Overview

• The man was identified as Ariel Katzenberg, whom Yad L'Achim accuses of posing for years as a charedi rabbi while operating as a Christian missionary.
• While living in Bnei Brak, Tiberias, Harish, Migdal and other northern communities, he allegedly officiated weddings and conversions, taught Torah, and conducted Christian baptisms.
• Yad L'Achim says it obtained surveillance footage, including video from cameras he operated, alongside documents it says were forged and submitted to rabbinical courts.
• Following the exposure, rabbinical courts began issuing conversion certificates with unique identifiers and other security features to prevent further forgeries.
• The group has asked police to open an investigation, and it alleges he took large sums from foreign tourists for fake papers, though no formal probe is reported in these articles.