Destino Posted October 11, 2013 Share Posted October 11, 2013 NEW YORK (CNN)– A group of rabbis face kidnapping charges after allegedly arranging assaults of Orthodox Jewish husbands to persuade them to grant divorces to their wives, authorities said Thursday. FBI raids on Wednesday night led to the arrest of three rabbis who were arraigned in federal court in New Jersey Thursday, according to court documents. A criminal complaint alleges that the rabbis charged Jewish wives tens of thousands of dollars to orchestrate kidnappings and accepted $20,000 for such an operation from undercover FBI agents. Their goal? To obtain "gets," a document that Jewish law requires a husband to present to his wife in order to be issued a divorce, the complaint says. In one conversation with undercover FBI agents, the complaint alleges, Rabbi Mendel Epstein talked about forcing the divorces with the help of hired "tough guys," who he said used plastic bags to cover the husbands' heads and electric cattle prods and karate to assault them. http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/2013/10/10/rabbis-plotted-to-kidnap-husbands-force-divorces-fbi-says/?hpt=hp_t2That reads like the plot of a bad movie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bang Posted October 11, 2013 Share Posted October 11, 2013 Like a Woody Allen nightmare. ~Bang Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellis Posted October 11, 2013 Share Posted October 11, 2013 Does sound like a bad movie. Lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mistertim Posted October 11, 2013 Share Posted October 11, 2013 I glanced at the topic and at first saw "Rabbits Plotted To Kidnap Husbands, Force Divorces, Fbi Says". While the real story is interesting, I still somehow feel let down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoony Posted October 11, 2013 Share Posted October 11, 2013 I'm trying to imagine being intimidated by a Rabbi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Destino Posted October 11, 2013 Author Share Posted October 11, 2013 I'm trying to imagine being intimidated by a Rabbi The karate thugs with their fancy electric cattle prods handled the intimidation. No mention of what they looked like but I assume it was something like this: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Posted October 11, 2013 Share Posted October 11, 2013 Remembering one story like from The Sopranos, where some Orthodox Jews hired Tony to get a guy to grant a divorce. The turning point was "Paulie! Get the bolt cutters out of the car!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoony Posted October 11, 2013 Share Posted October 11, 2013 Remembering one story like from The Sopranos, where some Orthodox Jews hired Tony to get a guy to grant a divorce. The turning point was "Paulie! Get the bolt cutters out of the car!" Haha that was great Also, after they'd beaten the man he looks up defiantly and says something like "the Jews have been thru much worse, the Ottoman Empire, the Egyptian empire, and the Roman Empire. We are still here, where are the Romans today?" Tony looks at Pauly and looks back at the man and says "you're looking at 'em!!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PokerPacker Posted October 11, 2013 Share Posted October 11, 2013 So basically their religion prevents divorce without this document, and as leaders of this religion, they try to circumvent it via kidnapping? Makes sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mistertim Posted October 11, 2013 Share Posted October 11, 2013 So basically their religion prevents divorce without this document, and as leaders of this religion, they try to circumvent it via kidnapping? Makes sense. Gotta have your priorities. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henry Posted October 11, 2013 Share Posted October 11, 2013 As a member of The Tribe myself, I'm not sure how to respond to this. Well, other than to be especially nice to my wife for the next few weeks ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artmonkforHOF Posted October 11, 2013 Share Posted October 11, 2013 One thing I have never understood about people wanting to get out of a marriage that has-I don't want to insult here but- unusual religious customs is, why doesnt the person who want to leave just denouce their religion? You can't hold a person to Jewish law if they are not Jewish. Seems a lot simpler than having to hire tough guy rabbis- or did the rabbis hire the tough guys (would they have to be kosher or circumsized?)- to rough up a husband. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riggo-toni Posted October 11, 2013 Share Posted October 11, 2013 Sign dis get, or my friend Yitzhak here will shove dis shellfish wrapped in bacon down your troat... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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