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two photos side by side; both show bearded men in black hats; goldstein, on the left, is much younger.
Posted inCalifornia

Chabad of San Diego fires Poway rabbi who refused oversight

Louis Keene by Louis Keene and Forward September 20, 2022

The regional director of Chabad in San Diego has fired the rabbi of a troubled area synagogue — and chartered its upstart rival. But it’s not clear whether Chabad’s headquarters supports either […]

Prosecutors allege the defendants used the words "challah" and "baker" and "tefillin" to conceal their plans to commit fraud. (Design by Grace Yagel.)
Posted inCalifornia

‘Challah’ and ‘tefillin’ were code words in the Chabad of Poway tax fraud scheme

Jackie Hajdenberg by Jackie Hajdenberg and JTA August 22, 2022August 22, 2022
Rabbi Yehuda Hadjadj of UC San Diego Chabad has pleaded guilty to fraud.
Posted inCalifornia

A second San Diego Chabad rabbi named in Poway scandal

Louis Keene by Louis Keene and Forward January 28, 2022January 28, 2022
Bernie Madoff, pictured in 2009 ahead of his entering a guilty plea. (Photo/JTA-Stephen Chernin-Getty Images)
Posted inU.S.

Bernie Madoff, whose Ponzi scheme devastated Jewish world, dies

Ben Sales by Ben Sales and JTA April 14, 2021
a regular headshot of a white man in his 30s next to a copy of the headshot with distorted colors
Posted inU.S.

News outlets covering Israel found, again, to have run fake op-eds

Marcy Oster by Marcy Oster and JTA July 17, 2020
A bearded man in a black hat and casts on both hands speaks at a podium
Posted inCalifornia

Rabbi injured in Poway shooting pleads guilty to tax fraud

by Ben Harris and JTA July 16, 2020
Smith leans on a desk, appears to be saying something emphatically
Posted inBay Area, Israel, Northern California, California, News

American immigrants are winning back millions for victims of massive fraud in Israel

Andrew Tobin by Andrew Tobin April 28, 2017April 28, 2017

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