Barry Freundel

After Freundel scandal, Washington Jewish women reclaim mikvah with mural

Creating a mural inside their synagogue allowed the women to take “something shattered; make something whole,” said artist Rena Fruchter, who led the project.

By Suzanne Pollak August 20, 2015 8:39 pm

Judge upholds sentence of mikvah-peeping rabbi

The ruling came in response to Rabbi Barry Freundel’s appeal of the sentence levied in May after he pleaded guilty to 52 counts of voyeurism.

July 31, 2015 2:22 pm

Mikvah-peeping rabbi’s Washington shul hires interim replacement

Kesher Israel announced the hiring of Rabbi Avidan Milevsky in an email to congregants; the Orthodox synagogue has been without a paid spiritual leader since Rabbi Barry Freundel was arrested in October.

July 23, 2015 4:43 pm