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Fake rabbi sentenced to 135 years for sexually abusing adoptive sons

JL;DR SUMMARY Hayim Nissim Cohen, a man who presented himself as a rabbi with a large following on TikTok, has been sentenced to 135 years in prison for sexually abusing his adoptive sons. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Hasidic JudaismJewish CommunityAdoptionTiktokSexual AssaultChild AbuseHayim Nissim CohenFake RabbiIdentity FraudLegal Sentencing

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Houston, Texas, United States
"On Monday, Cohen, 40, pleaded guilty in a Houston state court to four counts of sexual assault of a child and one count of indecency with a child."
Odessa, Texas, United States
"Cohen grew up speaking Yiddish as a Hasidic Jew in Williamsburg, but was actually born with the name Jeffrey Lujan Vejil in Odessa, Texas in 1984."
Dallas, Texas, United States
"Im Jewish, and went to Dallas County and had his name changed."

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