Category Archives: Agriprocessors

Vegetarianism Is Now The Cutting Edge Of Fashion

David Deutsch emails: Luke Ford is certainly no stranger to virtually prescient, uber-trendy fashionableness. After all, Luke was a dreamy Aussie expat with a heretical father and a complicated relationship to California’s Jewish community long before Mel Gibson made it … Continue reading

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Rubashkins Charged With Using Child Labor

Barry emails: Why do we eat Kosher? – because G-d said so, because we ‘answer to a higher authority’. Well, the Agriprocessors and Rabashkin’s answer to an even higher authority – the almight dollar. Now they will all answer to … Continue reading

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Agriprocessors Going Under?

From Daashakohol : Rubashkin’s meat is only at 40% of the capacity before the raid and the business is quickly going down, unable to recover from the ongoing Raids, Arrests and loss of workers. As a result, Anash are being … Continue reading

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Situation at Agriprocessors

Lynda Waddington writes: Hispanics who worked at the Agriprocessors plant prior to the May 12 immigration raid, told stories of sexual and financial coercion. Some workers who came to and left Postville in the weeks following the raid have spoken … Continue reading

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Can We Trust The Kashrut Of Agriprocessors?

Joe says: With regards to Agriprocessors, besides the moral debate, how can anyone trust them with kashrus? If they are tempted to cheat morally/ethically on labor why should they not cheat on the kashrut? Especially since there is more to … Continue reading

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