Legal Troubles

-Young Israel of Beverly Hills is accused of “fraud and breach of contract…a petty and ugly quarrel in a deal gone sour.� (Jewish Journal)

-The Conservative Movement has launched an internal investigation into possible financial wrongdoing by its longtime executive director of its New York region. (The Jewish Week)

-A Haredi cantor is ensnared by a sex-sting operation, part of a larger extortion plan. (Ynet)

-The principal of a private Jewish girls’ school in Melbourne is facing accusations that she sexually molested some of the students, and outraged parents claim that the school paid for her to return to Israel before reporting the complaints to the police. (The Age)

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