The FBI, NYPD Intel Division, NYPD JTTF (Joint Terrorism Task Force, and ICE officials have interviewed Eliya Haliwa, and confirmed that he does not have any connections to terror groups, contrary to rumors otherwise.
“There is no credible threat to the Jewish community and there are no ties to this situation and terrorism,” the NYPD Deputy Inspector Richie Taylor, Commanding Officer of Community Affairs, Office of the Chief of Community Affairs told YWN in a statement.
Additionally, highly credible sources have confirmed to YWN that Haliwa has admitted both to the NYPD and to his Jewish wife that he is not Jewish. Our sources say that he claims he is not an anti-Semite, and in fact married into the Jewish community because he wants to be Jewish himself.
Why he didn’t go through the regular process of geirus remains a mystery.
YWN has also confirmed that Haliwa has never been to Israel and that he has never worked for the NSA, as he claimed to his wife. He is in fact in possession of two passports as YWN has previously reported. It has been determined that both his Lebanese passport and his United States passports are valid.
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28 Responses
How much more can we squeeze out of this non story? Could we go back to the machlokes of who was the last Jew to leave Afghanistan?
Since when do we trust the NYPD on such matters. I am sure Haliwa is falling back on a prearranged storyline to be used if he got caught, like now.
Still doesn’t explain why he claimed he worked for the NSA…🤔 something doesn’t make sense
I highly doubt it
Why would someone make up a family tree, and pretend to be Jewish just to marry a girl
Something is sinister over here and I’m glad he was caught before anyone got killed ch”v
I’m very disappointed at the chabbad rabbi who totally passed the buck and threw the rabbi from Lakewood under the bus. So let me get this straight now. He can come to chabbad house with full participation for 6 yrs meals tefilin davening and all and then you’ll even March him down the aisle and it all has nothing to do with you. You bear no responsibility??? Lowlife. Whereas this rabbi from Lakewood that you exposed (thank you) issued an extensive apology and showed everyone that he’s a real man and doesn’t run away from his responsibility and point fingers at everyone but themselves
What’s the news here? This is the same repetitive story posted over and over again, with the same stale information.
That’s what the fbi and homeland told them to say. I’m sure there’s a lot more going on
“Why he didn’t go through the regular process of geirus remains a mystery.”
Maybe because sefardim don’t accept geirim? Just wondering.
Addict:
A few more cups of java and youll be in full conspiracy mode. Maybe he killed JFK……
So a Lebanese Arab who never went to Israel speaks fluent Hebrew. Very suspicious and definitely sounds like a Hezbollah agent to me.
This just in:
FBI and NYPD have put the Brooklyn Bridge up for sale.
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So, unless his terror connections remain deeply hidden, sounds like this person really wants to be Jewish but for some reason did not want to become a ger. Maybe he was not aware of the process at the beginning, and did not see a way to admit his status after he constructed his web of lies. Maybe he can do a teshuva, a giyur, a second marriage to his wife, and then open a Chabad House in Beirut. Gezunte heig.
So basically, he is barking mad. The girl has had a lucky escape.
YAY!
so now let him become a Jew, and remarry (actually, marry) her, they will live
HAPPILY ever after!!
@coffee addict: not to “marry a girl”, no.
marry a frum Jewish girl more like. He simply wanted to live as a Torah jew.
perhaps he didnt know about geirus……
In Druze communities conversion is not an option. also, in Syrian Jewish communities as well gayrus is banned.
Poor guy he probably just wanted to be in the jewish community he should off done geirus
And her family should check better
No reason to criticize him!! He could be a good man with a good heart
So he is not planning to plant bombs. That leave open the possibility he is involved with cyberwarfare or cybercrime (rather than terrorism, which is NYPD’s concern), or hopes to establish a deep cover for future espionage, or other nefarious purposes, for someone. This would be newsworthy.
Then there also is the possibility he wants to be Jewish (and many people know of Jewish ancestry even if they aren’t Jewish) and never got around to converting. In which case there is no “public” matter to discuss, and this thread is serious Lashon Ha’ra.
Reporting his surname incorrectly only ensures that, should he try this scam again, people wouldn’t know and could fall for it again. This man’s surname is Hawila, not Haliwa as incorrectly reported and re-posted without checking (easy to verify, he’s holding the certificate with his full, real name on it).
So the guy who was caught in a few lies about himself confirmed he is not associated with any terror organizations? That’s a relief. Perhaps they can get him on impersonating an NSA agent?
Sleeper!
Anon21, I’m sure this is not the only case. Nobody checks those who attend Chabad houses. Anyone can get in in those places, learn about Judaism, mannerisms, the community, etc.
I keep on saying over and over how dangerous “kiruv” is in today’s day. This has to stop.
People here are nuts and naive to think that this disgusting, lying animal didn’t know that he has to convert to Judaism. He lied about his ancestry for a reason. Such idiots. Yes, I’m extremely angry that the pain of a Jewish daughter means nothing to you and you feel bad for the criminal. You all must be liberals who always feel bad and excuse the perpetrators of crime.
And besides being idiots you are all uneducated in Judaism. A person cannot convert to Judaism simply because they want to marry a Jew.
After reading all these comments, whoever cares that their descendants should be kosher Jews, they should thoroughly check the yichus of those your children are going out with due how cheaply and non-halachically many Jews nowadays think and act on this topic.
Supposedly she found a knife and gun next to his passport, which is how the FBI got involved. So I’m assuming this piece of information is not true?
Why didn’t the YWN post Rabbi Ezra Zafrani statement???
Moderators Response: YWN was never provided his response, and he did not return our phone calls.
This Content Was Published at https://collive.com/rabbi-zafrani-says-he-was-fooled-by-imposter-groom/
In an apology letter obtained by the Instagram account community.news, Rabbi Ezra Zafrani apologized to the bride, her family, and to the Rabbis and members of his community.
“I admit that I was completely fooled by this man, as well as others, to his Jewishness,” Rabbi Zafrani wrote. “To explain all of the details involved in permitting this non-Jew to marry are irrelevant. This was a mistake on my part to investigate his authenticity and not permit this man to get married.”
Rabbi Zafrani also said that while he was fooled into believing Haliwa is Jewish, he admitted that he is to blame for the terrible occurrence.
“I am utterly shocked at myself for letting this happen and there is no one else to blame. To make it worse I caused harm to the Kredi family and to this young lady. There are no words to describe how distraught at the pain that has been caused to our Rabbis and to our community. An apology does not heal the wounds but it must be done,” he wrote.
“I beg forgiveness from the Kredi family, from our Rabbis and from our community. I will definitely be more cautious in all my dealings in the Kehila and pray to Hashem to give me strength to serve our community properly.”
On Tuesday, police said that they do not believe there was a criminal element to Haliwa’s deception. Rather, “he was lonely and just wanted to be part of the Jewish community,” according to one source.
I’m just wondering why so many people are upset with Chabad and no one mentioneds how a terrible mistake Rabbi Zafrani made.
Moderators Response: YWN was never provided his response, and he did not return our phone calls.
Totally understand. Seems reasonable.
I’m just wondering why don’t you just post it as a report from collive.com or community.news. I believe you have done something like that on the past.
His seems like his hard writin statement is public.
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