Man Set for Harassment Trial Linked to Temple Fortune Rabbi Investigation

By Tim Lamden
Ham & High
May 7, 2013

http://www.hamhigh.co.uk/news/court-crime/man_set_for_harassment_trial_linked_to_temple_fortune_rabbi_investigation_1_2183297

The harassment charges relate to police investigations into Rabbi Chaim Halpern. Picture: The Jewish Chronicle. The harassment charges relate to police investigations into Rabbi Chaim Halpern. Picture: The Jewish Chronicle.

Samuel Erlanger, 37, will appear at Willesden Magistrates’ Court for trial on July 11 as part of ongoing investigations into orthodox rabbi Chaim Halpern, 54, leader of Divrei Chaim Synagogue in Bridge Lane, Temple Fortune.

Mr Erlanger, of Powis Gardens, Golders Green, denied one charge of harassment without violence at Hendon Magistrates Court on Thursday.

He was arrested in January on suspicion of harassment via telephone following incidents alleged to have taken place between December 25 last year and January 23 this year.

Another man, Shlomo Feldman, 28, of Lynmouth Road, Stamford Hill, faces three charges of harassment without violence in relation to the investigation into Rabbi Halpern and will appear at Hendon Magistrates Court on May 15.

Rabbi Halpern was arrested and questioned in February on suspicion of sexual assault and perverting the course of justice. He is due to return to police in July.