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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...headlines trumpeting the discovery of the "Jewish laundry" used to bribe prominent New Jersey officials allegedly using Israeli charities. In particular, Israeli commentators seized on the connection between several of those arrested and prominent figures in Shas, the ultra-Orthodox Sephardi Torah Guardians Party, founded by the octogenarian Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, who remains its spiritual leader...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Jersey's Corruption Scandal: The Israeli Connection | 7/28/2009 | See Source »

Among those arrested on July 23 were Rabbi Eliahu Ben Haim and Rabbi Edmund Nahum, who are reportedly close to Rabbi Ovadia Yosef and his son, Rabbi David Yosef. Ben Haim and Nahum were allegedly major fundraisers for Shas and Yosef family networks of educational institutions. According to a report on Israeli television, Rabbi David Yosef was also said to have been the target of Solomon Dwek, the FBI's chief informant, who asked the rabbi to help him launder a check for $25,000. David Yosef reportedly declined. (Read about the New Jersey corruption sting...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Jersey's Corruption Scandal: The Israeli Connection | 7/28/2009 | See Source »

...yeshivas - received their budget directly from the Israeli government and denied that Shas had been involved in any money-laundering or illegal activity. Furthermore, he said that Rabbi David Yosef was not a member of Shas and did not represent the party. "Besides the fact that he is Rabbi Ovadia Yosef's son, he has no formal connection to the Shas organization," said Lachmanovich...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Jersey's Corruption Scandal: The Israeli Connection | 7/28/2009 | See Source »

...Whoever votes for Lieberman gives strength to Satan." - Conservative Israeli religious leader Rabbi Ovadia Yosef (Telegraph, February 10th...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Avigdor Lieberman | 2/12/2009 | See Source »

...experience was a wake-up call for Nicole S. Ovadia, a graduate student. “You’re learning everything you’re doing wrong,” she said...

Author: By Lulu Zhou, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Etiquette School? How Charming! | 2/6/2006 | See Source »

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