Orthodox Jewish organizations reach $14.5 million settlement with victims of Mikvah Peeping Rabbi Barry Freundel
Four Jewish organizations have reached a $14.5 million settlement with victims of the prominent Orthodox rabbi who spied for years on women in the Mikvah (ritual bath) in Washington, D.C., rabbi’s former More...
Australian Judge Sets Stage For Rabbi Freundel Class Action To Move Forward
When Rabbi Bernard “Barry” Freundel, a nationally recognized authority in Jewish law, and the longstanding rabbi of Georgetown Synagogue-Kesher Israel Congregation was arrested in October 2014 on charges More...
Georgetown Student Suing Peeping Tom Rabbi and All his Employers
A Georgetown University third-year law school student, who claims Rabbi Barry Freundel lured her to his synagogue’s mikvah as part of her studies, is suing Freundel’s Kesher Israel synagogue, More...
RCA Validates ‘Peeping Tom Rabbi’ Conversions, But Israeli Rabbinate Still ‘Reviewing’
The Chief Rabbinate of Israel is reviewing the validity of conversions performed by Orthodox Rabbi Barry Freundel, who has been charged with videotaping women in a mikvah near his synagogue, Haaretz reported. “We More...
Wednesday the Rabbi Was Charged with Six Counts of Voyeurism
Talk about rabbinical supervision! Rabbi Barry Freundel, a graduate of Yeshiva University who until last Monday was the prominent leader of Kesher Israel, the most prestigious Orthodox congregation west More...