Jerusalem rabbi hears divorce cases as daughter represents spouses

11.05.2012                      19.Ijar. 5772                    Tag 34 des Omer

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Jerusalem rabbi hears divorce cases as daughter represents spouses

Complaints indicate that Rabinovitch has ruled on dozens of such cases; rabbi facing investigation for violation of judicial procedure and ethics.

A Jerusalem religious court judge is under investigation by the State Prosecutor's Office after he was found to have ruled on divorce cases in which his daughter or son-in-law represented the husband or wife.
The judge, Rabbi Chaim Yehuda Rabinovitch, was found by the judicial ombudsman, retired Supreme Court Justice Eliezer Goldberg, to have decided divorce cases in which his daughter, Gila Naftalin, or her husband, Shaul Naftalin, represented one of the contesting spouses, which Goldberg deemed a violation of judicial procedure and ethics. There had been complaints that Rabinovitch ruled on dozens of such cases; Goldberg found that he transferred some of them to other judges….