WATCH: Rabbi Barry Freundel on ‘Da Ali G Show’

Julie Wiener

Back in 2003, long before Rabbi Barry Freundel’s arrest on voyeurism charges, and long before Sacha Baron Cohen was a household name, the rabbi appeared on Baron Cohen’s “Da Ali G Show.”

The rabbi was one of three religious leaders (plus an atheist) who agreed to appear on a panel, apparently unaware that they would be pummeled with questions like, “Is God just an overhyped David Blaine?” and “Isn’t it hypocriticalist that so many nuns work as strippers?”

In the roundtable discussion, Freundel defends circumcision and in-marriage. No mention of the mikvah, however.

Watch it here:

Julie Wiener is JTA’s online editor. Follow her on Twitter @Julie_Wiener