Rubashkin Attorney To Address Agudath Israel Of America's Annual Dinner Sunday

It was announced Friday that Guy R. Cook, the Iowa attorney representing former Agriprocessors head Sholom Rubashkin, will be addressing Agudah’s 88th anniversary dinner.

Rubashkin Lawyer Guy Cook to Address Agudath Israel Dinner
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It was announced today at the national headquarters of Agudath Israel of America that Guy R. Cook, the Iowa attorney representing former Agriprocessors CEO Sholom Rubashkin, will be addressing the organization’s 88th Anniversary Dinner this Sunday, May 9, at the New York Hilton in Manhattan.

Mr. Cook has been front and center in his advocacy on behalf of the beleaguered Mr. Rubashkin, whose case has riveted the attention of much of the Orthodox Jewish world – and of many outside of it, including former US Justice Department officials, who perceive disturbing irregularities in the prosecution of the former Agriprocessors official.

Mr. Cook, a partner in the prominent Iowa firm Grefe and Sidney, has served as Assistant United States Attorney for the Southern District of Iowa.  He is also a past president of the Polk County Bar Association, which represents more than a quarter of all the lawyers in Iowa, and presently serves as a member of the Board of Governors of the Iowa State Bar Association.

Rabbi Chaim Dovid Zwiebel, Agudath Israel’s executive vice president, has worked closely with Mr. Cook over the past year-and-a-half as the Rubashkin case has proceeded in the Iowa and federal courts.

Rabbi Zwiebel had warm words for the Iowa attorney.  “Over recent months,” he said, “I have had the opportunity to witness Guy Cook’s’s tireless efforts on behalf of Sholom Rubashkin.  In addition to his outstanding legal skills, I have been particularly impressed with his ability, as a native Iowan whose interactions with Jews, and certainly Orthodox Jews, were probably somewhat limited, to become so attuned to our community and so sensitive to Mr. Rubashkin’s religious beliefs and needs.”

Those in attendance at the dinner attendees will also hear an address by the Novominsker Rebbe, shlit”a, the Rosh Agudas Yisroel; watch a special video tribute to Rabbi Chaskel Besser, z”l; and participate in the bestowal of well-deserved honors on a group of outstanding askonim.

Reservations can still be made – until noon Sunday – by contacting Agudath Israel’s dinner office at 212 797-8177.

[Hat Tip: The Other DK.]

Comments

[sage]

I believe Mr. Cook is making a big mistake and will, much later, regret this move.

Serving as SMR's attorney was an honorable thing to do, but getting into bed publically with Agudath Israel is poor public relations.

[Iron Mike]

Mr Cook will now be exposed to the most powerful and influential group of Otrhodox Jews in America what a brilliant idea for him.

[effie]

When Guy Cook's young son needed a kidney, instead of going out and buying one illegally he gave him one of his own. What a guy! Hope he works that factoid into his address.

[rabbidw]

How about getting a video taped speech from the Spinka Rebbe? What is Cook running for? I will not vote for him. Clentds have to be represented, but he should not be speaking at an organization that is narrow minded and misogynistic as Agudah.

[shmuel]

I, too, am surprised by Mr. Cook's decision to speak at the repugnant Agudah's annual dinner. Mr. Cook, if you're reading this, understand you will be addressing an organization that willingly crawled into bed with the Catholic Church in order to defeat legislation in New York State meant to protect Jewish children from rabbinic predators, which group of predators and their protectors the Agudah knows only too well.
Why, Mr. Cook? Why?

[Isa]

Counselor Cook has found it to be VERY lucrative having certain Jews as clients. Imagine having a client that has unlimited funds. Rubashkin in a Money Machine for Counselor Cook.
Think of some appeal that has no real chance of winning, hey NO PROBLEM! A check will arrive the next day or so.

[effie]

I doubt that Cook will handle the appeal.

[shmaryahu is like Paroh [loves to bathe in jewish blood]]

shmaryahu,you dirty rat,what do you want from this family? haven't you had enough of their blood?
i have no doubt at all,have you lived 65 yrs ago in Europe,you would have been the head KAPO in Auschwitz,and with a smile on your ugly face you would have dragged your own brothers and sisters into the gas chambers

[Yochanan Lavie]

Too many Cooks spoiled the broth.

