Brooklyn, NY – A source who attended a $1,000-a-head fundraiser last night at the Rose Castle in Williamsburg for Rep. Ed Towns witnessed a double-take moment when he spotted Hasidic Rabbi Bernard Freilich hugging the very man who prosecuted him in a death threat case in the 1990s – Kings County DA Charles Hynes.
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Freilich was aquitted of felony charges of witness tampering in 2000. Hynes had accused him of making death threats against a young woman who accused her father of raping her, ostensibly in an effort to get her to drop the charges.
Hynes’prosecution of Freilich angered the Orthodox Jewish Community, which called for his removal after the rabbi was cleared.
The event for Towns was hosted by Satmar Rabbi Leib Glanz, who is Towns’ finance chair and executive director of the United Talmudical Academy, a nonprofit.
According to my source, the attendees includes: Two potential mayoral candidates (Weiner and Thompson), one potential comptroller candidate (Weprin), and at least one other Congressman (Meeks).
Mayor Bloomberg was touted on the invite to this event, but he didn’t show up. According to a Bloomberg aide, the mayor was never scheduled to attend. This discrepency is evidently the source of some disagreement in the Satmar community, and since I don’t know enough about it, I’m going to leave it at that. [NYdailynewsblog]
dont think that rabbi freilech or rabbi bernath are looking for kuvid….they are true askunim….aand they dont look like kuvid schmekers…they are a match made in heaven for askunis…please say a good word and dont be jelious because they might have somthing that you dont…
Now hugging is against the Torah rules? Is anything permitted anymore in our circles?
“reb berish is know to be a true askan…when ever and where ever needed…..together with his good friend and askan reb simcha bernath they are true exapmles of what a askan should be..”
THERE IS A FINE LINE BETWEEN AN ASKAN AND A KOCHLEFEL WHO IS WORRIED ONLY ABOUT HIS OWN KOVOD
reb berish is know to be a true askan…when ever and where ever needed…..together with his good friend and askan reb simcha bernath they are true exapmles of what a askan should be…
“reb berish is a true tzadik”
AND THAT IS ONLY MICHTZAS SHEVACHO
Shulem??? Achdus??? This is sooooooo funny
lol
reb berish. has allways put shulem and achdus before his own kavod.the reason that rabbi freleich has maintained a great respect in all our hearts.he works hard without regard to self promoting.rabbi freilch keep up ure holy and honest work for our community mark m appel
i hope its not true
reb berish is a true tzadik mayer a.