Broadway Stars Broadway Stars

Renee Calarco on the jailed 'Indian Jones' rabbi and her new play at Theater J by Nelson Pressley

Rabbi Menachem Youlus was known as the "Jewish Indiana Jones" for his adventurous tales of rescuing Torahs from European sites that included prison camps. The sagas lent alluring cache to the scrolls that Youlus sold in the name of Save a Torah " The Washington Post magazine detailed Youlus's claims in 2010 " but it was all a hoax. Youlus was convicted of fraud in 2012 and sent to prison for 51 months.Read full artic…

SOURCE: Washington Post at 04:51PM on March 18, 2015

« Back to BroadwayStars