Israel’s Sephardi chief rabbi was cleared of complicity in the assault on a yeshiva student who had courted his daughter. Attorney General Menachem Mazuz recommended Wednesday that no charges be brought against Rabbi Shlomo Amar in connection with the incident that took place over Passover, officials said. Amar has denied any knowledge of the abduction and assault of a 17-year-old believed to have conducted an illicit romance with his daughter. The chief rabbi’s son, Meir Amar, has been charged in the case, along with two alleged accomplices. Amar’s wife, Mazal, also was indicted for conspiracy.
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