ראזענוואסער: מ'האט געהעקט מיין סעלפון ביי די סאטמארע קעיס

Last week, Rosenwasser confirmed an incident that he wasn't able to discuss while he was a sitting judge. In 2005, someone apparently hacked into his cell phone while he was in the midst of deciding a ferocious dispute between Rabbi Aaron Teitelbaum, leader of a Kiryas Joel faction of Satmars, and Rabbi Zalman Teitelbaum, spiritual leader of the main Satmar synagogue in Brooklyn. They were quarreling about who should have access to a cemetery in Kiryas Joel. Rosenwasser reported the hacking incident to the state Office of Court Administration. He also called lawyers who were involved in the case into his chambers for an off-the-record conference.

"Here's the way it went: We got called into chambers, and nobody knew why until we were there," said Bruce Dunn Sr., one of the lawyers who was there. "He related that he had received an odd message from his cell-phone carrier that led him to believe that someone was able to access his cell-phone records. "He said that if there's any reason anybody wanted him off the case, then he would recuse himself. If anybody thought he was prejudiced or partial, in any way, then he would recuse himself. Everyone said they didn't want him off the case." http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080612/NEWS/806120313