The federal court here convicted J. Rabinowitz of Oakland for selling sacramental wine obtained under the claim that he was a Rabbi of a congregation.
His son, S. Raben, was acquitted.
This is the first conviction in Northern California of a man who posed as a Rabbi to engage in the sale of wine.
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