October 2011, Earl Seth David, a Toronto-based individual who had also used the name Avraham David and presented himself as a rabbi, was arrested in Toronto in connection with a large-...

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June 1, 2011 Breaking

Chief Rabbi Saul Kassin Probation Corruption Case

Trenton · New Jersey · USA

Rabbi Saul Kassin, a senior religious leader associated with the Syrian Jewish community in Brooklyn, New York, was sentenced in June 2011 to two years of unsupervised probation in connec...

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October 18, 2010 Breaking

Sermon statements attributed to Rabbi Ovadia Yosef on gentiles

2010 sermon statements attributed to Rabbi Ovadia Yosef 2010 sermon statements attributed to Rabbi Ovadia Yosef on gentiles In 2010, Rabbi Ovadia Yos...

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March 11, 2010 Breaking

Timothy Jacob Wise

They hate white people “The goal of abolishing the White race is, on its face, so desirable that some may find it hard to believe th...

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July 24, 2009 Breaking

FBI corruption arrest rabbis

Newark · New Jersey · USA

On July 24, 2009, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) announced a large-scale public corruption and money laundering investigation involving arrests of political figures and religio...

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July 23, 2009 Breaking

Five Rabbis Arrested Corruption Money Laundering Organ Trade Case

New Jersey · USA

In July 2009, federal authorities in New Jersey arrested 44 individuals, including five rabbis, in a large-scale corruption and money laundering investigation conducted by the Federal Bur...

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June 25, 2009 Breaking

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Michael Jackson, the “King of Pop,” died on June 25, 2009, at the age of 50 in Los Angeles, California, from acute propofol and benzodiazepine intoxication administered by his personal ph...

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August 27, 2008 Breaking

Joel Engelman files civil suit alleging historical abuse in Brooklyn

Brooklyn · New York City · New York · United States

Joel Engelman files civil suit alleging historical abuse in Brooklyn On August 27, 2008, Joel Engelman, then 23 years old and residing in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, filed a civil la...

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May 22, 2007 Breaking

Fugitive Rabbi Horowitz Arrest India

Tamil Nadu · Mahabalipuram · India

Alan Horowitz, an Orthodox rabbi and convicted sex offender from the United States, was arrested in May 2007 in Mahabalipuram, India, after being located by international law enforcement ...

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February 1, 2005 Breaking

Operation Bid Rig investigation

New Jersey · Monmouth County · United States

Operation Bid Rig was a federal investigation into public corruption and related criminal activity in New Jersey conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Internal Revenue Ser...

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August 4, 1932 Breaking

Meir Kahane: Rabbi, Activist, and Political Founder

Meir David Kahane (August 4, 1932 – November 5, 1990) was an American-born Orthodox rabbi and political activist. He founded the Jewish Defense League (JDL) in 1968 to advocate for Jewish...

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December 9, 1897 Breaking

Rabbi Abraham Isaac Kook: First Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of British Mandate Palestine

Abraham Isaac Kook (December 9, 1865 – September 1, 1935) was a Jewish religious thinker, rabbi, and the first Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of British Mandate Palestine. He is known for his writ...

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January 1, 1680 Politics

Dönmeh Ottoman crypto jewish community

Thessaloniki · Greece

The Dönmeh were a religious community that emerged in the late 17th century within the Ottoman Empire, originating from followers of Sabbatai Zevi, a Jewish rabbi who declared himself the...

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July 15, 500 Politics

Expansion of Talmudic Academies in Babylonia

Sura Academy · Sura · Babylonia · Iraq

During the early centuries of the Common Era, Talmudic academies in Babylonia underwent significant expansion. These centers of Jewish learning became pivotal in the development and conso...

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May 15, 500 Politics

Compilation of Babylonian Talmud Advances

Babylonian Academies · Babylon · Mesopotamia · Iraq

The compilation of the Babylonian Talmud marked a significant advancement in Jewish legal and theological scholarship. Completed around the 5th century CE, this work synthesized the discu...

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January 1, 200 Breaking

Talmud gender categories

Judea · Israel

Rabbinic literature from the Mishnaic and Talmudic periods (approximately 1st–6th centuries CE) includes legal discussions that describe several categories relating to sex and physical de...

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August 30, 70 Breaking

Destruction of the Second Temple in Jerusalem

Temple Mount · Jerusalem · Judea · Palestine

Roman forces led by Titus destroyed the Second Temple in Jerusalem during the Jewish revolt. This event transformed Judaism, ending temple-based worship and accelerating the Jewish diasp...

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