2 Rabbis Caught Plotting To Kidnap And Torture To Force A Divorce
TRENTON Two Orthodox rabbis and eight other men were arrested in an FBI sting in New Jersey and New York on charges they plotted to kidnap and torture a man to force him to grant a religious divorce.
Rabbis Mendel Epstein and Martin Wolmark charged Jewish women and their families thousands of dollars to obtain religious divorces, known as gets, from unwilling husbands, the FBI said.