[sandra]

to ' shmaryahu is like paroh ' , ( just above )

...............you are an idiot to write such nasty comments about shmarya .

you arethe one who is the dirty rat . not shmarya .and i'm sure you are dirty and smelly inside and outside .

shmarya is an honest person . not like you
and your chabad shitheads alike .

shmarya is a clean guy . not corrupted or perverted like you and your alike .

shmarya wants to let know the world what chabad , and its members ...........

( like the rubashkins
and those like the rubashkins = the raskins, the shemtovs, the garelicks.....
all those .....

....what they really are . a bunch of bastards . the truth about chabad HAS TO COME OUT . lubavitchers cover up the truth . it's not good for their reputation . 'hillul hashem ' .

thanks to shmarya, the moshiah of ALL HONEST JEWISH PEOPLE , we now know ALL THE TRUTH about chabad and non chabad 'religious ppl of all kinds = the sex molesters , the deviants , those 'religious' who discrimates real honest jews because THEY ARE NOT LIKE THEM .

shmarya does not do ANYTHING WRONG .it's not because he is honest that he is antisemite .

i, sandra , more jewish than you are , WILL BE THE FIRST TO SEND you TO AUSCHWITZ .
and if i can't anymore . then, i will find a way to get rid of you .

i want to see your ugly face , your dirty rat face . i want to drag you to the gas chambers .

what does the gas chambers have to do with the rubashkin case ? sicko .

shmarya does not want anything from ' this family ' . shmarya just want the world to know WHO THEY REALLY ARE .
thank G-d we have an upcoming trial where EVERYONE IS GONNA KNOW ALL about the rubashkins and their dirty stuff . .......

.......the dirty laudry IS GONNA COME OUT ...... and i understand you are not happy about that . that's too bad .

........' haven't you had enough of their blood' ........... what an idiot to write such a shitty comment .

i want your blood . and if you would have stand in front of me with your dirty sirtuck , i would have gotten your blood , asshole

[sandra]

to, shmaryahu is like paroh

...........what do you want from shmarya ?

you don't even publish you own name, coward

[sandra]

cook wants to be paid for his work AND HIS TIME .

it's gonna be a long and strenuous trial which will probably last for several months, if not a year . i won't be surprised .

cook went to law school . he did not go to a yeshiva to relax with a chumash under his arm , learning excerpts of torah in a leisurely manner .

in law school, you learn . you don't have fun like you do in a yeshiva .

maintaining a law practice is very costly AND IS NOT TAX FREE like the yeshiva is .
cook does not live off donations .
cook works to make a living . cook already put thousands of hours to prepare for this lenghty trial . the agudah dinner is a fundraising to pay for cook attorney fees .
it is normal that he will speak at the dinner .
1 - chabad SHOULD set up a similar fundraising dinner to pay cook . NOT THAT I AM WORRIED ABOUT CHABAD because it is a multi billions powerful organization . CHABAD IS RICHER THAN THE STATE . but they don't like ' to give ' .
chabad can EASILY give cook $ 500.000.000
for the rubashkin defense . but they won't .

2 - the rubashkins have been in business for many decades . they have thousands of millions of dollars .
the rubashkins brothers should go to switzerland to take out a few thousands millions OUT OUT THEIR SWISS BANK ACCOUNTS to pay cook . very unlikey bc sholom will
not sign any papers FOR THEM TO WITHDRAW .
sholom DOES NOT TRUST HIS BROTHERS > and since he can't do it himself , BC HE IS STUCK IN JAIL . then, it's difficult .
his wife can do it . can she feel secure traveling with millionS in cash in her pocket book ? she might be CHECKED AND ARRESTED . now that they are as famous as Al Capone .

so, let sholom rot in jail and let them fundraise AS IF THEY HAVE NOTHING .

by the way , it is very nice of Agudah to
organize this dinner to raise funds for that bastard sholom rubashkin . BECAUSE LUBAVITCH WOULD NOT HAVE DONE ANYTHING LIKE THAT if any chassid ( non lubavitch )
needed money for legal fees . chabad would HAVE IGNORED COMPLETELY .

those millions that cook is being paid for rubashkin trial DOES NOT GUARANTEE HIM TO WIN THE CASE . still, cook needs to be paid .

[Michael David Kittell]

I will never again send any money to Agudah or to any Agudah affiliated intitution or person. There is no defense of this massive chilul Hashem of Rubashkin and its cult, which break every law of G-d and man.