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No Sanctuary: The True Story of a Rabbi's Deadly Affair Hardcover – January 1, 1993
by
Michele Samit
(Author)
Provides an account of the murder of Anita Green, a respected member of the San Fernando, California, community, which exposed the truth about her affair with the local rabbi and revealed the extent of her husband's jealous insanity.
- Print length341 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherBirch Lane Pr
- Publication dateJanuary 1, 1993
- Dimensions6.25 x 1.25 x 9.25 inches
- ISBN-101559721820
- ISBN-13978-1559721820
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Reviewed in the United States on January 20, 2014
Dear Ms. Samit,
My wife and I, based on a colleague's recommendation, went to Melvin Green to have our taxes done. At the time he mentioned that his accountant was named Sariah (or something similar). According to Green it was the Hebrew name for Sarah. He also stated that she was from China originally, which, as a Christian, seemed strange to me. This was in the early 80's or late 70's. I could check our records for exactly when, if it is of any help. I do remember seeing her on our first appointment, but not thereafter.
I have never in my life come this close to a murderer. So if I can lend anything to your effort to tie the assassin to this crime maybe the information that you could glean from Melvin's ex-wife would help. It does seem that you have not attempted to follow that possible source of information. If the assassin was located across the street from Green's business, as one source suggested, it may very well be that Green's ex-wife knew that person from having visited Green’s office. I would expect that court records would reveal the ex-wife's name, and if you are not able to find her perhaps a PI could. I’ve heard that their fee for this type of service is not expensive. Did you ever consider the fact that Green may have also prepared the assassins tax return?
One other thing I remember about Green, which may be relevant to his violent nature, is that he liked to show clients his ability to take a thick LA telephone directory and rip it in half for the entertainment value, which he did demonstrate to us. He was a rather large man and I can only imagine what his wife, Anita, might have suffered, either directly or through implied threats.
I haven’t read your book, and am too busy to do so. My sole purpose is to provide a suggestion that might lead for any information you might discover in identifying the assassin by the suggestions above. I just happened to think about this today and decided to see whether the assassin had been identified and sent to prison. In the process I discovered the book you wrote and a YouTube account by Unsolved Mysteries. The Internet is a wonderful tool in learning about things past that never would have been possible before it existed.
My wife and I, based on a colleague's recommendation, went to Melvin Green to have our taxes done. At the time he mentioned that his accountant was named Sariah (or something similar). According to Green it was the Hebrew name for Sarah. He also stated that she was from China originally, which, as a Christian, seemed strange to me. This was in the early 80's or late 70's. I could check our records for exactly when, if it is of any help. I do remember seeing her on our first appointment, but not thereafter.
I have never in my life come this close to a murderer. So if I can lend anything to your effort to tie the assassin to this crime maybe the information that you could glean from Melvin's ex-wife would help. It does seem that you have not attempted to follow that possible source of information. If the assassin was located across the street from Green's business, as one source suggested, it may very well be that Green's ex-wife knew that person from having visited Green’s office. I would expect that court records would reveal the ex-wife's name, and if you are not able to find her perhaps a PI could. I’ve heard that their fee for this type of service is not expensive. Did you ever consider the fact that Green may have also prepared the assassins tax return?
One other thing I remember about Green, which may be relevant to his violent nature, is that he liked to show clients his ability to take a thick LA telephone directory and rip it in half for the entertainment value, which he did demonstrate to us. He was a rather large man and I can only imagine what his wife, Anita, might have suffered, either directly or through implied threats.
I haven’t read your book, and am too busy to do so. My sole purpose is to provide a suggestion that might lead for any information you might discover in identifying the assassin by the suggestions above. I just happened to think about this today and decided to see whether the assassin had been identified and sent to prison. In the process I discovered the book you wrote and a YouTube account by Unsolved Mysteries. The Internet is a wonderful tool in learning about things past that never would have been possible before it existed.
Reviewed in the United States on February 1, 2020
This hurriedly written book reads like a biased and ill informed one sided victim account. The bulk of the book is about the infidelities of Mel's wife, Anita, and Her Rabbi who had more to gain from her murder than her husband. Somewhat akin to the old story "The Purloined Letter." My family and I were clients and personal friends of Mel and Anita for many years. In fact, I visited his office more than once a month for 4 years. His personality is misrepresented and the author brings up more questions about more culpable players than answers. Pruriant details thrown in to create book sales in the first chapter provided a much greater reason for murder by others than the accused, Melvin. The book should be used to spur sales of Joh Grisham's newest novel, "The Guardians" about falsely accused and improperly imprisioned life sentenced and death row inmates. In this case the prosecutor failed to prove his case and the judge improperly allowed review of letters that amounted to character assassination-no more-to skew the jury.
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carolyn England (uk)
2.0 out of 5 stars Not worth buying.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 27, 2014
I do read a lot of crime and mystery books. This one was really hard going. Very badly written. The author said it was all true,yet she appeared to know what every single person was thinking.
Would not recommend it.
Would not recommend it.
