Schechter School Closing Adds to Boston Anguish Over Rabbi Barry Starr Scandal
(JTA) — It’s been a rough few weeks for Conservative Jews in the Boston suburbs known as the South Area. First, Rabbi Barry Starr, the longtime spiritual leader of Temple Israel of Sharon, resigned amid allegations that he used synagogue discretionary funds to pay about $480,000 in hush money to an extortionist to hide a…