A historic Greenport synagogue has voted to remove its longtime rabbi, capping a weekslong dispute with the temple's leadership.

Rabbi Gadi Capela was accused of sparking contention in the congregation, but he says he was wrongly dismissed for several reasons, including his request to purchase the temple's home where he lived, and to attend the inauguration of President Donald Trump.

Capela had been the spiritual leader of Congregation Tifereth Israel , a community of about 130 members, for the past 13 years.

He was terminated Sept. 19 after a three-day congregation vote, more than a month after he was first fired "for cause" on Aug. 12, according to letters from the synagogue that Capela shared with Newsday. Tifereth Israel reversed course and changed his initial firing to a

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