Four rabbis arrested for fraud in city chief rabbi applications
If the allegations turn out to be true, it will not the first time that Chief Rabbinate qualifications have been fraudulently obtained for the purposes of career advancement.
Rabbi Saul Kassin (C), the chief rabbi of a synagogue in Brooklyn, N.Y., exits federal court after being one of the more than 40 people to be arrested in a federal investigation of public corruption and international money laundering, in Newark, N.J., July 23, 2009. (photo credit: CHIP EAST / REUTERS)ByJEREMY SHARONUpdated: