Luke: Accused child molester Mendy Tevel davened at Chabad Bais Bazelel over the first days of Succot.
Failed Messiah: Synagogues including Baid Bezalel, Bais Menachem, B’nai David-Judea, Chabad Israel Center, Chabad SOLA, and Mogen David Young Sephardic stage a simchat beit ha-shoeva celebration in the “merit” of convicted felon Sholom Mordechai Rubashkin, “may G-d free him immediately from incarceration!”
Rubashkin is currently serving a 27-year prison sentence for bank fraud and related crimes and has lost every appeal he has made so far – including one to the US Supreme Court, which refused to hear his case.
Rubashkin is probably best known for having a workforce of about 1000 employees, 750 of whom undocumented workers he exploited and allegedly stole from.