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Grand Rabbi Nuchem Rosenberg Shlit"a

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גליון "קול השופר 2009" - # 43
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Kiryas Joel, NY - Man Charged with Exposing Himself Near Girls School

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Subject: UPDATE: Cantor Stuart Friedman and Rabbi Yaakov Hopfer - Baltimore, MD
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UPDATE: Cantor Stuart Friedman and Rabbi Yaakov Hopfer
Baltimore, MD
http://www.theawarenesscenter.org/Friedman_Stuart.html


The Awareness Center recently received phone calls regarding the case of Cantor Stuart Friedman. 

The callers have been outraged that The Awareness Center would have a CALL TO ACTION on a person "who was only convicted on charges of having child pornography -- that no charges were ever brought on actual child molestation of a child."

Unfortunately, there are individuals that do not understand that only 16% of those who have been molested ever report their crimes to law enforcement.  It is not that uncommon for those who are sexual predator to own child pornography, even though one of their victims have never reported the heinous crimes to the police.  It is also known that it is not that uncommon for a sexual predator to have photographs of some of their victims. 

In the United States along with many other countries, it is illegal to have in your possession or on your computer pornographic pictures of children.  When one is caught with these sorts of images it is considered a sex crime and one in which if convicted, the holder of the photographs would be placed on the National Sex Offender Registry.  The United States government considers those convicted of possessing child pornography to be a danger to children.  For that reason The Awareness Center has  placed Cantor Stuart Friedman on our web page and have also issued a CALL TO ACTION demanding that Rabbi Yaakov Hopfer protect children in the community from Cantor Stuart Friedman.

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CALL TO ACTION: Demand that Rabbi Yaakov Hopfer Make Public A Safety Plan To Keep Cantor Stuart Friedman Away From Children

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http://www.theawarenesscenter.org/Friedman_StuartCallAction.pdf

Contact:

Rabbi Yaakov Hopfer - Shearith Yisrael (Glen Ave. Shul)

Phone: 410-466-3060 Fax: 410-367-9183

Cantor Stuart Friedman regularly prays at the Glenn Avenue Shul. As of today Rabbi Yaakov Hopfer has not warned parents in the community that a convicted sex offender is a regular at his synagogue nor has a safety plan been made public.

The Awareness Center is asking everyone to contact Rabbi Hopfer and demand that he make the following information public. We are also asking that the following be apart of the safety plan.

Parents within the Eruv of Baltimore be notified that Cantor Stuart Friedman resides in the community. The notification must include his photograph as a way to keep unsuspecting children safe.

A special minyan be created in which no children under the age of 21 are present, so that Stuart Friedman can daven without being tempted.

Stuart Friedman be escorted when he is in shul or any other public location in which children can be present. Mr. Friedman especially needs to be escorted when using the bathroom or in hallways.

BACKGROUND HISTORY:
August, 1994.  Cantor Stuart Friedman was hired by Beth Israel Synagogue in Halifax, NS, Canada. His previous positions include synagogues in Cleveland, OH, and Detroit, MD. Mr. Friedman, holder of a music degree from an American university

July 18, 1996.  Cantor Stuart Friedman chatted on line from his home computer in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, with an undercover FBI agent who was located in Long Beach, CA.

September, 1996. Cantor Friedman was arrested after he sent 29 pornographic photos of children over the Internet to an unidentified source in the United States. The photographs included children performing sexual and sadomasochistic acts.

Authorities said Cantor Friedman, was originally arrested after a lengthy Canada-U.S. investigation into a child porn ring on the Internet. The Canadian police seized up to 300 still photos involving nudity and sex acts involving children as young as eight. They also confiscated dozens of computer disks and videotapes containing child porn, as well as magazines with titles such as First Hand and Boys.

January 6, 1997. Cantor Stuart David Friedman pled guilty to possessing child pornography in Halifax, Nova Scotia. He was fined $2,000 and a $200 victim surcharge and was then allowed to leave the country immediately for the United States.

August 13, 1998 Cantor Stuart Friedman was arrested by the FBI in Baltimore, MD and flown to Los Angles, CA. He faced a maximum sentence of a $380,000 fine and 15 years in prison. His attorney, Marcia Brewer, succeeded in reducing the level of punishment to 15 months in prison and three years' probation. She also persuaded the judge to remove the requirement that Friedman must disclose his child-pornography conviction to parents of anyone younger than 18 with whom he has contact. Instead, Friedman is ordered to just notify his employer. Judge Moreno said he took into account the pictures were not of boys younger than 12 and did not depict sadism. Yet sources do not say if any of the boys over 12 depicted sadism.

May 9, 2000. Cantor Stuart Friedman was released from federal prison and relocated to the orthodox community of Baltimore, residing at 3809 Clarks Lane.

2004. Cantor Stuart Friedman was noncompliant with the Maryland Sex Offender Registry for over a year, yet is now compliant.

2008. Stuart Friedman currently prays at Shearith Yisrael (commonly known as the Glen Ave. Shul), which is directed by Rabbi Yaakov Hopfer. He is listed as living in an apartment owned by one of the daughters of alleged sex offender, Rabbi Moshe Eisemann. His apartment also is next door to the childhood home of convicted sex offender, Shmuel Zev Juravel (http://www.theawarenesscenter.org/Juravel_Shmuel.html)
 

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