NEW YORK
Forward
Josefin Dolsten
August 11, 2016
A rabbi who left his flock after word got out that he went on sauna trips with young male congregants recently reemerged as a psychological counselor at a luxury health center, but his seeming comeback has hit a wall.
Rabbi Jonathan Rosenblatt was once a prominent Orthodox figure as the longtime rabbi of the Riverdale Jewish Center, but a New York Times exposé revealed in May 2015 he had visited the showers and sauna, often naked, with boys as young as 12.
He resigned from his position as senior rabbi in February and reportedly found a job as a counselor in Scarsdale, a posh New York suburb, but the medical practice in question denied he worked there.
“He was never with us,” Su Y. Heo said. “He was subleasing a place so he can see his own patients. He did it for a month, but he is no longer subleasing with us.”
Heo said Rosenblatt had rented space from the practice from June through July but declined to say why the rabbi was no longer subleasing with the practice.
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