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Rabbi under house arrest after 18 years worth of sex charges
By Haaretz Staff and Channel 10
Tags: Kiryat Bialik, sexual assault 
Haaretz.com/Channel 10 daily feature for April 17, 2008.

Complaints of acts of sexual violence on the part of the head rabbi of Kiryat Bialik began 18 years ago.

But the charges never went anywhere in the legal system, and the only impact they had were on the personal and marital lives of the female complainants.


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ut after recent complaints, the rabbi is finally under house arrest. The first woman who pressed charges, after facing ridicule for her testimony 18 years ago, is finally vindicated.

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      3.   He is NOT Haredi 19:12  |  Yechiel 18/04/08
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      7.   Rabbi shame on you 23:31  |  annie 18/04/08
      8.   To all of you - Power corrupts - Absolute power 00:01  |  * BEN JABO 19/04/08
      9.   To Daniel Lions 00:05  |  Steve Kerzer 19/04/08
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      11.   To Steve Kerzer-#9-Hate justified 16:49  |  Daniel Lions 19/04/08
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      15.   #3 07:30  |  Jason_M 20/04/08
      16.   rabbi / priests the same behavior 12:55  |  Phillip 20/04/08
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