Rabbi Yona
Metzger is questioned by police over his alleged involvement in a bribery and
money-laundering scheme
The Guardian, Associated Press in Jerusalem, Thursday 20 June 2013
Israeli police say they have questioned the country's chief rabbi and raided his home and office over his alleged involvement in a bribery and money-laundering scheme.
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| Yona Metzger, the chief rabbi of Israel, has been questioned by police. Photograph: Javier Barbancho/AP |
Israeli police say they have questioned the country's chief rabbi and raided his home and office over his alleged involvement in a bribery and money-laundering scheme.
Police
spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said that Thursday's probe of Rabbi Yona Metzger
followed a months-long undercover investigation into his financial dealings.
Rosenfeld said police confiscated computers and documents from the rabbi's home
and arrested three associates.
Metzger is
weeks away from ending his 10-year term as the country's chief rabbi for
Ashkenazi, or European-descended, Jews.
Along with
a separate chief rabbi from the Sephardic or Middle Eastern lineage, Metzger
has led the country's supreme body for overseeing Jewish services.
The Chief
Rabbinate had no comment. In 2005, Metzger was questioned over fraud
allegations. No charges were filed.
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