{"id":63346,"date":"2015-02-13T16:38:01","date_gmt":"2015-02-14T00:38:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=63346"},"modified":"2015-02-13T16:38:01","modified_gmt":"2015-02-14T00:38:01","slug":"fair-play-for-barry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=63346","title":{"rendered":"Fair Play For Barry"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve founded a Fair Play For Barry group to help this erlicher yid who only wanted to make sure that the ladies were following Jewish law before they immersed.<\/p>\n<p>Has anyone taken a second look at R. Freundel&#8217;s writings and rabbinic rulings in the light of these charges?<\/p>\n<p><A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.jewishjournal.com\/nation\/article\/prosecutors_barry_freundel_recorded_over_150_women_at_mikvah\">JTA<\/a>: Rabbi Barry Freundel secretly recorded more than 150 women undressing at the mikvah adjacent to his Washington synagogue, prosecutors reportedly told a meeting of victims.<br \/>\nWednesday\u2019s meeting at the U.S. Attorney\u2019s office in Washington for Freundel\u2019s alleged victims was the first time women from the community learned of the scope of the peeping Tom videos, the Associated Press reported. So far, only six of Freundel\u2019s alleged victims have been identified by name.<br \/>\nFreundel, 63, was arrested last October on six charges of voyeurism after investigators discovered secret cameras installed in the mikvah shower room and additional recording devices in his home. His Orthodox synagogue, Kesher Israel, immediately suspended him and later fired him, ordering him to vacate the shul\u2019s rabbinic residence.<br \/>\nBut Freundel, who reportedly separated from his wife after his arrest, has refused to leave the residence, and the congregation has taken the case to the Beth Din of America.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve founded a Fair Play For Barry group to help this erlicher yid who only wanted to make sure that the ladies were following Jewish law before they immersed. Has anyone taken a second look at R. 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