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My best memories of summer are of the arts: Catching a B.B. King concert in a Denver August downpour; waiting in the humid heat for a free ticket to “My Fair Lady” at the Muny in St. Louis; spreading a jacket on the beach at Coney Island and watching the riveting and under-recognized “Crown Heights”…
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Fast Forward Connecticut Rabbi Pleads Not Guilty To Sex Assault On Student
(JTA) — A Connecticut judge entered pleas of not guilty on behalf of a prominent Connecticut rabbi charged in the alleged sexual assault of a minor. Rabbi Daniel Greer, 77, the founding rabbi of the Yeshiva of New Haven, appeared Tuesday in Superior Court in that city. He is charged with second-degree sexual assault and risk…
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Fast Forward Connecticut Yeshiva Embroiled In Sexual Abuse Controversy Is Not Certified
(JTA) — A Connecticut yeshiva whose founding rabbi was ordered to pay $20 million to a former student who claimed he was raped by the rabbi is operating without proper certification, the state said. The school came under additional scrutiny from state regulatory agencies last month after a federal jury ordered Rabbi Daniel Greer and the…
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Fast Forward Connecticut Rabbi Sued For Sex Abuse Pleads Fifth
A prominent New Haven, Conn. rabbi facing a civil lawsuit in federal court has refused under questioning to say whether he forced his accuser to have sex with him. “Did you force Eli Mirlis to have sex with you when he was a child?” Mirlis’s attorney asked Rabbi Daniel Greer at a May 11 hearing,…
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Breaking News Carjackers Killed When SUV Crashes Into Connecticut Synagogue
(JTA) — Two men were killed when the car they allegedly hijacked crashed into a New Haven, Connecticut, synagogue building during a police chase. The SUV driven by the men crashed into Congregation Beth El Keser Synagogue early on Monday morning. The two men allegedly had carjacked the 2005 Toyota Highlander shortly after midnight on…
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Breaking News Prominent New Haven Rabbi Who Was Police Chief Accused of Sex Abuse
A former police commissioner in New Haven, Connecticut, who became a rabbi is accused of sexually abusing a teenager in his care from 2001 to 2005, according to a federal lawsuit filed on Tuesday. Daniel Greer, a well-known member of New Haven’s Orthodox Jewish community, is accused of sexually abusing Eliyahu Mirlis over three years…
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The Schmooze Rabbi Finds $98K in Desk — and Gives It Back
Talk about bang for your buck. Noach Muroff, a high school teacher at Yeshiva of New Haven, bought a desk on Craigslist for less than $200. What he didn’t know was that there was $98,000 hidden inside. Muroff bought the desk in September. When it wouldn’t fit through the door, he and his wife had…
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