Rabbi Begins Jail Term for Infraction at Embassy
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WASHINGTON — An activist rabbi who refused to pay a $100 fine after being convicted of demonstrating too close to the Soviet Embassy reported to jail Wednesday to serve a two-day term, his lawyer said. Avi Weiss, senior rabbi at the Hebrew Institute of Riverdale, N.Y., was taken to District of Columbia jail.
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