The mother of a teenager convicted of firebombing a Jewish school was ordered to stand trial. The trial of Rouba Elmerhebi Faud is slated to begin Sept. 5 on charges of being an accessory after the fact. Her son, Sleiman Elmerhebi, was released from prison in May after serving two-thirds of a 40-month sentence for torching the United Talmud Torah school in April 2004.
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