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Rabbi who groped soldier sentenced to jail

May 13, 2011 12:53
Rabbi Gavriel Bidany

ByJennifer Lipman, Jennifer Lipman

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The rabbi who was convicted of groping a female IDF officer on a flight to New York will spend two months behind bars.

Father-of-11 Gavriel Bidany was arrested after the woman, 23, accused him of touching her underneath her airline blanket without her consent.

Last week a court heard that she was sleeping and woke to find him fondling her groin area and groping her breast. When she confronted him, he claimed he was sleeping.

Yesterday Bidany was sentenced to 60 days in a federal prison.