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31 July 2016

In custody in Israel, fugitive rabbi indicted for sexual assault

JTA) — A rabbi who was extradited back to Israel from South Africa was indicted for several sexual assaults, including of a teenage girl.
Rabbi Eliezer Berland, 79, was arrested in April in Johannesburg and extradited to Israel earlier this month prior to his indictment at the Jerusalem Magistrate’s Court Friday, Army Radio reported.

http://www.jta.org/2016/07/29/news-opinion/israel-middle-east/in-custody-in-israel-fugitive-rabbi-indicted-for-sexual-assault