Thursday, January 22, 2015

Haredi Family Allegedly Loots Org Of Money Meant For American Victims Of Terror Attacks

Haredi Family Allegedly Loots Org Of Money Meant For American Victims Of Terror Attacks

http://failedmessiah.typepad.com/failed_messiahcom/2015/01/haredi-family-allegedly-loots-org-of-money-meant-for-american-victims-of-terror-attacks-678.html

http://m.forward.com/articles/212835/was-terror-compensation-cash-diverted-to-orthodox/?p=all
 
Rabbi Eliezer Perr drawing colorizedA new lawsuit claims Lakewood haredi Rabbi Eliezer Perr and his son Rabbi Jedidiah Perr have looted an organization, the American Center for Civil Justice, meant get Iranian and Syrian assets for American victims – including US soldiers – of terror attacks linked to those governments. Much of the looted money was allegedly given to haredi yeshivas run by the Perr family or haredi yeshivas are students in or alumni of. And among those crying foul is Michael Engelberg, an Orthodox pediatrician who cofounded the American Center for Civil Justice and who was once a student of Rabbi Eliezer Perr at Ner Israel Yeshiva in Baltimore.

Above: Rabbi Eliezer Perr
A new haredi low?
A new lawsuit claims Lakewood haredi Rabbi Eliezer Perr and his son Rabbi Jedidiah Perr have looted an organization, the American Center for Civil Justice, meant get Iranian and Syrian assets for American victims – including US soldiers – of terror attacks linked to those governments. Most of the victims are not Jewish let alone Orthodox or haredi.
Much of the looted money was allegedly given to haredi yeshivas run by the Perr family or haredi yeshivas are students in or alumni of, including:
…$200,000 grant to Beth Medrash Govoha, in Lakewood, New Jersey, which the Perrs both attended, and $250,000 to the National Society of Hebrew Day Schools, which supports yeshivas across the country.
The Perrs also gave tens of thousands of dollars to religious schools in Brooklyn and Queens attended by Eliezer Perr’s grandchildren and $50,000 to Yeshiva of Far Rockaway, which is run by Eliezer Perr’s brother, Yechiel Perr.…
And among those crying foul is an Orthodox pediatrician, Michael Engelberg, who co-founded the American Center for Civil Justice and who was once a student of Rabbi Eliezer Perr at Ner Israel Yeshiva in Baltimore. And now he's suing Perr and his son Jedidiah for misusing some of the money recovered for the families of terrorism victims.
Read it all here.

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