Israel's Army Pursues Refunds From Officers Using False Rabbinic Ordinations

YNet News reported Monday that Israel's army is demanding that some 300 career and enlisted IDF officers repay the $560 (US) per month pay increases they have been receiving after claiming to have been ordained as rabbis. It turns out that their ordinations were fraudulent, having either been purchased from rabbinical schools without meeting the ordination requirements, or having been granted by institutions that are not qualified to certify rabbis at all. Military Police have been investigating the false ordinations for two years. [Thanks to Religion & State In Israel for the lead.]