Exclusive: In Closed Door Meeting, Rubashkin Attorney Nathan Lewin To Brief "Select Group" Of Jewish Communal Leaders

Many who are acquainted with the facts are convinced he was denied a fair trial.…It is widely felt that the fallout from this travesty of justice is not limited to Sholom Rubashkin and his family, but has implications for the broader American Jewish community.…Mr. Nat Lewin will be traveling to New York on Sunday to meet with and brief a select group, and to offer you a chance to have your questions and concerns addressed.

FailedMessiah.com obtained an email sent Thursday from Rabbi Pinchos Lipschutz to various Jewish community leaders. Here is the body of that email:

The plight of our brother Sholom Mordechai Rubashkin has captivated the Jewish community. Targeted for personal destruction, his business was bankrupted and he was brought to trial on charges unrelated to the reasons given for the government’s raid on his business, the world’s largest kosher slaughterhouse. He was sentenced to 27 years in jail on bank fraud charges.

Many who are acquainted with the facts are convinced he was denied a fair trial. He was not permitted to present evidence and testimony that would have exonerated him. In addition, he received a sentence that grossly exceeds that issued to first-time offenders convicted of similar crimes. His appeal is slated to be submitted September 7.
 
Today a motion written by Sholom Mordechai’s lawyer, Nat Lewin, was delivered to the Appellate Court. This brief argues cogently that the presiding judge had unlawful meetings with the prosecution which tainted her neutrality in adjudicating this case.
 
It is widely felt that the fallout from this travesty of justice is not limited to Sholom Rubashkin and his family, but has implications for the broader American Jewish community. We therefore feel it would be in the public interest for communal leaders such as yourself to be appraised of the salient facts, including the grounds for appeal, and the contents of newly-filed motion for mistrial. Mr. Nat Lewin will be traveling to New York on Sunday to meet with and brief a select group, and to offer you a chance to have your questions and concerns addressed.

Please accept this invitation to join us at this Community Executive Conference on this Sunday, August 8, 7:00 P.M. at the Sheraton Crossroads Hotel, conveniently located between the Catskills and the city at 1 International Boulevard, Mahwah New Jersey. There will be no solicitation of funds.

Please R.S.V.P.

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Comments

[AGRI-vated Angel]

I surmise Sholom's sentencing was a great shock . . . considering the ease whereby prior Rubashkin convictions always resulted in considerably less time per sentencing. After all, they do regard themselves as exempt of any connection to the laws in/of this country.

[Bill]

Surprisingly well-written for a Haredi.

"the City".should have been capitalized, though.

[danny]

"It is widely felt that the fallout from this travesty of justice is not limited to Sholom Rubashkin and his family, but has implications for the broader American Jewish community."

No asshole! The implications are only to Sholom himself. Quit trying to smear his shit on the rest of us.

[Riverdale Hocker]

Shmarya I hope you can get someone inside this great big circle jerk to report on what koolaid this ayehole lipshits serves.

[WoolSilkCotton]

Everyone in the 'Select Group' will, no doubt, be wearing a black hat.

[Mr. Apikoros]

He didn't invite me. Waaaaah!!!

[E. Fink]

I would LOVE to go...

I am in Monsey today.

[Critical minyan]

Nat lewin should release how much money he is making from this charade.
The guy is milking this for every photo op possible. Getting his guy sentenced to 27 years was the best advertisement for his ambulance chasing.

[FirstGenerationBavarianAmerican]

Mahwah is on the way back to NYC from the Catskills. It is also fairly close to Monsey. Note that there will be no solicitation of funds? They sure are doing everything possible to get as many people to attend as possible. But what is the "payload" here?

One thing that comes to mind is from the time I worked for a large company. The chairman was on the board of the local United Way. I was assigned department coordinator for the United Way. All coordinators were sent to hear an address by the chairman. He was a good speaker and gave a very good motivational speech on why it is important to support the United Way. (This just a few years before a CEO at the national level was convicted of misuse of donations.) The coordinators were then supposed to solicit donations from fellow department members. Maybe the purpose of this Executive Conference is to motivate the leaders to promulgate the plight of Mr. Rubashkin to the others in their organizations.

What this suggests is that there will be more fund raising appeals. They must now be after those folks who don't bother to show up for fund raising rallies advertised on flyers posted around town.

[Riverdale Hocker]

"the broader American Jewish community."

