A rich Gerrer hasid brings his family to Israel for its yearly vacation.
They stay with non-Orthodox relatives. The hasidim refuse to eat with these relatives – even though the relatives purchase all new dishes for them – and otherwise behave abominably.
If that were the whole story, I wouldn't bother posting this. But there is one more piece to the story that…
The raid exposed allegations that workers at the sprawling plant, which employed more than 900 people, were underpaid, physically abused, sexually harassed and extorted. Speaking on condition of anonymity, a U.S. government official who has visited the plant described the operation as…
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"Escorted by U.S. marshals, Juan Carlos Guerrero-Espinoza (left) and Martin De La Rosa-Loera (right) walk into the federal courthouse at 4200 C St. SW. in Cedar Rapids on Thursday. Guerrero-Espinoza is accused of…
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The DOJ can't say what is being investigated. But it did say…
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How senior are the two supervisors arrested earlier today?
If the information I've seen is correct, they are…
As I mentioned earlier, the DOJ would like your help in locating…
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Both are senior supervisors. One runs the beef kill and three other departments. The other, poultry kill and three other departments.
Both men report directly to the plant manager. He reports directly to Sholom M. Rubashkin.
Both supervisors allegedly knowingly allowed illegals to work and provided them with false IDs and documents, as…
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UPDATE 7-3-08 1:35 PM – Here are the names of the arrested supervisors, along with the charges.
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This time, it's in Hamodia.
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Find out who first busted Agriprocessors – and why they did it – over on Jewcy.com.
Susan Rosenbluth of the Bergen County, NJ Jewish Voice and Opinion has written a love letter to Rubashkin in the guise of a news report. And the love letter is being circulated by 5W Public Relations, Rubashkin's PR firm.
But there is something about Susan Rosenbluth 5W doesn't want you to know.
The man has a 30 year track record of seducing and manipulating women he counseled and taught. At least one of those women was very much underage.
He ran through a series of defenders in the Orthodox community until there were no more left.
Then…
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What we reported early yesterday is true. The Rabbinate is actively extorting Ethiopian Jews, forcing them to pay hundreds, sometimes thousands, of dollars in bribes to get "married" in a fake ceremony led by a Rabbinate-approved rabbi, and then pay again a few weeks later for a quiet ceremony – real, this time – in the office of Rabbi Yosef Hadana, Shas Party member and the officially recognized "Chief Rabbi" of Ethiopian Jews, as…
The haredi "gadol hador" (leader of this generation) does not want haredim to rent property to secular Jews.
This has nothing to do with how those secular Jews might effect the character of haredi neighborhoods. He opposes such rentals on the grounds that they might…
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In a story about Agriprocessors called Raid Unsettles Kosher Beliefs:
Haredim are at it again. As…
Extortion, haredi rabbi style, as the…
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Earlier today I wrote that Jim Martin, Agriprocessors new "compliance officer," was not doing a good job. Martin was hired with much fanfare 23 days ago. So far, his major accomplishment…
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The Forward: "The indictments were first reported on the blog FailedMessiah."
The London Jewish Chronicle: "…Shmarya Rosenberg muses on religious racism…"
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Talkline Radio Network: Shmarya Rosenberg of FailedMessiah.com interviewed on the Talkline Radio Network's Mamash Radio Show. Topic: Rabbinic responses to Ethiopian Jewry.
