Seidler-Feller Denies Kicking Journalist
Rabbi Chaim Seidler-Feller did not lose his temper or kick freelance journalist Rachel Neuwirth, his lawyer said Tuesday immediately following a city attorney\’s hearing on the case.
After an Oct. 21 lecture at UCLA featuring Harvard Law professor Alan Dershowitz, Neuwirth called Seidler-Feller \”worse than a kapo,\” and the UCLA Hillel director allegedly pushed and kicked her. Donald Etra, Seidler-Feller\’s lawyer, provided a witness on Tuesday who denied that the rabbi lost control, despite several eyewitnesses who say otherwise.