Thursday, March 3, 2016

Trial of Ezra Sheinberg - former rosh yeshiva - starts in Tzfas

Haaretz   The trial of Rabbi Ezra Sheinberg, the former head of the Orot Ha'ari Yeshiva in Safed, charged with perpetrating sex crimes against 12 women seeking his treatment and advice, began on Wednesday behind closed doors at the Nazareth District Court.

Sheinberg made no comment before the session began.

Dozens of Yeshiva students demonstrated outside in solidarity with the victims. Also protesting where women from a Galilee rape crisis counseling center. Demonstrators carried signs that read:

'We believe you and salute you, stand behind you,' 'You aren't alone, the Orot Ha'ari community condemns Ezra Sheinberg and his actions.'

Rabbi Avraham Engel, of the Orot Ha'ari Yeshiva said their group had come all the way from Safed "to support and encourage the brave women standing at the frontlines of justice."

A former student remarked: 'For the first time, he is silent, and we are smiling." [...]
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2 comments:

  1. Akiva WassersteinMarch 4, 2016 at 12:37 AM

    The guy who hits Wikipedia has "arrived."
    https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A2%D7%96%D7%A8%D7%90_%D7%A9%D7%99%D7%99%D7%A0%D7%91%D7%A8%D7%92

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  2. IsraelReaderMarch 4, 2016 at 1:13 PM

    We can start a discussion about the halachic status of all the married woman stepping forward to testify against him.
    משנה ראשונה, משנה אחרונה?

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