{"id":14209,"date":"2009-12-12T20:51:50","date_gmt":"2009-12-13T04:51:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=14209"},"modified":"2009-12-12T20:51:50","modified_gmt":"2009-12-13T04:51:50","slug":"rabbi-leib-tropper-a-talent-for-scandal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=14209","title":{"rendered":"Rabbi Leib Tropper – A Talent For Scandal"},"content":{"rendered":"

From Wikipedia<\/a>:<\/p>\n

In 2004, Trooper was the main force behind the ban of Rabbi Nathan Slifkin<\/a>‘s books. Rabbi Slifkin explores in his books conflicts and resolutions between traditional Judaism and modern science. [<\/span>3]<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n

In 2006, Tropper revoked the conversion of a woman on the basis of her being seen wearing pants and not covering her hair, thus rendering her children non-Jewish, as well. [<\/span>4]<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n

In February 2009 it was revealed on the Daat Torah blog [<\/span>5]<\/span><\/a><\/sup> that a letter [<\/span>6]<\/span><\/a><\/sup> which in several ultra orthodox rabbis strongly criticize rabbi Herbert Bomzer<\/a>, a modern orthodox rabbi, was forged by Tropper. After the forgery was discovered, some of the rabbis which their names were used in the forged letter released a statement [<\/span>7]<\/span><\/a><\/sup> distancing themselves from it.<\/p>\n

In October 2009, Tropper was sued by philanthropist Guma Aguiar<\/a> for allegedly misappropriating funds given to Tropper by Guma for charitable purposes. The lawsuit followed an altercation between Guma and Tropper in a Jerusalem hotel. [<\/span>8]<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

From Wikipedia: In 2004, Trooper was the main force behind the ban of Rabbi Nathan Slifkin‘s books. Rabbi Slifkin explores in his books conflicts and resolutions between traditional Judaism and modern science. [3] In 2006, Tropper revoked the conversion of … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20394],"tags":[20395,20396,1949,17536,9379,3219],"class_list":["post-14209","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-r-leib-tropper","tag-jerusalem-hotel","tag-letter-6","tag-orthodox-rabbi","tag-rabbi-nathan","tag-slifkin","tag-traditional-judaism"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t