Conviction Jewish institutions and contexts Other Jewish institution or hearing Safed, Israel · 2018

Israel: yeshiva head sentenced to seven and a half years for assaulting women who sought his counsel

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Record class

Core record

Evidence status

Convicted

Authority role

rabbi and head of a yeshiva

Organization

Orot HaAri yeshiva, Safed

Archive classification

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The complainants approached the defendant precisely in his capacity as a rabbi and yeshiva head, seeking religious counsel on personal and health difficulties; the abuse was carried out inside and by means of that counselling relationship.

Pastoral or clerical authority
Spiritual healing or treatment
Threatened spiritual consequence

Evidence structure

Proceedings

2018-02-06 · conviction by plea agreement and sentence

Nazareth District Court, Israel. Rabbi Ezra Sheinberg, head of the Orot HaAri yeshiva, was convicted under a plea agreement of sexual assault against eight religious women who had come to him for religious and pastoral counselling on personal and health matters, and was sentenced to seven and a half years.

Documented coercion mechanisms

religious and pastoral counselling relationship
abuse framed as therapy

Cited record

Sources

national newspaper court reporting verdict and sentencing report 'Safed rabbi sentenced to 7.5 years in jail for sexual assault', The Times of Israel, 6 Feb. 2018.: Reports the Nazareth District Court sentence and the counselling relationship through which the assaults occurred.

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Source and tier basis: https://www.timesofisrael.com/safed-rabbi-sentenced-to-7-5-years-in-jail-for-sexual-assault/ Corpus classification: national-newspaper-court-reporting; evidentiary role: verdict-and-sentencing-report. SHA-256 08889843bd63bcd6b8c8966fe73adee5734b209f65b4cf4b664a039a3c388fbb
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