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Rabbi Barry Freundel leaves the DC Superior Court House in Washington, February 19, 2015. (AP file Photo/Cliff Owen)
August 28, 2018, 8:56 pm
DC synagogue reaches $14.25 million settlement with victims of peeping rabbi
Kesher Israel says it’s confident it would have prevailed in a trial, but settled the class action because it was best for the community
By Eric Cortellessa and JTA
Rabbi Barry Freundel exiting the courthouse after entering his guilty plea, Feb. 19, 2015. (JTA/Dmitriy Shapiro/Washington Jewish Week)
April 27, 2018, 3:49 pm
Mikvah-peeping Rabbi Barry Freundel’s jail sentence cut for good behavior
DC Modern Orthodox rabbi has over a year reduced from term; mix-up indicated he’d go free in 4 months, but release date is actually in August 2020
By Josefin Dolsten
Rabbi Barry Freundel leaves the DC Superior Court House in Washington, February 19, 2015. (AP file Photo/Cliff Owen)
July 11, 2017, 10:44 am
Play about Peeping Tom rabbi dismays real-life victims
‘Constructive Fictions’ by AJ Campbell imagines DC’s Barry Freundel, who filmed women undressing, in prison
By Stuart Winer
Rabbi Hyim Shafner (Screen capture: YouTube via JTA)
March 17, 2017, 7:45 am
DC synagogue hires successor for mikvah-peeping rabbi
Hyim Shafner to take reins at Kesher Israel, almost three years after arrest of Barry Freundel for voyeurism
By JTA
Rabbi Barry Freundel leaves the DC Superior Court House in Washington, February 19, 2015. (AP file Photo/Cliff Owen)
September 18, 2016, 8:48 pm
US appeals court upholds sentence of ‘peeping tom’ rabbi
Barry Freundel, who filmed women in mikvah, guilty of 52 charges of voyeurism, must serve 6 1/2 years in jail
By JTA
Rabbi Barry Freundel leaves the DC Superior Court House in Washington, February 19, 2015. (AP file Photo/Cliff Owen)
August 16, 2016, 9:59 pm
Beth Din of America added to $100m civil suit in Freundel case
Plaintiffs say warning signs were ignored regarding rabbi convicted of secretly taping women in his synagogue’s ritual bath
By JTA
Rabbi Barry Freundel exiting the courthouse after entering his guilty plea, Feb. 19, 2015. (JTA/Dmitriy Shapiro/Washington Jewish Week)
June 22, 2016, 6:05 am
Mikvah-peeping rabbi’s attorney appeals prison sentence
Barry Freundel’s lawyer says 6.5-year sentence handed down is illegal, needs to be limited to a year
By JTA and TOI staff
Rabbi Barry Freundel leaves the DC Superior Court House in Washington, February 19, 2015. (AP file Photo/Cliff Owen)
January 9, 2016, 10:25 pm
A year on, DC shul’s mikvah trauma slowly heals
As Rabbi Barry Freundel sits in jail, Orthodox synagogue Kesher Israel turns to a rabbi/psychologist to help pick up the pieces
By Uriel Heilman
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks before a joint meeting of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, March 3, 2015 (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
September 13, 2015, 9:25 pm
From across Jewish world, looking back at a tumultuous 5775
With terrorist attacks on European Jews, sex offender rabbis, and a Diaspora divided over the Iran deal, this Jewish year was one of few silver linings
By Uriel Heilman
LeBron James #23 of the Cleveland Cavaliers and head coach David Blatt speak late in the fourth quarter against the Atlanta Hawks during Game Four of the Eastern Conference Finals of the 2015 NBA Playoffs at Quicken Loans Arena on May 26, 2015 in Cleveland, Ohio (Gregory Shamus/Getty Images/AFP)
September 13, 2015, 5:48 am
The Jews who ruled the news in 5775
From the basketball to supreme courts, from peeping rabbis to whistleblowing ambassadors, a heap of headline-grabbing personalities
By Julie Wiener
Rabbi Barry Freundel leaves the DC Superior Court House in Washington, February 19, 2015. (AP file Photo/Cliff Owen)
September 13, 2015, 1:00 am
Rabbi apologizes for mikvah-peeping, but must Jews forgive?
As Barry Freundel expresses regret for actions, Jewish clergy note that whether to forgive remains up to the victims
By Uriel Heilman
Rabbi Barry Freundel exiting the courthouse after entering his guilty plea, February 19, 2015. (JTA/Dmitriy Shapiro)
September 11, 2015, 5:50 am
Read Rabbi Barry Freundel’s full apology letter
In missive dated Sept. 8, former head of prominent synagogue says he’s aware of negative repercussions his actions have had throughout Jewish world
By JTA
Rabbi Barry Freundel exiting the courthouse after entering his guilty plea, February 19, 2015. (JTA/Dmitriy Shapiro)
September 10, 2015, 12:31 am
Mikvah-peeping rabbi Barry Freundel issues public apology
Just before the Jewish Day of Atonement, disgraced Washington rabbi sentenced to 6.5 years in prison asks for forgiveness
By JTA
After months of work, the mural was dedicated at Orthodox synagogue Ohev Sholom on August 16, in Washington, DC. (Suzanne Pollack/Washington Jewish Week via JTA)
August 21, 2015, 6:22 am
After voyeurism scandal, DC women reclaim mikvah with mural
Project allows Barry Freundel’s ‘shattered’ congregants to put the pieces back together and restore sanctity to ritual bath
By Suzanne Pollak
Rabbi Barry Freundel leaves the DC Superior Court House in Washington, February 19, 2015. (AP file Photo/Cliff Owen)
August 1, 2015, 7:51 pm
Judge upholds sentence of mikveh-peeping rabbi
Barry Freundel, jailed for 6.5 years, installed clandestine camera in Washington ritual bath, filmed 52 women from congregation he led
By JTA
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