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Bar #39;chu - Roll Into Dark - Valley Outreach Synagogue Yom Kippur 2014/5775
The Valley Outreach Synagogue Young Adult Vocal Ensemble, under the direction of Lisa Wall-Urgero, singing Noam Katz #39; musical setting of "Bar #39;chu - Roll Into Dark" on Yom Kippur morning ...

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Posted By richards on October 16, 2014

By - Associated Press - Tuesday, October 14, 2014

WASHINGTON (AP) D.C. police have charged a rabbi at a Georgetown synagogue with voyeurism.

Police say 62-year-old Barry Freundel was arrested Tuesday morning at his home. Freundel is the rabbi at Kesher Israel Congregation.

NBC4, which obtained a copy of the police report, reports that a camera and recorder hidden in a clock radio were found in the womens shower in the mikvah, a ritual cleansing bath, at the synagogue.

According to the congregations website, Freundel has been the rabbi at Kesher Israel for 25 years. The site says Freundel is an adjunct instructor at the University of Maryland and Georgetown University. He also teaches at Towson University.

A message left at Freundels phone number was not immediately returned.

A notice on the synagogues website says Freundel has been suspended without pay.

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Posted By richards on October 16, 2014

A rabbi at a prominent Washington, D.C., synagogue who teaches at Towson University was arrested and accused of secretly recording women in showers.

Police arrested Barry Freundel at his home in Washington, D.C., Tuesday morning. He's charged with voyeurism.

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A witness told WBAL-TV's sister station in Washington, D.C., WRC-TV, that Freundel installed a hidden camera inside the women's showers at Georgetown's Kesher Israel Orthodox Synagogue.

The showers are purifying baths that Freundel pushed to establish. They are primarily used by those converting to Judaism.

According to police, the hidden camera looked similar to one that's disguised as a clock radio. The police report said a witness told investigators that the rabbi said he was using it for ventilation in the shower.

Freundel, 62, has been the spiritual leader at Kesher Israel for 25 years. He is also an associate professor who teaches in the Philosophy and Religious Studies Department at Towson University and at the school's Hebrew Institute.

Many students at Towson found the charges disturbing.

"That's pretty nasty to me. That's inappropriate, especially for younger women and everything. That makes me feel like I can't go anywhere without being watched," said student Caitlin Turlik.

"Despite whether he is religious or not, a teacher cannot do such type of things because students learn from him," said a Towson student who only identified himself as Kridhik.

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Posted By richards on October 16, 2014

President's Ally Blasts 'Racist' France in Memoir

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Published October 15, 2014.

Bernard Kouchner, the previous foreign minister of France, said that former president Nicolas Sarkozy was widely disliked because of his Jewish origins.

Kouchner made the assertion during an interview Tuesday for RMC radio in responding to the interviewers question about Kouchners observations about Sarkozy in Kouchners newly published book, Crossed Memories.

In the book, which was published last month, Kouchner wrote: Nicolas Sarkozy wasnt cherished; he was detested also because he was the son of a Hungarian and the grandson of a Jew.

According to a book on the origins of Sarkozy a former interior minister for the centrist UMP party who served as president between 2007 and 2012 his paternal grandfather was a Sephardic Jew of Greek origin named Aaron Mallah.

During the RMC interview, Kouchner said of Sarkozy and his origins: I think France is a racist country, certainly. But he got on alright, he achieved anyway though originally, I think this issue was present.

Last month Sarkozy announced he would run for internal elections to lead UMP.

According to recent polls, he received 45 percent of the Jewish vote in the first rounds of the 2007 and 2012 presidential elections despite the Jewish communitys longstanding preference for leftwing candidates.

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Posted By richards on October 16, 2014

A former Latin Kings gang member who converted to become a Hasidic Jew allegedly used a fake badge to pose as a law-enforcement officer, a source said.

Roberto Eddy Santos spent years in prison for violent robberies in the 90s but changed his name to Avorham Gross after being released. He then claimed to be part of the non-existent child abuse prevention task force, according to law-enforcement sources.

Gross even tricked police into collaring a woman he thought broke into a car, investigators said.

He also used lights and sirens in his own car when he got mad at a NJ Transit bus driver who cut him off so as to pull the bus over, prosecutors said.

Gross wore a fake uniform and a realistic-looking badge for the non-existent police unit, according to court documents.

He is facing charges for conspiracy and possession of a forged instrument, and will appear in court on Wednesday.

