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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 570

voyeurism

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 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
File: New Square, a village in Rockland County, New York, is home to the Skverer Hasidic group. (Uriel Heilman/JTA)
May 26, 2016, 6:06 am
Skverer rebbe’s employee accused of secretly filming nude couples at NJ motel
Nachman Breier, a driver and former chef for David Twersky, arrested on charges of invasion of privacy
By JTA
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
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
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
Rabbi Barry Freundel has been known as a national leader on conversion and a strict moralist. (JTA)
July 6, 2015, 8:26 pm
After voyeurism scandal, RCA panel urges conversion reform
Committee recommends greater transparency, support for conversion candidates, oversight of rabbis
By JTA
Rabbi Barry Freundel leaves the DC Superior Court House in Washington, February 19, 2015. (AP file Photo/Cliff Owen)
May 16, 2015, 2:18 am
Mikvah-peeping rabbi sentenced to 6.5 years
Judge tells Barry Freundel, convicted of 52 counts of misdemeanor voyeurism: ‘You violated the trust your victims had in you’
By JTA and AP
Rabbi Barry Freundel leaves the DC Superior Court House in Washington, February 19, 2015. (AP file Photo/Cliff Owen)
May 13, 2015, 12:42 am
Mikvah-peeping rabbi seeking community service sentence
Prosecutors recommend 17-year sentence for Barry Freundel, while his attorneys argue against incarceration
By AP and ToI Staff
Rabbi Barry Freundel has been known as a national leader on conversion and a strict moralist. (JTA)
January 30, 2015, 6:33 am
Synagogue launches religious court case to evict Rabbi Barry Freundel
Rabbi charged with voyeurism said last month he didn’t intend to leave Kesher Israel-owned house
By JTA
Rabbi Barry Freundel, former spiritual leader of Kesher Israel (YouTube/Kesher Israel, screen capture)
December 19, 2014, 5:12 am
Freundel-related lawsuit adds RCA as defendant
Rabbinical association named as defendant in voyeurism case, along with synagogue, mikveh, and Georgetown Law School
By JTA
Rabbi Barry Freundel, former spiritual leader of Kesher Israel (YouTube/Kesher Israel, screen capture)
December 3, 2014, 8:27 am
Student sues Freundel’s synagogue for turning blind eye
Jewish woman charges congregation with willfully ignoring the DC rabbi’s ‘bizarre behavior’ with women
By JTA
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