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November 15, 2009: Rubashkin's Lawyer A No-Show; Stand-In Rants At PETA, Leftists, "Tree-Huggers;" Gov't Antisemitic
Comments: 1 | Categories: Agri-Star , Chabad , Crime, etc. , Haredim , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal , Rubashkin Workers
Rabbi Samuel Hirsch tells Zev Brenner it's everyone else's fault, Rubashkin a "tzaddik." Hirsch is father of Agri Star's current co-owner and CEO, Daniel Hirsch. Hirsch is a prominent defense attorney and a former New York State Assemblyman from Borough...

November 15, 2009: Chabad Rabbi: Des Moines Register Misquoted Me
Comments: 0 | Categories: Chabad , Crime, etc. , Haredim , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal , Rubashkin Workers
Rabbi Shea Hecht says he never said Rubashkin turned down plea deal. Hecht also claims that, despite the Des Moines Register report, there was no meeting in Brooklyn between Rubashkin, his attorneys, and Hecht's committee. Here is the audio from...

November 14, 2009: 1500 Haredim Protest At Intel Plant In Jerusalem
Comments: 11 | Categories: Crime, etc. , Haredim , Israel
Hundreds of the demonstrators attacked reporters covering the protest. The haredim hurled gravel and various other objects at the journalists, but no one was injured. Haredim protest outside Intel Some 1,500 ultra-Orthodox gather outside electronic chip maker's offices in Har...

November 13, 2009: Congressman Says Justice Served In Rubashkin Case
Comments: 17 | Categories: Chabad , Crime, etc. , Haredim , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal
"My heart goes out to the community of Postville." Braley says justice served in Rubashkin case WASHINGTON (AP) - Congressman Bruce Braley is speaking out on the former kosher slaughterhouse manager convicted of financial fraud. In a statement released Friday,...

November 13, 2009: Chabad Leader Contradicts Himself About Rubashkin Plea Deal
Comments: 24 | Categories: Chabad , Crime, etc. , Haredim , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal
Rabbi Shea Hecht blames media, says Rubashkin never offered a deal. Rabbi Shea Hecht, a Chabad leader is who is the public face of Chabad's Rubashkin Defense Committee / Pidyon Shevuyim Fund, told VIN today that there was never a...

November 13, 2009: Hechsher Tzedek's Statement On The Rubashkin Verdicts
Comments: 17 | Categories: Chabad , Crime, etc. , Haredim , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal
The news out of Sioux Falls, SD…delivers both justice and a heavy heart to those of us who champion the cause of ethical kashrut. STATEMENT FROM THE HEKHSHER TZEDEK COMMISSION REGARDING THE CONVICTION OF SHOLOM RUBASHKIN New York, NY (November...

November 13, 2009: As One Rubashkin Enters Federal Custody, Another Is Released
Comments: 12 | Categories: Chabad , Crime, etc. , Haredim , Kosher Business? , Moshe Rubashkin
Sholom Mordechai Rubashkin was taken into federal custody last night. But which other Rubashkin was released from prison yesterday? Please click to enlarge: Released from Federal Prison yesterday was Sholom Rubashkin (AKA Sam Sternberg), Sholom Mordechai Rubashkin's nephew. Sholom Jr....

November 12, 2009: He Held His Head In His Hands, As If In Disbelief
Comments: 66 | Categories: Chabad , Crime, etc. , Haredim , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal
Another view of the Rubashkin verdicts. [Hat Tip: FGBA.]

November 12, 2009: As His Attorneys Promise Appeals, Sholom Mordechai Rubashkin Enters Federal Custody
Comments: 41 | Categories: Chabad , Crime, etc. , Haredim , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal
A quiet fell over the courtroom as U.S. District Chief Judge Linda Reade's monotone voice announced a steady stream of unanimous guilty verdicts for 45 minutes. UPDATE: Rubashkin jury: Guilty on 86 of 91 charges By JENS MANUEL KROGSTAD •...

November 12, 2009: RUBASHKIN GUILTY ON 86 Of 91 COUNTS
Comments: 121 | Categories: Chabad , Crime, etc. , Haredim , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal
A complete list… … will follow soon. Update: Jury finds Sholom Rubashkin guilty on 86 charges in fraud trial Des Moines Register The jury in the fraud trial of Sholom Rubashkin returned guilty verdicts in 86 of the 91 fraud...

November 12, 2009: RUBASHKIN ***APPARENTLY*** GUILTY
Comments: 7 | Categories: Chabad , Crime, etc. , Haredim , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal
I don't know how many counts… …details posted as I get them.

November 12, 2009: Intel Puts Barbed Wire Around Compound To Protect Against Haredi Riots
Comments: 14 | Categories: Crime, etc. , Haredim , Israel
"Today it's Intel, and tomorrow it will be the Malha mall. It has to stop here; it can't go on another step." Intel places barbed wire fence ahead of haredi protest Electronic chip manufacturer prepares for Shabbat battle, puts up...

November 12, 2009: Alleged Haredi Terrorist: God Is Pleased With What I've Done
Comments: 7 | Categories: Crime, etc. , Haredim , Israel
"It was a pleasure and an honor to serve my God. I have no regret and no doubt that God is pleased." Alleged Jewish terrorist: I know God is pleased By Chaim Levinson and Nir Hasson • Haaretz • and...

