News U.S. Chicago cantor and wife who ran brothel plead guilty Facebook Twitter Email SMS WhatsApp Share By J. Correspondent | March 23, 2001 Investigator Robert Fitzgerald said he is particularly gratified by the guilty pleas because the prostitution ring operated in neighborhoods with many young children. Two members of Gordon's last congregation attended Tuesday's court proceedings. "In the time I was a member of his temple and shortly afterward, I came to see the many sides of Joel Gordon, from a man who could engage in vicious shouting to one who was sanctimonious and insidious," said one former congregant, lawyer Sam Bell. Gordon previously served as a cantor in other Chicago-area congregations, as well as in New Jersey and Atlanta. J. Correspondent Also On J. Bay Area Two locals are back on their bar mitzvah bimahs as clergy interns California Celebrity cantor Nathan Lam finds soft landing after sexual misconduct Our Crowd Honors, happenings, comings & goings, philanthropy California Poway Chabad rabbi who scammed community out of prison early Subscribe to our Newsletter Enter Email Sign Up