Lt. Avraham Goren, son of Ashkenazic Chief Rabbi Shlomo Goren, was found guilty by a military court of conduct unbecoming an officer and absence without leave. He was reduced to the rank of private, sentenced to 35 days in a military prison and received a three month suspended sentence. The young Goren, whose father was for years Chief Chaplain of Israel’s military forces with the rank of general, has two weeks to appeal the sentence. His lawyers claimed he was “framed” for political reasons on the basis of allegations contained in newspaper stories and that the evidence against him was obtained by coercion and other illegal means. According to the court, Goren obtained his commission as a military chaplain although he was not an ordained rabbi and lacked the necessary academic background.
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