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Category Archives: Agriprocessors
A Rabbi’s Curious Allegations
Nathan Lewin writes for The Jewish Press: In a front-page article asserting that minors had been hired to work in an Iowa kosher meat-packing plant and in an editorial calling the plant the modern equivalent of Upton Sinclair’s The … Continue reading
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Tagged meat packing plant, media frenzy, nathan lewin, orthodox rabbi, rabbi shmuel, rabbi yisroel
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First-hand look at meat plant shows rabbi has been misled
Rabbi David Eliezrie, President of the Rabbinical Council of Orange County, writes: Sadly, Rabbi Dennis Sasso has transgressed one of the most important and basic principles of Jewish Law, that you cannot judge an issue unless you have heard both … Continue reading
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Tagged council of orange, meat plant, meatpacking plant, postville iowa, principles of jewish law, rabbi david
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Herzfeld v. Lewin, Round 2
Ben Harris writes for JTA: Rabbi Shmuel Herzfeld (he of NYTimes Op-Ed fame) and his congregant Nat Lewin (famed attorney and Agriprocessors defender) are having a little intra-shul spat over the ethics of kosher slaughter. Lewin called Herzfeld (his own … Continue reading
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Tagged chief rabbi, kosher slaughter, laws of kashrut, ofra israel, rabbi shmuel, rabbi yisrael
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Orthodox Rabbi Slams OU, RCA Over Agriprocessors
Rabbi Shmuel Herzfeld writes in the New York Times Aug. 6: Unfortunately, this year kosher meat has become a different type of symbol, one not of mourning and spiritual devotion but of ridicule, embarrassment and hypocrisy. In May in Postville, … Continue reading
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Tagged agriprocessors inc, jewish dietary laws, meatpacking plant, postville iowa, rabbi shmuel, rabbinical council of america
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A Group Of Orthodox Rabbis Give Agriprocessors A Clean Bill Of Health
If you’ve been reading me, you know I don’t think Agriprocessors is much worse than any other meat processing plant. I don’t know anything about the place beyond what I read online. But how stupid are the following rabbis to … Continue reading
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Tagged chicago rabbinical council, federal immigration authorities, kosher consumers, meat packing plant, national council of young israel, synagogue association
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Rabbi Shlomo Riskin Says Give Agriprocessors A Chance
He writes to the Jerusalem Post: Uri Zedek is a burgeoning Orthodox social action group paralleling Maagalei Zedek in Israel. It insists that kashrut and yashrut, ritual concern and ethical sensitivity, go hand in hand. I am proud to … Continue reading
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Tagged jerusalem post, meatpacking plant, moral ambiguity, ohr torah stone, rabbi shlomo riskin, social action group
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Expanding The Laws Of Kosher
From The Jewish Press: We certainly hold no brief for any company or business enterprise shown to have run afoul of the law. And if AgriProcessors has done so in terms of employing undocumented workers, it will, and should, have … Continue reading
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Tagged animal slaughter, ethical treatment of animals, kosher slaughter, postville iowa, slaughter and consumption, slaughtering process
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Agriprocessors Fallout?
Yisroel writes: "I think the deli owner and operators are young Lubavitchers from NY." According to SFNewYorkDeli.com: "Welcome to the S.F. New York Deli. Here is our unique style blend of the real New York Deli experience and San Francisco. … Continue reading
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Tagged beit midrash, deli experience, favorite city, kosher deli, new york deli, york staff
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