A rabbi and leader of a conservative Jewish movement has gone on the run in the Netherlands to avoid extradition to Israel over accusations of sexual assault.
Rabbi Eliezer Berland stands accused of sexually assaulting four female followers and a 15-year-old girl and was arrested on arrival at Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam last September. Berland, who is the founder of the Shuvu Bonim religious seminary in the Old City of Jerusalem and member of the conservative Breslov Hasidic sect, had previously evaded capture in Switzerland, Morocco, Zimbabwe and South Africa.
The rabbi, 78, denies the charges, saying he is too unwell to …read more
Source: Newsweek
