Prominent Zionist rabbi arrested for voyeurism

A prominent Jewish rabbi in the heart of Washington, DC, was arrested and charged with voyeurism Tuesday.

Rabbi Barry Freundel, the longtime spiritual leader at Kesher Israel in Washington, DC, was taken away Tuesday in handcuffs after uniformed officers and plainclothes detectives from the Metropolitan Police Department searched his home in the Georgetown section of Washington, Washingtonian magazine reported.

According to the Washington Post, the DC police declined to provide further details beyond the charge.

Freundel, who is in police custody, is expected to have an initial appearance in DC Superior Court on Wednesday.

Freundel, 62, has led Kesher Israel, a modern Orthodox synagogue, for more than two decades.

The rabbi also serves on the executive council of centrist Orthodoxy’s Rabbinical Council of America.