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Barry Freundel Scandal
« on: October 19, 2014, 12:56:16 AM »
Maybe the red flag for this D.C. rabbi (arrested for viewing the mikvah) would be his 7 laptops and 5 desktops:

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4581320,00.html

Police listed items seized from the rabbi’s home as six external hard drives, seven laptop computers, five desktop computers, three regular cameras, 20 memory cards and 10 flash drives.
Police have said the camera in the bath and another found in the home were part of clock-radios in which the hidden device was linked to a motion detector.
« Last Edit: October 19, 2014, 01:58:05 PM by Dan »
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Re: Re: Interesting Articles...
« Reply #1 on: October 19, 2014, 01:01:52 AM »
They might not have all been his. Wife ..kids ..etc.  Nowadays many people have lots of computers in their house. Especially those that hold on to their old ones.
Meanwhile this is an awful story.
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Re: Re: Interesting Articles...
« Reply #2 on: October 19, 2014, 01:14:19 AM »
Absolutely nauseating.

WP brings up a good point.  In the prosecution they're going to come across a lot of X rated pictures of these women...what's going to happen with those? http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/rabbi-accused-of-voyeurism-pored-over-questions-of-sex-and-ethics/2014/10/17/4016516c-5623-11e4-892e-602188e70e9c_story.html
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Re: Re: Interesting Articles...
« Reply #4 on: October 19, 2014, 01:52:08 AM »
His poor family.
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Re: Re: Interesting Articles...
« Reply #5 on: October 19, 2014, 02:00:01 AM »
Absolutely nauseating.

WP brings up a good point.  In the prosecution they're going to come across a lot of X rated pictures of these women...what's going to happen with those? http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/rabbi-accused-of-voyeurism-pored-over-questions-of-sex-and-ethics/2014/10/17/4016516c-5623-11e4-892e-602188e70e9c_story.html
Pressure will be put that those pictures never see the light of day. There are some very powerful people that can't afford to have such photos of them going around.

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Re: Re: Interesting Articles...
« Reply #6 on: October 19, 2014, 02:28:23 AM »
Absolutely nauseating.

WP brings up a good point.  In the prosecution they're going to come across a lot of X rated pictures of these women...what's going to happen with those? http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/rabbi-accused-of-voyeurism-pored-over-questions-of-sex-and-ethics/2014/10/17/4016516c-5623-11e4-892e-602188e70e9c_story.html
What irks me the most is how Everyone keeps portraying him as orthodox, why does the media consider all Jews who remotely resemble Jews as orthodox?

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Re: Re: Interesting Articles...
« Reply #7 on: October 19, 2014, 02:33:40 AM »
What irks me the most is how Everyone keeps portraying him as orthodox, why does the media consider all Jews who remotely resemble Jews as orthodox?

He's been the rabbi of a big well known washDC orthodox shul since 1989. a top RCA rabbi. That's why he's considered orthodox. it's a huge contradiction to act this way.
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« Reply #8 on: October 19, 2014, 03:09:41 AM »
I'm terrified for his converts.  Anyone converted with him on the bais din might now have their geirus questioned.
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« Reply #9 on: October 19, 2014, 05:16:43 AM »
He's been the rabbi of a big well known washDC orthodox shul since 1989. a top RCA rabbi. That's why he's considered orthodox. it's a huge contradiction to act this way.
from the shuls own site
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Re: Re: Interesting Articles...
« Reply #10 on: October 19, 2014, 07:17:01 AM »

What irks me the most is how Everyone keeps portraying him as orthodox, why does the media consider all Jews who remotely resemble Jews as orthodox?

They send women up for aliyahs in his shul. Hardly a poster child for traditional orthodoxy.
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Re: Re: Interesting Articles...
« Reply #11 on: October 19, 2014, 07:25:21 AM »
They send women up for aliyahs in his shul. Hardly a poster child for traditional orthodoxy.
Source?
From this article, he seems to be against the approach of Open Orthodoxy.
http://mosaicmagazine.com/response/2014/08/against-open-orthodoxy/

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Re: Re: Interesting Articles...
« Reply #12 on: October 19, 2014, 07:45:42 AM »
Source?
From this article, he seems to be against the approach of Open Orthodoxy.
http://mosaicmagazine.com/response/2014/08/against-open-orthodoxy/
"In the realm of Orthodox Judaism, Kesher is on the progressive side. It has all-women study and prayer sessions in which women can read from the Torah, and girls in the congregation can celebrate their bat mitzvahs. Women and men can give sermons at services on Saturday mornings, and women for years have served on the board of directors. Like all Orthodox synagogues, Kesher has a mechitza, a barrier separating men and women in the sanctuary, and women do not lead prayers in mixed-gender settings or count in the 10-person quorum required for a prayer service."

from the WP article

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Re: Re: Interesting Articles...
« Reply #13 on: October 19, 2014, 08:52:54 AM »
What irks me the most is how Everyone keeps portraying him as orthodox, why does the media consider all Jews who remotely resemble Jews as orthodox?
What difference does it make? These scumbags are everywhere.
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Re: Re: Interesting Articles...
« Reply #14 on: October 19, 2014, 08:53:46 AM »
Absolutely nauseating.

WP brings up a good point.  In the prosecution they're going to come across a lot of X rated pictures of these women...what's going to happen with those? http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/rabbi-accused-of-voyeurism-pored-over-questions-of-sex-and-ethics/2014/10/17/4016516c-5623-11e4-892e-602188e70e9c_story.html
Same thing that happens in any case like this, they'll be shown to the jury in a closed session...

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« Reply #15 on: October 19, 2014, 08:55:31 AM »
He's been the rabbi of a big well known washDC orthodox shul since 1989. a top RCA rabbi. That's why he's considered orthodox. it's a huge contradiction to act this way.
what are the requirements to become a "top RCA Rabbi," charisma?

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Re: Re: Interesting Articles...
« Reply #16 on: October 19, 2014, 09:08:09 AM »
At least he knew what he was talking about: “The lack of sexual morality that pervades this society is all over the place, and the Orthodox community, no matter how traditional, is not immune from this,”
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« Reply #17 on: October 19, 2014, 09:41:19 AM »
what are the requirements to become a "top RCA Rabbi," charisma?
Must be the same thing it takes to become a top Rav on the EJF's Rabbinic Committee  ;)

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« Reply #18 on: October 19, 2014, 09:46:00 AM »
At least he knew what he was talking about: “The lack of sexual morality that pervades this society is all over the place, and the Orthodox community, no matter how traditional, is not immune from this,”
Teaching by way of example....

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« Reply #19 on: October 19, 2014, 10:49:36 AM »
what are the requirements to become a "top RCA Rabbi," charisma?
presumably this would qualify
"According to Kesher’s Web site, Freundel heads the conversion committee of the Rabbinical Council of America"
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