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Rabbi Goldman

Rabbi Goldman

SuspendedSCRAPED
@rabbigoldman
1,554,908followers
202posts
0following
1M followers in 21 days (per their own post). 1.55M in ~3 months total.
Avg likes/post:43.9K
Avg comments/post:4.7K
Top post views:42.2M
Data as of: 2026-03-27|Platform: instagram|Created: 2025-12

Instagram Bio (Verbatim)

Observations on money and power.
New York
Business inquiries: info@rabbigoldman.org
Get my full playbook for 2026

Analysis

AI-generated Hasidic rabbi character. TAKEN DOWN by Instagram ~March 2026. Had 1.55M followers at peak. Alt account @goldmanrabbi already active. Originally posed as "Rabbi Menachem Goldberg," a Brooklyn rabbi with "40+ years of experience." Exposed by JNS, JPost, Community Magazine, and Israel National News in Jan 2026. Videos featured nonsensical Hebrew inscriptions, incorrect synagogue backdrops, fabricated Torah quotes.

Instagram Community Notes

This account is run by scammers based in south India

Monetization

Shopify e-commerce store (rabbigoldman.org) + Omnisend email marketing

Products

How to Make & Invest Money in 2026 (Goldman System)
$47.00$9.00
The Goldman System
$97.00$27.00
The Complete Goldman System
$198.00$47.00
The Real Estate Cheat Code: The Goldman Playbook
$97.00
The Complete Goldman Library (All 5 Systems)
$97.00

Est. Revenue: ~$200K/month (unverified, per @rexan_wong on X)

Suspected Creator / Origin

Same blueprint as Shalev Hani's Yang Mun (2.5M follower fake Buddhist monk). AI Character Sales System buyer or imitator.

Shalev Hani

Shalev Hani

@shalevhvsECOSYSTEM CREATOR

Built Master Yang Mun (fake Buddhist monk, 2.5M+ Instagram followers, 1M on backup @itsyangmuns, 1.4M on Facebook = 5M+ total). Sells AI Character Sales System on Whop. Self-described "architect behind the most viral AI characters." Generated $300K profit in 90 days from Yang Mun alone. Now charges $799/hour to teach others how to build AI characters INCLUDING AI rabbis explicitly (confirmed by Columbia News Service). Operated by Maor Hani and Shalev Hani (Israel-based). Built 6+ additional AI characters beyond Yang Mun.

Tech stack: ChatGPT (scripts) + Nano Banana (visuals) + ElevenLabs (voice) + HeyGen/Infinitetalk (video/lip-sync)

Connection Map

OperatesUnknown Operator (South India?)
Source: Community notes: "south India scammers"
Suspected
Sells viarabbigoldman.org (Shopify)
Verified
References "Rabbi Goldman" on storefront@elliotgoldstein_ (8.6K)
Source: elliotgoldstein.site says "Rabbi Goldman · New York"
Verified
Same "Goldstein" surname, Shopify store, AI-generated persona@chayahealing
Source: Pattern match — same playbook, same naming convention
Suspected
Alt account after takedown (handle reversed)@goldmanrabbi
Source: User-confirmed 2026-03-29
Verified
Same rabbi+surname naming convention@rabbigoldsteyn
Source: Pattern match
Suspected

Timeline

2025-12

Account created on Instagram as "Rabbi Menachem Goldberg"

2025-12-29

First videos posted -- AI-generated Hasidic rabbi in fake synagogue backdrop

2026-01-07

JNS and JPost publish investigations exposing account as AI-generated

Source: JNS
2026-01-08

Account reaches ~100K followers across Instagram and TikTok

Source: VINnews
2026-02-01

Community Magazine publishes deep investigation

Source: Community Magazine
2026-02-18

Launches "The Real Estate Cheat Code" product on rabbigoldman.org Shopify store

2026-03-06

Celebrates 1M followers milestone -- "1,000,000 of you. In 21 days." (22,849 likes on announcement post)

2026-03

Revenue estimated at $200K/month per X analysis. ~5,000 ebook copies sold in 30 days at $47.

Source: @rexan_wong on X
2026-03-26

CAM/ARC "Engineered Exposure" report identifies account as part of 12-account antisemitic AI rabbi network with 2.1M combined followers

Source: CAM
2026-03-26

Posts videos claiming "They're spreading fake news and trying to censor my account" -- top post gets 517,622 views, 51,863 likes

2026-03-27

Scraped at 1,554,908 followers, 205 posts, 0 following. Link in bio points to rabbigoldman.org Shopify store.

2026-03-28

Account REMOVED by Meta/Instagram after massive backlash from Jewish groups and Democratic lawmaker pressure.

Source: Jewish Insider
2026-03-29

Algemeiner reports "dozens of copycats" already active. @raabbigoldman at 18.5K and @rabbiigoldman_ at 10K, both with bios referencing the banned account.

Source: Algemeiner
2026-03-29

German-language copycat version detected, using the likeness of British politician Jeremy Corbyn in a rabbi persona.

2026-04-13

TLC sweep update: Network expanded from 12 to 35+ accounts. @rabbisblueprint and @rabbistirberg still active and not removed by Meta. No systemic enforcement action taken.

Source Citations

All data on this page is sourced from public reporting and live scraping. No data has been fabricated. Where data is unavailable, it is marked as such.

[1]

Engineered Exposure: How Antisemitic Content Is Pushed and Amplified to Millions Across Instagram

Combat Antisemitism Movement / ARC2026-03-26
[2]

Instagram Pushes Antisemitic Videos to Hundreds of Millions of Users, Report Finds

Algemeiner2026-03-26
[3]

EXPOSED: Instagram algorithm flooding millions with antisemitic content

Jerusalem Post2026-03-26
[4]

AI-Generated Rabbi from Brooklyn Misleads Tens Of Thousands Online

Community Magazine2026-02-01
[5]

Many Appear Duped by AI Rabbi with 100,000 Social-Media Followers

JNS (Jewish News Syndicate)2026-01-08
[6]

AI rabbi exposed: Fake Hasidic influencer dupes thousands

Jerusalem Post2026-01-07
[7]

The viral rabbi who never existed

Israel National News2026-01-07
[8]

Who is Yang Mun? The AI-Generated Wellness Guru With 2.6M Followers

VirtualHumans.org2025-12-20
[9]

Yang Mun: The Google AI-generated persona reaching millions

EBU Spotlight (Eurovision News)2025-12-15
[10]

The AI Character Sales System

Whop (Shalev AI Scale)2025-11-01
[11]

Rabbi Goldman AI page making $200K/month -- 1.2M followers in 30 days

Rexan Wong (@rexan_wong) on X2026-03
[12]

'Christian' App Uses AI Likeness of Rabbi Manis Friedman

COLlive2026-03
[13]

AI-Generated Antisemitic Rabbi Racks Up Millions of Followers with Questionable Financial Advice

Algemeiner2026-03-29
[14]

Meta removes antisemitic AI account 'Rabbi Goldman' after backlash

Jewish Insider2026-03-28
[15]

The fake AI rabbi pushing antisemitic conspiracy theories

Jewish Insider2026-03-27
[16]

Millions Found Comfort in a Buddhist Monk. But He Was Never Real.

Columbia News Service2026-03-24
[17]

Meta Deletes Fake 'Rabbi' AI Account After Reaching 1.4 Million With Antisemitic Conspiracies

Israel365 News2026-03-28

Data sourced from live scraping, CAM, ARC, JNS, JPost, and public reporting.

We present data, not classifications. Where data could not be scraped, it is marked as "Data unavailable."