Rabbi Gets Stung for 38 Months
Martin Wolmark, a 57 year old Orthodox Rabbi from Monesy,NY, was sentenced to 38 months in federal prison for his role in a conspiracy to coerce a Jewish man to grant his wife a “get”, a religious divorce, through violence and threats of violence, a according to an announcement by U.S. Attorney Paul Fishman.
Wolmark pleaded guilty in February.
On Aug. 7, 2013, Wolmark spoke with a woman and her brother about obtaining a Jewish divorce from the woman’s recalcitrant husband. A get is a divorce document which, according to Jewish Law, must be presented by a husband to his wife to effect their divorce. Unbeknownst to Wolmark, the woman and the brother were actually undercover FBI agents.
Posted: December 14th, 2015 | Author: Art Gallagher | Filed under: Crime, Crime and Punishment | Tags: Divorce, Martin Wolmark, U.S. Attorney Paul Fishman | 1 Comment »