Authorities are investigating whether Gross conversion was in fact genuine or whether his religious experience was just part of his scheme to defraud, the sources said.

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Posted By richards on October 16, 2014

How Much Of A Neighborhood Cliche Are You?

The "Queens High Line" Is A Bad Idea

This Midtown Condo Tower Is Now The Tallest Residential Building In The Western Hemisphere

What's Eating You? A Short Guide To Bedbugs & Bedbug Impostors In NYC

Used Condom Still Festooned On F Train Pole After Three Long Weeks

Creepy New Video Shows Guy Climbing Out Of Subway Grate To Toss Smoke Bomb Into Bar Pitti

Extra, Extra: Micropenises And The Women Who Love Them

TATS CRU Member Arrested For Allegedly Walloping Man With Beer Mug

NYPD Scours Bar Pitti's Yelp Reviews To Find Smoke Bomber

Cycling Deaths Have Doubled Over Last Year In NYC

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Early Addition: Former Gang Member Turned Hasidic Rabbi Busted For Impersonating Cop

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Gaza rebuilding begins after $5.5B pledged by donor nations For the first time since the 50-day Israel-Hamas conflict, construction supplies are being delivered to rebuild Gaza. Shipments of concrete and steel are moving following a donor conference... By: CCTV America

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Max Blumenthal, Talk, 10 October 2014 Blumenthal spoke about his most recent book, Goliath: Life and Loathing in Greater Israel, his reporting trip to the Gaza Strip during Operation Protective Edge, and his testimony to the Russell... By: Lannan Foundation

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Posted By richards on October 15, 2014

October 15

Thursday, Oct. 16

How housing matters conference, an exploration of the importance of having stable, affordable housing to education, health and aging with key leaders, researchers, practitioners and advocates discussing practical and cross-platform solutions with local, state and federal policymakers. 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m., National Building Museum, 401 F St. NW. Free; registration required. 202-272-2448. http://www.nbm.org .

Nixon Legacy Forum: Vietnam and the Paris Peace Accords, a panel including K.T. McFarland, Winston Lord, John Negroponte and Dick Smyser discusses the chronology, key players and effects of the Paris Peace Accords. 10 a.m., National Archives, Constitution Avenue and Seventh Street NW. Free. 202-357-5000.

Puppet show, Tum Tica! Tom Mallan directs the Wits End Puppets in a bilingual history of music and family, music by Cecilia Cackley and Diana Sez. 10:30 a.m. Thursday and Friday, 3 p.m. Saturday, 10:30 a.m. Monday through Oct. 23, 3 p.m. Oct. 25, Gala Theatre, 3333 14th St. NW. $12; students, $10. 202-234-7174 or http://www.galatheatre.org .

Garden tour and kids in snugglers, volunteers take turns leading parents or care providers with one child in a snuggly for a 45-minute guided tour of the conservatory; no strollers. 10:30 a.m. Thursdays, through Oct. 30, U.S. Botanic Garden, 100 Maryland Ave. SW. Free; registration required. 202-225-8333 or http://www.usbg.gov .

National Cathedral behind the scenes, age 11 and older, see gargoyles and stained-glass windows and climb a lot of stairs for a panoramic view of the city. Bring a camera. 10:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. weekdays, Washington National Cathedral, Wisconsin and Massachusetts avenues NW. $25; ages 11-12, $21. 202-537-6200 or http://www.nationalcathedral.org .

Specialty mums at Hillwood, head grower Drew Asbury gives a behind-the-scenes tour of the greenhouse and discusses how to propagate chrysanthemums for fresh-cut flowers in floral arrangements. 11 a.m. Thursday, 1 p.m. Tuesday, 10:30 a.m. next Thursday, Hillwood Estate, Museum and Gardens, 4155 Linnean Ave. NW. $15; 65 and older, $12; 6 to 18, $5; 5 and younger, free. 202-686-5807.

Face to face: Zachary Taylor, senior historian David C. Ward discusses the portrait and life of the career Army officer and 12th president of the United States who served a term of 16 months. Noon, National Portrait Gallery, first floor, East, Eighth and F streets NW. Free. 202-633-1000.

Abolition before Abe, a National Park Service ranger leads an interactive talk about slavery and abolition up to 1865. 2 p.m., Lincoln Memorial, 23rd Street NW and West Potomac Park. Free. Genevieve Goerling, 202-426-6841.

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Gaza Vs Israel 1v1 Quickscope match the final battle once again the sand monkeys cheat. By: Blind Spot

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