Rabbi Naftali Tzvi Weisz, the Brooklyn-based Grand Rebbe of the Spinka sect, was sentenced to two years in federal prison Monday for a decade-long fraud ...

But the Spinka Rebbe is no Rabbi Meir of Rotenburg; Weisz, after pleading not guilty of all charges, apparently had no compunctions about accepting the $2.5 million bond scared up by his followers ...

This week, an undisclosed federal prison will become the new address of prisoner No. 46835-112, Naftali Tzvi Weisz, known to his thousands of followers as the Grand Rabbi of Spinka of Borough Park ...

In the interview, the rebbe says that no one should be in "awe" of his speech, which was "what I as supposed to do." But he also tries to contextualize his crimes by claiming his motives were pure.

The Chakal Yitzchak, zt”l, zy”a, (the late Spinka Rebbe) wonders why the miracle of the Exodus from Egypt is so exclusive that we have to recall it daily. After all, the miracle of Purim was ...

In a Los Angeles courtroom, the federal justice system is colliding with one of the most vexing areas of Jewish law.

Re: “Protection Is What We Asked For” (Op-ed, May 2) by Ronn Torossian: I am discouraged by the opposition of many Jewish organizations to the president’s policies towards curbing anti ...

The schedule after the Spinka rebbe’s appearance included celebrity defense lawyer Ben Brafman, and two big-name rabbis, who pounded the lectern and wailed as they pointed to examples in the ...

One Spinka-affiliated organization that took part in the scheme, Yeshiva Imrei Yosef, will probably be ordered in January to pay $1 million to $2 million in fines, prosecutor Daniel O’Brien said.

Elaine C. Spinka, nee Leopatin, beloved wife of Lou; devoted mother of Lori (Michael) Wuchevich, Joey and the late Allen Spinka; dear sister of Jacqueline Roth; dear sister-in-law of Arnold Spinka.