What is Henry Sobel?
{{Infobox person |name = Henry Sobel |image = Henrysobel21092006.jpg |caption = Sobel in 2006 |birth_name = Henry Isaac Sobel |birth_date = {{birth date|1944|1|9|df=y}} |birth_place = [[Lisbon]], [[Portugal]] |death_date = {{death date and age |2019|11|22 |1944|1|9 |df=yes}} |death_place = [[Miami]], [[Florida]], U.S. |occupation = [[Rabbi]] }} '''Henry Isaac Sobel''' (9 January 1944 – 22 November 2019) was a Portuguese-born Brazilian-American reform [[rabbi]]. He was president of the [[Congregação Israelita Paulista]] (CIP), a major [[Jew]]ish congregation in [[São Paulo]], [[Brazil]]. On March 23, 2007, Sobel was arrested in [[Palm Beach, Florida]], accused of [[shoplifting]] US$680 worth of [[neckties]]. He was released on a $3,000 bail and returned to São Paulo.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.seattlepi.com/national/1101AP_Brazil_Rabbi_Arrested.html |title=Brazilian rabbi accused of shoplifting |work=[[Seattle Post Intelligencer]] |date=28 March 2007 }}{{Dead link|date=September 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> Sobel died of [[lung cancer]] on 22 November 2019 in [[Miami, Florida]] at the age of 75.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://brasil.estadao.com.br/noticias/geral,rabino-henry-sobel-morre-aos-75-anos-em-miami,70003098608 |author= |title=Rabino Henry Sobel morre aos 75 anos em Miami |work=[[O Estado de S. Paulo]] |language=Portuguese |date=2019-11-22 |access-date=2019-11-22}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Sobel, Henry}} [[Category:1944 births]] [[Category:2019 deaths]] [[Category:Naturalized citizens of the United States]] [[Category:People from Lisbon]] [[Category:American rabbis]] [[Category:People from São Paulo]] {{US-bio-stub}}