Rabbi Yisroel Goldstein

‘Challah,’ ‘tefillin’ were code words in Poway Chabad's tax fraud scheme

Attorney Elliot Adler made donations to Chabad of Poway, 90% of which Rabbi Yisroel Goldstein funneled back to Adler, keeping another 10% for himself.

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Chabad of Poway
John Earnest, accused of killing one and injuring three others while shooting up a synagogue in Poway, Calif., in April 2019, during his preliminary hearing on Thursday, Sept. 19, 2019, in Superior Court San Diego

‘There was chaos’: Witnesses recall San Diego synagogue shooting in court

“I saw men running toward the exit door, people were falling over each other. There was chaos,” Stewart recalled. “I heard screaming from the women’s side, and people yelling, ‘Get down!’”

|ByPAULINE REPARD/THE SAN DIEGO UNION-TRIBUNE/TNS
Rabbi Yisroel Goldstein, injured in the recent shooting at the Congregation Chabad synagogue in Poway, California, speaks as U.S. President Donald Trump looks on during the "National Day of Prayer" Service in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington

Poway shooting survivor rabbi gets a new finger

"Antisemitism is not a Jewish problem - this is a problem for the world and we need to recognize that," said Rabbi Goldstein in an address to the UN General Assembly.

|ByRACHEL WOLF