crazy story in the news out of the New York Jewish community.

I'll just start off by saying that no system is perfect and mistakes happen in every system and things fall through the cracks everywhere . This incident indicates nothing about this community being better or worse than any other in any way.

A fellow from a well known Haredi community in Brooklyn, having previously learned in a known Hassidic yeshiva, got married a few weeks ago.

According to the report on kikar, this community is known for its level of strictness and refuse to allow its member to marry even converts.

For whatever reason, this yeshiva bochur was alone in the world. He must have had some story, but it raised no eyebrows when nobody from his family was coming to his wedding. This young man spoke fluent Hebrew and learned well in yeshiva and nobody doubted who he claimed to be. The rav and rebbetzin of the community led him to his chuppa.

According to the report, after they were already married, some of the bride's family members decided to look into him, though I don't know why at that point, and went into their house to look around. They found three passports of his each with a different name. They also found pictures of him with the appearance of a Muslim.

They went to the rabbonim who told the wife to leave immediately, while they work to clarify the situation.

They now believe that this young man is a Lebanese Muslim, who never converted to Judaism. They do not know why he would pose as a Jew, learn in yeshiva, etc. All angles, including criminal, are being pursued.

Crazy!

By the way, there is more information including names, pictures and names of the communities involved here:

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