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Category Archives: Agriprocessors
Rushing To Judgment On Agriprocessors
I have one quibble with Rabbi Avi Shafran’s essay. He seems to equate getting the results from a government investigation with getting the facts. I wonder why a government investigation is more intrinsically likely to get the facts than a … Continue reading
Posted in Agriprocessors, Journalism
Tagged Agriprocessors, gross mistreatment, human fingers, meatpacking industry, meatpacking plant, postville iowa
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Is It The Job Of Kashrut Rabbis To Make Sure That Workers Are Fairly Paid?
Nobody has the wisdom to decide what is fair pay outside of the employer and employee who come to a deal. If an illegal immigrant will work for $2 an hour, then that is fair pay. Nobody is putting a … Continue reading
Posted in Agriprocessors, Rabbis
Tagged illegal immigrant, illegal immigrants, market letters, public pronouncements, rabbi shmuel, rabbinic ordination, rabbinical council of america
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The Kosher Fight For Justice
Shmarya Rosenberg writes for Jewcy: Undocumented workers, always one phone call away from deportation and a moment away from being summarily fired, are afraid to object to abusive working conditions. This makes them ripe for exploitation, as has been amply … Continue reading
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Tagged Agriprocessors, dark underbelly, kosher meat, kosher slaughterhouse, liberal jews, postville iowa
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Partisan Rabbi Claims To Be Impartial Investigator Of Agricprocessors
Failed Messiah reports: The co-leader of the rabbis’ staged visit to Agriprocessors, Rabbi Lerner claimed to be an impartial invesigator. Of course, nothing could be further from the truth. We’ve shown that before. Here’s some new evidence of Lerner’s bias. … Continue reading
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Tagged forward reports, member congregations, orthodox rabbis, orthodox synagogues, umbrella group, young israel of stamford
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Agriprocessors Is Only A Pretext
I don’t know any rabbi who’s taken a public position on Agriprocessors who’s done much work verifying the facts of the case and conducting a thorough investigation. Instead, Agriprocessors is a pretext. For the chareidi, it is another example of … Continue reading
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Tagged anthony weiss, chabad rabbi, conservative rabbi, orthodox rabbi, orthodox rabbis, postville iowa
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