WASHINGTON (DC)
WJLA
[with video]
By Jay Korff October 14, 2014
WASHINGTON (AP/WJLA) – D.C. police have charged a rabbi at a Georgetown synagogue with voyeurism.
Police said 62-year-old Barry Freundel was arrested Tuesday at his home. Freundel is the rabbi at Kesher Israel Congregation.
A police report indicated that a camera and recorder hidden in a clock radio were found in the women’s shower in the mikvah, a ritual cleansing bath, at the synagogue.
According to the congregation’s website, Freundel has been the rabbi at Kesher Israel for 25 years. The site said Freundel is an adjunct instructor at the University of Maryland and Georgetown University. He also teaches at Towson University.
A message left at Freundel’s phone number was not immediately returned, but some of his neighbors – who witnessed his arrest -were careful not to judge.
“I hope we all remember that he is a brilliant man and a great leader. My prayers go out to his family and his congregation,” neighbor Sharon Lockwood told ABC7 News.
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