By broader community does the one whose lips smell of fecalness means the black hat fakers who shuckle and upshlug, speak frumspeak and yeshivish as if it were normal, look down on anyone who doesn't conform with the heard, shlep the heals of their shoes to make a lot of noise, wear polyester pants till the ass shines, have mad dandruff, smell like onions and kishka, and fart during the amidah but try to camouflage it with coughing?

[WoolSilkCotton]

++Riverdale Hocker | August 08, 2010 at 12:24 PM++

LOL! That is exactly the community they are referring to!

FGBA, the black hatted 'leaders' will never part with a nickel of their own personal money.
It's the shmuck sheep that they control who are expected to hand over the cash when the Rubashkin collection pushka is shoved in front of them.

[Not black hatter & Not Haredi]

I m not a black hatter nor am I Haredi yet I support Sholom Rubashkin, this man was singled out for a first time offender who got 27 years. Me and my friends who are not haredi or black hatters are doing everything we can to save this mans life especially with the new allegations that we have a judge collaborating, supporting an un justified raid that even the supreme court already said there were mistakes in this raid.

This Judge Linda Reade acts more like Judge from North Korea then the Unites States of America, there are ethics and Linda Reade has grossly violated those Ethics by supporting and even at times dominating the raid, this women has done more then just providing soap and toilet paper in the bathrooms of the court house.

[effie]

WSC: Yep, it sounds like he's going to tell the "leaders" to start putting the screws to the "schumcks" and giving them ideas on how to wring every last dime from the "sheep." Baaaaa!

[effie]

NBH&NH: Do you just make this shit up as you type?

[A E ANDERSON]

Par for the course. Appellate practice in Lewin's league is one-half PR and one-half law. Having an issue discussed prominently the various journals of public opinion and forums of discusion makes an appeal much more a matter of great public importance than a simple individual redress of wrong or error. I don't think there's anything wrong with Lewin trying to win a fair forum for his client to receive a fair hearing. What I can't figure out is where and how this Rubashkin guy was able to collect so many virulent enemies and opponents, so much so that his Shabbos table guests are transmogrified into his lead haters.

[nachos]

This Judge Linda Reade acts more like Judge from North Korea then the Unites States of America
Posted by: Not black hatter & Not Haredi | August 08, 2010 at 01:06 PM

Can we cut the drama.

[effie]

AEA: Except for the fact that Reade did nothing wrong and no court is going to find that she did. Even Lewin knows this. And I've lost most of my respect for Guy Cook. Again, it is a preemptive strike to try to get her kicked off the case with the hope that SMR's case will eventually be remanded for resentencing and to get suckers to send them mo' money. What Lewin is doing is dishonest so it doesn't surprise me that it has your full endorsement.

So, how much money have you sent him, AEA?

[WoolSilkCotton]

++Not black hatter & Not Haredi | August 08, 2010 at 01:06 PM++

Of course we believe you aren't a black hatter or haredi.

[WoolSilkCotton]

++Not black hatter & Not Haredi | August 08, 2010 at 01:06 PM++

Perhaps the most frustrating thing to you 'not black hatter & not haredi' folks is that you've always been certain that you can outsmart anyone anytime, since the nonJews and the nonreligious Jews are all a bunch of simpletons and fools anyway, and now the reality check is driving you nuts.

Your hero got royally screwed, and your usual modus operandi of bullshitting the whole world and screaming antisemitisim just isn't working.

Where do you suppose it all went wrong?

[nachos]

What I can't figure out is where and how this Rubashkin guy was able to collect so many virulent enemies and opponents, so much so that his Shabbos table guests are transmogrified into his lead haters.

Posted by: A E ANDERSON | Miami, Fla. | August 08, 2010 at 01:31 PM
Maybe you are looking at things from the wrong perspective. I don't hate Shalom. In fact, the opposite is true. I genuinely like the guy. I have made tremendous personal sacrifice to the point of being banned from the community, because I feel Shalom is in great spiritual danger and needs to repent. Yes, I am willing to accept isolation from fellow Jews if I can convince this one Jew to repent and turn to G-d.

On the other hand, the Jews who continue to cry antisemitism and poor Shalom are the ones that truly hate him. They refused to follow their Torah obligations and say "stop it," because they were getting fat at the trough. Those are the Jews that hate Shalom.

I could have stayed quiet and eaten at the trough, but I realized doing so would put my soul and Shalom's soul in jeopardy.

Shmarya merely prints the news of what actually happened. You can't point to anything he has printed as a lie. You call that hate. Yet, what do you call teachers in Postville like Frimmerman that did nothing to stop the laundering of money through the schools bank account. I say it is the Frimmerman's of the world that really hate Shalom!!

