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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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