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Judge Frees Man Convicted In 1990 Killing Of Brooklyn Rabbi

“I’m overwhelmed. I feel like I’m under water, swimming. Like I said from the beginning, I had nothing to do with this case,” 58-year-old David Ranta said after leaving state court in Brooklyn.

2013/03/21

DA: Brooklyn Rabbi Charged In Sex Sting

Nathan David Rabinowich was arrested Wednesday after he showed up at a pre-arranged meeting in Queens, prosecutors said.

2013/02/15

Rabbi Nechemya Weberman (file/credit: CBS 2)

Trial Set To Continue For Brooklyn Orthodox Leader Accused Of Sex Abuse

The trial was set to continue Monday for a prominent Brooklyn Orthodox Jewish leader accused of sexually abusing a now-17-year-old girl.

2012/12/02

Torah Scribe At Brooklyn Temple Serves As Symbol For Jewish Women Seeking Religious Equality

Sunday night is the final night of Sukkot, a Jewish holiday that is supposed to remind Jews of their ancestral escape from slavery. For many Jewish women this Sunday also signifies new progress in their pursuit of religious equality.

2012/10/07

Fundraiser Held In Brooklyn For Therapist Accused Of Sexually Abusing Young Girl

As protestors made their presence known, the man at the center of controversy Rabbi Nechemya Weberman, 53, shook hands and accepted warm wishes at the dinner, which was held to raise legal funds for him.

2012/05/16

Posters For Fundraiser For Accused Child Molester Rabbi Nechemya Weberman (CBS 2)

Hebrew Posters Appeal For Money For Alleged Child Molester In Brooklyn

There are some shocking allegations against a counselor and confidant in a Brooklyn community. A therapist stands accused of sexually abusing a young girl who looked to him for advice.

2012/05/15

A message of hate spray painted outside of a Hackensack NJ temple (credit:CBS2)

Messages Of Hate Mar Chanukah Celebrations In NJ

Police in New Jersey are looking for the vandals who painted swastikas outside of synagogues in Hackensack and Maywood.

2011/12/21

Jews Across Tri-State Mark The Beginning Of Chanukah

The festival of lights began at sundown, and is observed for eight nights. It commemorates the rededication of the holy temple in Jerusalem in the 2nd Century.

2011/12/20

Protesters Occupy Wall Street (Photo by Michael Nagle/Getty Images)

‘Occupy Wall Street’ Protest Spreads To Jersey City, Trenton

You don’t have to live in New York to be fed up with Wall Street. Now, the movement has found its way across the Hudson River.

2011/10/06

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Rabbi Leib Glanz, Brother Charged With Rent Fraud In NYC

Prosecutors said Menashe Glanz filed false documents to get subsidies for an apartment that his brother lived in.

2011/09/15

New Jersey Rabbi Uzi Rivlin Pleads Not Guilty To Sex Charges

Police arrested 63-year-old Uzi Rivlin on Tuesday for allegedly having sexual contact with two 13-year-old boys.

2011/08/17

Brooklyn ‘Rabbi’ Accused Of Molesting Girl Since She Was 12

A father was convinced his 16-year-old daughter was having a relationship with a 17-year-old boy, so the father set up a hidden camera in the house. What he recorded shocked him.

2011/02/25

NYC Rabbi Accused Of Molesting Child

Nechemya Weberman pleaded innocent at his arraignment to charges of criminal sex act, rape, endangering the welfare of a child and sexual abuse.

2011/02/24

Resentence Set For NY Rabbi In Molestation Case

The ruling by the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals came after Monsey rabbi Israel Weingarten was convicted of charges that he abused a daughter through much of her childhood. He was sentenced in 2009.

2011/01/19