The Jewish Press enthusiastically endorses Rachel (Ruchie) Freier for civil court judge in Brooklyn’s fifth judicial district, which includes Boro Park, Kensington, Midwood, Ocean Parkway, and 21 other Brooklyn neighborhoods. If elected, Ms. Freier would be the first chassidic woman judge in New York and in the United States. She seeks to fill the civil court seat vacated by Noach Dear, who recently was elected to the New York State Supreme Court.
Ms. Freier practices law from her Brooklyn and Monroe offices. She’s licensed in New York, New Jersey, and the District of Columbia and has practiced in both the private and pro bono sectors. She has a broad range of experience in contracts and closings, transactional law, litigation, corporate law, trust and estates law, family law, and personal injury law.
Ms. Freier founded B’Derech – a GED program for chassidic young men to help them get back on the “derech.” She is also the director of Ezras Nashim, the first all-female volunteer EMT corps, which responds to emergency calls from women.
Ms. Freier holds an advanced EMT license and completed a full year of training in Northshore LIJ (now Northwell). Her medical training as a paramedic gave her a better understanding of statutes and case law related to personal injury, trauma, and vehicular accident matters. In the course of her career Ms. Freier has gained a broad perspective on public advocacy, emergency medicine, and public health law.
Ms. Freier’s activism stems from her admiration for Sarah Schenirer, the pioneer of the Bais Yaakov movement. Her election to the civil court would be an inspiration to all frum girls, from chassidic as well as non-chassidic backgrounds.
The election will be held on Tuesday, September 13. We urge all our readers in the fifth judicial district to go out and vote and put an extremely talented young mother – who will make us proud – on the civil court bench in Brooklyn.