On the lam for more than two years, fugitive from justice Rabbi Eliezer Berland, the head of Breslov’s Shuvu Banim hasidic sect, celebrated his 79th birthday with 79 balloons given to him by a small subgroup of his followers who allegedly came from Israel to South Africa to celebrate with him.
Above: Rabbi Eliezer Berland
Still Hiding From The Law, Rabbi Eliezer Berland Celebrates 79th Birthday, Allegedly In South African Exile
Shmarya Rosenberg • FailedMessiah.com
On the lam for more than two years, fugitive from justice Rabbi Eliezer Berland, the head of Breslov’s Shuvu Banim hasidic sect, celebrated his 79th birthday with 79 balloons given to him by a small subgroup of his followers who allegedly came from Israel to South Africa to celebrate with him, Behadrei Haredim reported.
Also present was Berland’s son Nachman, a rabbi in the sect.
The celebration supposedly took place in the outer suburbs of Johannesburg, South Africa where Berland is allegedly residing after jumping bail in the Netherlands last year.
Berland is wanted in Israel for questioning for a string of alleged rapes and sexual assaults against young female followers, many of who were married at the time their assaults allegedly took place. One of those alleged victims was a minor when Berland allegedly sexual assaulted her.
Behadrei Haredim has two photos of the event here.
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