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Tag Archives: Agriprocessors
Agriprocessors Update
Shmarya Rosenberg writes: Since I last posted on Agriprocessors, shortly after the company was hit with more than 9,000 counts of child labor violations, the company’s "former" CEO (and still current VP) Rabbi Sholom M. Rubashkin was arrested on felony immigration and identity fraud charges. … Continue reading
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Tagged Agriprocessors, bank fraud, dribs and drabs, fraud charges, rubashkin, secured creditors
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Is Blogging Good For The Jews?
ISSAC COHEN WRITES TO HIRHURIM: If there ever was a time/place for Jewish leaders to implement Mussar practices it is here… on the web. At a minimum, I’d suggest: 1) Time outs for comments that cross certain lines 2) No … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging
Tagged Agriprocessors, issac cohen, neutral media, orthodox jews, rabbi wein, torah judaism
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OU Certifies Toilet Bowl Cleaner As Kosher
I am greatly relieved as I always enjoyed a cup of this cleaner every morning (it is cheaper than orange juice and more effective in promoting my digestion). Professor Marc B. Shapiro blogs: In a previous post I showed a … Continue reading
Posted in Marc B. Shapiro, Orthodox Union
Tagged Agriprocessors, Marc B. Shapiro, mashgiach, meat producers, public outrage, toilet bowl
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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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Tagged Agriprocessors, heeb magazine, julius streicher, luke ford, meat producers, Young Israel
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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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Tagged Agriprocessors, kashrus, Kashrut, math sources, moral debate
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The Moshiach Will Not Be Televised
You will not be able to stay home, brother. You will not be able to plug in, daven on and cop out. You will not be able to lose yourself on skag and skip, Skip out for beer during commercials, Because … Continue reading
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Tagged Agriprocessors, commercial interruptions, hog maws, instant replay, liberation jumpsuit, pictures of pigs
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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
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Tagged Agriprocessors, gross mistreatment, human fingers, meatpacking industry, meatpacking plant, postville iowa
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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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Is Rubashkin Meat Kosher?
From today’s WSJ: "The Jewish narrative for 2,000 years has predominantly been about our powerlessness as unprotected immigrants," says Shmuly Yanklowitz, co-founder of Uri L’Tzedek, a progressive Orthodox group. The allegations are "particularly embarrassing because of how deeply connected our … Continue reading
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Tagged Agriprocessors, conservative rabbi, hassidic jew, mendota heights, moral mandate, rabbi weissmandl
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OU Admits Replacement Of Sholom Rubashkin Ploy To Keep Kosher Supervision
FailedMessiah posts: Rabbi Menachem Genack of the OU has admitted what many of us thought all along – the "ouster" of Sholom Mordechai Rubashkin as Agriprocessors CEO is… …nothing more than a ploy to help the OU leave its mark … Continue reading
Posted in Abuse, Agriprocessors, Orthodox Union
Tagged agri products, Agriprocessors, ethics and morality, kosher supervision, rabbi menachem, rubashkin
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