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Posted By richards on December 2, 2014

December 1 at 6:38 PM

THE DISTRICT

Synagogue fires rabbi accused of voyeurism

A Georgetown synagogue has fired Barry Freundel, the Orthodox rabbi charged this fall with secretly videotaping women as they prepared for a ritual bath.

According to a statement dated Sunday, the Kesher Israel board of directors made the decision to fire Freundel under extraordinarily difficult and unfortunate circumstances. Freundel and his family have been asked to vacate a synagogue-owned home in Georgetown by Jan. 1, the statement said.

Freundel was arrested and charged in October with voyeurism and has pleaded not guilty.

Until now, the rabbi, a national leader in the modern Orthodox community on conversion, had been suspended without pay.

Kesher Israel President Elanit Jakabovics said the synagogue made the decision to fire Freundel after reviewing charging documents.

An attempt to reach Freundels attorney, Jeffrey Harris, was not immediately successful Monday.

Michelle Boorstein

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