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Category Archives: Yisroel Pensack
Swiss Vote to Ban New Minarets
The New York Times reports: Switzerland’s political right on Sunday scored a surprising victory in a referendum on banning construction of minarets, denting the nation’s cherished image as a bastion of tolerance and threatening to set it at odds with … Continue reading
Posted in Islam, New York Times, Yisroel Pensack
Tagged ban, kosovo, minarets, mosques, muslims, referendum, S.V.P., Swiss People's Party, Switzerland, Turkey
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Yisroel Pensack: The National Football League’s Headless Head Injury Committee
The New York Times reports: In the latest indication that the National Football League will redirect its approach to players’ concussions, the co-chairmen of the league’s committee on brain injuries resigned from the group Tuesday, the league announced. Dr. Ira … Continue reading
Posted in New York Times, Sports, Yisroel Pensack
Tagged co-chairmen, cognitive decline, Commissioner Roger Goodell, committee on brain injuries, concussions, Congress, dementia, Dr. David Viano, Dr. Elliot Pellman, Dr. Ira Casson, football players, N.F.L., National Footbal League, scientists
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Judge Denies Rubashkin Bail Bid
The Des Moines Register reports: A federal judge has denied Sholom Rubashkin’s request to be released on bail until he is sentenced on 86 financial fraud convictions. Chief Judge Linda Reade ruled that Rubashkin, the former vice president of Agriprocessors, … Continue reading
Posted in Agriprocessors, Orthodoxy, Yisroel Pensack
Tagged 86 financial fraud convictions, bail, des moines register, escape risk, flee the country, Hosam Amara, Judge Linda Reade, kosher slaughterhouse, Linn County Correctional Facility, northeast iowa, postville, sentencing, Sholom Rubashkin
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Feds Dismiss Immigration Charges Against Sholom Rubashkin
The Des Moines Register reports: Federal prosecutors dismissed all immigration charges against former Postville [Iowa] meat plant manager Sholom Rubashkin today, one week after a South Dakota jury convicted him of 86 business-fraud charges. The decision spares Rubashkin a second … Continue reading
Posted in Agriprocessors, Yisroel Pensack
Tagged bail hearing, business fraud charges, Cedar Rapids, convicted, des moines register, Guy Cook, immigration charges, Iowa, Judge Linda Reade, meat plant, Peter Deegan Jr., postville, Sholom Rubashkin, South Dakota
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