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June 13, 2008: Haredi Spokesperson Disses US Attorney General, Modern Orthodox Jews
Comments: 32 | Categories: Haredim

Are there 1 million Orthodox Jews in America? Did God punish us with "cyclones, fires and earthquakes" because California voted to allow gay marriage? Take a look at… …this short speech given by Rabbi Yehuda Levin in Washington, DC at...

June 12, 2008: BREAKING! Israel's Commissioner of Complaints Against Judges Recommends Firing High Rabbinic Court Judge
Comments: 7 | Categories: Haredim , Israel , MO & Chardal

Israel's official ombudsman of judges, Tova Strasberg-Cohen, has called for the firing of High Rabbinic Court judge Rabbi Avraham Sherman. Why? His obnoxious, disgusting… …treatment of Conversion Authority head Rabbi Haim Druckman, as the Jerusalem Post reports: Ombudsman recommends firing...

June 12, 2008: Rubashkin Ships Meat Years Past Expiration Date To Conservative Camps
Comments: 23 | Categories: Chabad , Crime, Litigation, etc. , Haredim , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal , Rubashkin Workers

Would this have sickened campers if served? Most likely… …it would have. The JTA reports: Camps return expired meat Published: 06/12/2008 A group of Midwestern Jewish camps returned a shipment of kosher meat from the embattled slaughterhouse Agriprocessors. Camp Ramah...

June 12, 2008: Interview With An Agriprocessors Mashgiach
Comments: 28 | Categories: Chabad , Crime, Litigation, etc. , Haredim , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal , Rubashkin Safety , Rubashkin Workers

The Jew and the Carrot has an interview with a former mashgiach at Agriprocessors, the Postville, Iowa slaughterhouse and meat packer that produces Rubashkin's, Aaron's Best, Shor HaBor, Supreme Kosher and other brands. The mashgiach… …sees little criminally wrong with...

June 11, 2008: "Conservative and Reform Movements Despicable, Ludicrous, Spoofs On Kashrus"
Comments: 58 | Categories: Chabad , Crime, Litigation, etc. , Haredim , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal , Rubashkin Safety , Rubashkin Workers

VosIzNeias, the hasidic "news blog" that bills itself as "The Voice of the Orthodox Jewish Community," is at it again, attacking… …the Reform and Conservative Movements for "despicable, ludicrous, spoofs on kashrus." Conservative and Reform Movements Despicable, Ludicrous, Spoofs On...

June 11, 2008: Eternal Jewish Family Joins Fight Against Religious Zionist Conversions
Comments: 26 | Categories: Haredim , Israel

Rabbi Leib Tropper convened a meeting in Jerusalem to fight against moderate Orthodox conversions – especially… …conversions done by Israel's Conversion Authority and its head, Rabbi Haim Druckman. Yeshiva World reports: Gedolei Yisroel at Special Meeting: No Compromise on “Kabolas...

June 11, 2008: What Rubashkin Knew And When He Knew It
Comments: 13 | Categories: Chabad , Crime, Litigation, etc. , Haredim , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal , Rubashkin Safety , Rubashkin Workers

I reread a large chunk of Stephen Bloom's book Postville over the second day of Shavuot. I hadn't looked at the book in a long time – I think I last read bits of it five years ago. Bloom clearly…...

June 8, 2008: Should Haredim Call Police When A Child Is Abused?
Comments: 30 | Categories: Crime, Litigation, etc. , Haredim , Israel , Pedophilia & Related Crimes

If you are haredi and hold by Rabbi Moshe Sternbuch of Jerusalem's Edah HaHaredit (Badatz Yerushalyim), the answer is… …probably not, as Daniel Eidensohn of Da'asTorah reports: Rav Moshe Sternbuch, shlita - Guidelines for calling the Police There is a...

June 8, 2008: "The Reform, Conservative Hypocrites Jews Should Stop With Their Rubashkin Crap Please"
Comments: 26 | Categories: Crime, Litigation, etc. , Haredim , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal , Rubashkin Safety , Rubashkin Workers

VosIzNeias, the lharedi news blog that bills itself as "The voice of the Orthodox Jewish Community," reprinted a column written by an editor of the Austin-Statesman on the latest Rubashkin controversy. But look what VIN did. VIN ran the column...

June 8, 2008: Previously Unknown Tribe Found In Amazon
Comments: 16 | Categories: History , Science

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GAWKER: 5WPR Flacks Get So Freaking Busted Impersonating People Online

GAWKER: 5WPR Busted For Even More Blog Fraud; Uses Apology As Slimy Sales Pitch Opportunity

Jerusalem Post: Agriprocessors' PR company faces allegations of identity theft

The Forward: Flacks for Kosher Slaughterhouse Accused of Impersonating Company's Critics Online

The Forward: Flacks for Kosher Company Admit Impersonation

JTA: PR firm accused of impersonating rabbi

GAWKER: 5WPR Scares Holy Man With Sock Puppet, Blames Intern

JTA Traces Fake Rabbi Morris Allen Comment To Agriprocessors Spokesman's Home

JTA: Agriprocessors' PR firm accused of impersonating rabbi

Ha'aretz: Jewish blogger tackles perceived shortcomings of Orthodox Judaism

PR Week: 5W faces accusation for blog misconduct

GAWKER: Scheme To Blame Intern For PR Fraud Unravels

The Forward: Meat Company’s P.R. Firm Acknowledges Responsibility of ‘Senior Staff Member’ in Online Deception

GAWKER: Sad Flacks Secretly Edit Their Boss's Own Wikipedia Page

NY Jewish Week: A P.R. Nightmare

The Forward: Postville’s City Council initially voted to support the idea of a community benefits agreement, but later voted to withdraw support for such an agreement — a development first reported on the blog Failed Messiah.

The Forward: The blog Failed Messiah reported that Hirsch wrote an e-mail to the alliance assailing its Jewish member groups.

Mpls StarTribune: PR firm's meat plant messages misleading

Iowa Independent: Misconduct by Agriprocessors' PR Firm Has Rabbi Considering Legal Options

The Forward: Public Relations Firm Criticized

PR Week: 5W, Orthodox Jewish group at odds over statement

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New Vilna Review: Is There An Orthodox War Against Modern Orthodoxy?

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Talkline Radio Network Interview: Rabbinic responses to Ethiopian Jewry.

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