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Prominent NYC synagogue reveals sexual assault allegation against its renowned late rabbi

JL;DR SUMMARY Bnai Jeshurun, a prominent synagogue in New York City, has removed the name of Rabbi Marshall T. Meyer from its rabbinic training program after a credible sexual assault allegation was made against him by a congregant from the 1980s. 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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Jewish CommunityNew York CityJewish OrganizationsInterfaith RelationsRestorative JusticeBnai JeshurunRabbinic TrainingRabbi Marshall T. MeyerSexual Assault AllegationArgentina Dirty War

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New York City, New York, United States
"A vibrant New York City synagogue is removing the name of its former rabbi from a prestigious rabbinic training program"
Buenos Aires, Argentina
"Meyer spent 25 years as a rabbi in Buenos Aires, where he grew his Conservative synagogue to have more than 1,000 members"
Argentina
"the Dirty War in Argentina"
Los Angeles, California, United States
"Returning to his native New York after a year at American Jewish University in Los Angeles"

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