[FirstGenerationBavarianAmerican]

AEA,
I think the reason for the not-quite-as-many-as-you-think "virulent enemies and opponents" is because of some of the things listed in the top right-most column of this website's home page.

[Bill]

right on point, Wool!

That's -exactly- what happened.

every frummie has a story about how his "gemoreh kop" ("wise" Talmudic mind...) helped him dray ("spin") his way out of a traffic ticket by "outsmarting" the dumb goy cop and judge.

Not this time, assholes!

[MM]

"Surprisingly well-written for a Haredi."

If you don't mind the fact that he doesn't know the difference between captured and captivated and appraised and apprised....

[Shmarya]

I think the reason for the not-quite-as-many-as-you-think "virulent enemies and opponents" is because of some of the things listed in the top right-most column of this website's home page.

Perhaps you explain further.

[OMG]

NBH
I am perplexed, why would you tell us that you are not a black hatter, or Charedi. What has that to do with the case at hand? The only reason that you mention that, must be because in reality you are what you claim you’re not, and you trying to bolster you argument that SMR was railroaded by the system, for only one reason because he is Jewish. Let me assure you that we know a skunk when we see one, we will not mistake it, for a cuddly pussy cat. So rest assured we know what you are driving at.

Finally I you really want to convince us, that your view is correct. It would be easy, just point to the specific exhibits, were we could see for ourselves, that your argument holds water. In the mean time we have enough idiots, for our amusements, we don’t need any more. Therefore, either point us to the specifics, or just take up some other missionary work.

[seymour]

but has implications for the broader American Jewish community

what he believes in conspiracy theories
I see once the frum become comfortable in a country they become very arrogant and thing they own it

[AGRI-vated Angel]

[Posted by: nachos | August 08, 2010 at 02:09 PM]

Thank you, nachos.

[FirstGenerationBavarianAmerican]

+++Perhaps you explain further.

Posted by: Shmarya | August 08, 2010 at 02:50 PM+++

I was referring to deceptions such as Agriprocessor's PR firm impersonating people such as Rabbi Allen on blogs, and all of the misleading press releases issued by Rubashkin's supporters.

[Not black hatter & Not Haredi]

OMG,

What was quoted was from the documents that Judge Linda Reade and the DA Office were H I D I N G all along, yes this will come out to be a huge Stain in the American justice System as the Judge who was biased all along and used her position to prosecute a man because of her own bias, starting from dominating the raid to not allowing certain evidence in the case, this against the ethics of the American Judicial system

And of course you are please with Judge Reade as you would have been pleased if Sholom Rubashkin would be tried in a Pyongyang court, so there is no point in arguing with your one track mind, but be sure this will reach to greater and higher levels of this great country.

And I never said it was her hatred of Jews please stop lying.

[Shmarya]

What was quoted was from the documents that Judge Linda Reade and the DA Office were H I D I N G all along

Please.

You have not even read the documents.

At any rate, months before the trial, Rubashkin's lawyer started a recusal motion. They asked Judge Reade about her involvement in planning the raid. She relied that she was involved in logistics. And that is all Lewin's newly released documents show.

But, again, you'd have to read them to know that.

[Menachem Mendel lll]

Fear mongering and calling every other person an Anti-Semite when a Jewish criminal is finally brought to justice and convicted is a very scary and frightening card to play in a free and democartic country.

God Bless the United States Of America.

God Bless the people of Law Enforecement.

God Bless the Judge who was given the wisdom of Solomon (Thank you Adoni) to judge Rubashkin fairly and not based on the color of his skin, wealth, religion,
race or creed.

[itchiemayer]

I have been consistently anti Rubashkin, but I do have one question which I would like answered...If Team Rubashkin requested these documents under the FOIA months ago, why have they just now been released? There could be a reasonable answer, but I would like to know.
Nothwithstanding the answer, Lewin has acted unethically and dishonestly. One chillul Hashem on top of another. I guess you have to practice dishonestly when you have a dishonest client. Two negatives equal a positive?

[effie]

itchiemayer: Because they take months to process.

http://www.justice.gov/oip/

[effie]

To be clearer: The requests take months to process.

[Seraphya]

FOIAs are slow in general.

