Trial Begins For Rabbi Accused Of Kidnapping, Forcing Jewish Husbands To Divorce Wives

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — A rabbi who prosecutors say employed a kidnap team to force unwilling Jewish husbands to divorce their wives is set to stand trial.

Epstein is free on bail. No one answered the door last week at his two-story house in Lakewood, a 25-square-mile community near the Jersey shore where more than 60,000 Orthodox Jews reside.

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