Israel's Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi Suspends Himself Amid Fraud Investigation

By Yair Ettinger
Haaretz
June 23, 2013

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Israel's Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi Yona Metzger on Sunday temporarily suspended himself from some of his duties, three days after he was questioned under caution by the police on suspicion of bribery, fraud, embezzlement, breach of trust and money laundering.