LeBron James attends Jewish NYC wedding — holding hands with a notorious rabbi
The basketball superstar has long had ties to Yoshiyahu Yosef Pinto, a well-known Moroccan-Israeli Kabbalist rabbi who once served a year in prison.
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Yoshiyahu Pinto, an Israeli rabbi who has counseled such celebrities as LeBron James, was released from prison after serving a one-year sentence for bribery. Pinto, 43, was freed Wednesday from Nitzan Prison, where he served his time in the medical center. He has cancer and is in poor health. His appeal to reduce the prison…
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Breaking News Rabbi Pinto Reports to Prison for Bribery
Yoshiyahu Pinto, an Israeli rabbi who has counseled such celebrities as LeBron James, entered prison to serve a one-year term for bribery. Pinto arrived at Nitzan Prison in central Israel on Tuesday afternoon, later than scheduled after he first made an unexpected visit to a Jerusalem hospital for medical treatment. He is scheduled to serve…
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News Rabbi Pinto Ordered to Prison in Israel — New York Libel Suit Dismissed
Yoshiyahu Yosef Pinto, the powerful Israeli rabbi, has faced major legal setbacks in court rulings on both sides of the Atlantic this week. The decisions, one of which will send Pinto to an Israeli prison next month, come as the once-untouchable religious empire around Pinto continues to totter. In Israel on January 5, the country’s…
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Breaking News Israeli Cop Who Feuded With Rabbi Pinto Commits Suicide
The July 5 suicide of a top Israeli police official is the second high-profile death of a person in conflict with Rabbi Yoshiyahu Yosef Pinto, the controversial and influential Israeli celebrity rabbi. Ephraim Bracha, a brigadier general in the Israeli Police, shot himself in the chest while sitting in his own car on a street…
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Breaking News Rabbi Pinto Gets 1 Year in Bribery Scheme
The rabbi also was fined 1 million shekels or $260,000 in Tel Aviv District Court on Tuesday. In a plea deal finalized last month, Pinto, 39, pleaded guilty to charges of bribery, attempted bribery and obstruction of justice for attempting to bribe a senior police officer for information in another investigation about him. Pinto agreed…
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Breaking News Rabbi Yoshiyahu Pinto Pleads Guilty To Bribing Israeli Police
Celebrity Israeli Rabbi Yoshiyahu Pinto pleaded guilty in a Tel Aviv court to charges of bribery as part of a plea deal. Pinto, 39, pleaded guilty to charges of bribery, attempted bribery, and obstruction of justice for attempting to bribe a senior police officer for information in another investigation about him. As part of the…
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Breaking News Rabbi Yoshiyahu Pinto’s New York Synagogue Faces Foreclosure
Rabbi Yoshiyahu Yosef Pinto may have lost his home. And he could soon lose his synagogue. The embattled Israeli kabbalist is increasingly beset by legal and financial troubles, both in the United States and Israel. In recent weeks, new problems have kept piling up in New York courts. In late March, a bank filed a…
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