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Rabbi at NYC jails resigns after mitzvah at lockup

A rabbi who works as a chaplain for the city's jails resigned Tuesday amid an investigation into a catered bar mitzvah held for an inmate's son at a local lockup, said a spokesman for the Department of Correction.

Rabbi Leib Glanz, who was suspended for two weeks for his role in allowing convicted scam artist Tuvia Stern tothrow a party for his young son at the jail where he was being detained,...

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