Beverly Hills Police report arrest of alleged sex abuser

Mendel Tevel, a local rabbi and youth worker accused by multiple people in the New York Jewish community of sexual abuse, was arrested Tuesday, October 29, at the JEM Center in Beverly Hills.

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Jared Sichel

October 29, 2013

Mendel Tevel, a local rabbi and youth worker

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Beverly Hills Police report arrest of alleged sex abuser

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