[OMG]

NBH&NC
Again as usual you fail to reply directly to my challenge to you, “just point to the specific exhibits, where we could see for ourselves, that your argument holds water.” In simple English, quote and cite to us, where exactly you see that Judge Reade did anything illegal or even unethical. In the minute you show us that your assertion is right, I will write a check for $1,000.00 to the Rubashkin defense fund. In the mean time stop repeating what Nat Lewin is saying in front of the religious community. Go read his motion and affidavit, you will noticed that he is hedging every assertion, using words that doesn’t affirm the assertion, using words like, infer, if, which will save his ass, from post decision fallout.

See motion page 7 last line on the page, first of all, Nat was very careful he wrote, “IF Judge Reade was shown this power-point presentation in her meeting of March 17, 2008. As you could see Nat is hedging his bet, he wrote “IF” because there is no direct evidence that this slide was presented to Judge Reade at that meeting. Secondly, even if this slide was presented, it was only background information on the subject, far from prejudicial and inflammatory information. Thirdly, even if it is prejudicial and inflammatory so what, in every trial, the Judge rules on admissibility issues, if it could be introduced in trial, but they still preside over the trial, even after the ruled on the admissibility issue. Therefore, so what, that Judge Reade know all these prejudicial and inflammatory information. Finally Nat is arguing that all the information was given to the Judge ex-parte, well my research shows me that ex-parte, is only post arrest and detention, not prior, therefore, Judge Reade didn’t have a duty to disclose the specifics of each meeting, just that is was a meeting to discuss the logistic of the court.

See motion page 8, Nat wrote that because some of the intra ICE, e-mails makes reference to the planning of the arrest of a company official, on May 12, 2008, therefore Nat argues, that this information “MAY” have been communicate to Judge Reade prior to the arrest in the ex-parte meetings. It is clear, that Nat cover his ass, when making an assertion that it “may” have happened. What did he expect, ICE not to communicate within their departments, the plan, who and what would happen?

See motion page 9, Nat wrote, that because the operation was set based of the availably of the court, therefore one could infer that Judge Reade intended to preside over the trials. Again even Nat admits that “one could infer”, meaning that there is no direct or circumstantial evidence, that Judge Reade intended to preside over Rubashkins trial, this conjecture doesn’t even meet the lowest standard of evidence.

Finally all the other objections, relate to what cooperation Judge Reade offered, from all the exhibits it is obvious that the offer was logistical in nature, therefore no need to even argue about. To circle back, after reading the motion, and the affidavits, any sane person, we see that it is self evident, that Nat is using this motion to raise new funds from the ill informed or educated. He has the same odds to prevail, as a snowball in hell.

[FirstGenerationBavarianAmerican]

OMG: Great assessment.

Another point that has not been brought up yet: in large meetings, some participants may excuse themselves for portions of the meetings, or be asked by other participants to leave for portions of the meetings if they are not allowed to be privy to what is being discussed.

[OMG]

And I never said it was her hatred of Jews please stop lying.
Posted by: Not black hatter & Not Haredi | August 08, 2010 at 04:12 PM

So if it is not anti-Semitism, then how could you except to prevail, you just admitted that Judge Reade is not biased to SMR.

Thank you FGBA, good point. From the motion it seems that Nat is on a fishing expedition, that is why he wants to open discovery, so hopefully, he could find the smoking gun, but for purposes of money raising in the religious communities, he is asserting that he found the smoking gun, and all these idiots gobble it up.

[A E ANDERSON]

Me send money for Rubashkin? F..k that. I waiting for them to send me money for shilling and being their toady.

[treif]

To Effee:
How right you are, it is such a shame that so much jewish money that could be used for real charity is being given to a family that has so much, yet they know how to use other peoples money. he had a fair trial, and do not believe that they will not be collecting money, that is what this is all about. I wonder how much of the thousands of dollars of jewelry Leah his wife has sold, how about her 2 ct diamond ring worth thousands, how about her daughter in laws rings worth almost 10,000 each, did they sell it? I don't think so. All this is, is to raise more and more money and to try to make him the victim and not the criminal

[yeedle honikvecher]

excuse me.i do thank rubashkin for his chikens which were tastier,cheaper and affordable.alas,asa chicken eater,i abhor how he mistreated his employees.no,mr and mrs rubashkin,i am not responsible for your shticks,i am simply a chicken eater,twice a week is good enough for me.you have enough $$$ stashed somewhere in the banks of switzerland,so use it.meanwhile i am going to try agristar's chicks.why am i responsible to the rubashkin clans thieving?rabbi l.it is theirs and theirs only,dont you see how a whole mishpocha are rotten to the core?