1.0Jewish Telegraphic Agencyhttps://www.jta.orgUriel Heilmanhttps://www.jta.org/author/uheilmanrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="J3Sw2ztZHl"><a href="https://www.jta.org/2014/10/20/united-states/rca-affirms-validity-of-freundels-past-conversions">RCA affirms validity of Freundel’s past conversions, but not Israeli Rabbinate</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.jta.org/2014/10/20/united-states/rca-affirms-validity-of-freundels-past-conversions/embed#?secret=J3Sw2ztZHl" width="600" height="338" title="“RCA affirms validity of Freundel’s past conversions, but not Israeli Rabbinate” — Jewish Telegraphic Agency" data-secret="J3Sw2ztZHl" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> The voyeurism charges against Rabbi Barry Freundel, who allegedly used secret cameras to spy on women in the shower at Kesher Israel's mikvah, do not invalidate the Orthodox conversions he oversaw, the main modern Orthodox rabbinical association said.https://www.jta.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/jta-long-logo-bw.jpg600315