Arutz 7 The Supreme Court cleared the publication
of the name of a prominent northern rabbi accused of sexual abuse
overnight Thursday, revealing his identity to the press as Rabbi Ezra
Sheinberg, Rosh Yeshiva (dean) of Yeshivat (Torah academy) Orot Ha'Ari
in Tzfat (Safed).
Ten women have accused the rabbi of sexual abuse, up from earlier estimates of eight in Israeli media.
Since the scandal broke, Rabbi Sheinberg has been distanced from his yeshiva and from the Tzfat community for the sake of public safety.
During the hearing late Thursday, Justice Ari Shaham rejected claims
that revealing the rabbi's name would cause undue damage to his
reputation and personal safety. [...]
Rabbi Sheinberg was arrested while trying to flee Israel at Ben-Gurion Airport earlier this month. He was due to be identified by the press following a decision by the Nazareth District Court
that revealing his identity was "in the public interest," but that
decision had been frozen pending an appeal by his defense team.
Last Friday, Arutz Sheva exposed several damning details about
the case, including the fact that Sheinberg allegedly admitted his
offenses to Tzfat Chief Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu - but since then has
claimed over and over again that the allegations are "nonsense."
Sheinberg's defense attorney also accused the women of lying, stating at
one point, "who remembers this stuff 13 years later? ][...]
In the hours before his name was revealed to the press, Sheinberg's
detention was extended until Thursday, July 23, and the presiding judge
in that hearing revealed that damning physical evidence had been added to the case files
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