November 11, 2009: Letter from Lawrence: Just As We Overlook Imperfections On The State Of Israel, We Should Overlook Imperfections Of Rebbes Whose Followers Riot
Comments: 14 | Categories: Crime, etc. , Haredim , Israel
They are seen as firebrands who are by choice isolated and who stick to themselves. They shun the limelight and instead prefer to live a simple, pious, and humble lives without the accouterments of modern life—all in an effort to...

November 11, 2009: Group Headed By Extremist Chabad Rabbi Gives Award To Soldiers Who Protested Against Settlement Evacuation
Comments: 7 | Categories: Chabad , Crime, etc. , Haredim , Israel , MO & Chardal
Protest, held during soldiers' army induction ceremony, got soldiers jailed and expelled from unit. SOS Israel awards ceremony held in Jerusalem restaurant. Seated second from left is Chabad rabbi Sholom DovBer Wolpo, arguably the most popular rabbi for the Chabad...

November 11, 2009: Scores Of Chabad Followers Travel To SD To Support Rubashkin
Comments: 46 | Categories: Chabad , Crime, etc. , Haredim , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal , Rubashkin Safety , Rubashkin Workers
Devotion and respect for the Rubashkin family is what draws the men to support a fellow member of their Hasidim, a branch of Judaism that translates to “the pious.” They know Rubashkin as the former teacher at an Atlanta Jewish...

November 11, 2009: Groundbreaking Passaic Session On Haredi Child Sex Abuse Attended Largely By Ba'al Teshuvas
Comments: 8 | Categories: Crime, etc. , Haredim , Pedophilia
Native born haredim AWOL. A Haredi Town Confronts Abuse From The Inside Rabbi Ron Yitzchok Eisenman has used the pulpit of Congregation Ahavas Israel to take a public stand against sexual molestation in the Orthodox community. by Steve Lipman •...

November 10, 2009: Playing The Antisemitism Card At The Rubashkin Trial
Comments: 15 | Categories: Chabad , Crime, etc. , Haredim , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal
"PETA has an agenda and a prejudice against Kosher," Rabbi Kohn said in court. "Sholom traveled numerous time [sic] to New York to deal with it. It was an assault on Kashrus." What you see above is some of the...

November 9, 2009: Defense Rests, Rubashkin's Fate in Jury's Hands
Comments: 26 | Categories: Chabad , Crime, etc. , Haredim , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal , Rubashkin Workers
Defense lawyers said the charges stemmed from "over zealous" prosecutors, claim Rubashkin naïve, misled. Rubashkin case in jury's hands BY GRANT SCHULTE • Des Moins Register Sioux Falls, S.D. — Lawyers in the trial of Sholom Rubashkin closed their cases...

November 9, 2009: Prosecution: Rubashkin "Mastermind" Of Fraud Scheme
Comments: 11 | Categories: Chabad , Crime, etc. , Haredim , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal , Rubashkin Workers
Assistant U.S. Attorney Peter Deegan Jr. said Rubashkin’s claim that he did not know about the crimes was “ridiculous,” and urged jurors to convict the former Agriprocessors Inc. vice president of all 91 financial fraud charges presented during his trial....

November 9, 2009: Your Help Needed Today To Get The Child Victims Act Passed
Comments: 4 | Categories: Crime, etc. , Pedophilia
One email sent today may finally make the CVA law. I received the following email several times last night and thisearly this morning. It appears to originate in Assemblywoman MArge Markey's office. Markey is the chief sponsor of the CVA:...

November 9, 2009: Chabad Settler Rabbi: Don't Worry About Collateral Damage, Jews Can Kill Non-Jews At Will
Comments: 40 | Categories: Chabad , Crime, etc. , Haredim , MO & Chardal , Racism , Xenophobia
[Updated 6:20 pm.] "It is permissable to kill the Righteous among Nations even if they are not responsible for the threatening situation. If we kill a Gentile who has sinned or has violated one of the seven commandments - because...

November 8, 2009: Jobs, Optimism Begin Return To Postville
Comments: 19 | Categories: Chabad , Crime, etc. , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal
Postville city leaders, residents and business owners agree the community's economy has hit bottom. What isn't clear is how fast and how far the recovery will go. Jobs, optimism return to Postville after raid By JOHN MOLSEED • Waterloo-Cedar Falls...

November 8, 2009: Rubashkin Supporters Crowd Courtroom
Comments: 54 | Categories: Chabad , Crime, etc. , Haredim , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal , Rubashkin Safety , Rubashkin Workers
"All these people feel that supporting him is worth the trip to Sioux Falls," Getzel Rubashkin said. "My father is loved and respected by many people, only a minute percentage of which have been physically able to attend the trial."...

November 8, 2009: Kosher Hot Dog Swindler Sentenced To 15 Years
Comments: 3 | Categories: Crime, etc. , Kosher Scandal
Arnold Zaler took nearly $2.5 million from people who trusted him, and ended up stealing their retirement savings. Federal judge in Denver sentences hot-dog swindler to 15 years By Felisa Cardona • The Denver Post A kosher meat salesman who...

November 7, 2009: Mystery Meat: Rubashkin's Meat Shows Up For Sale, Long After Company Sold
Comments: 13 | Categories: Agri-Star , Crime, etc. , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal
Why is 'Agriprocessors' meat still being sold? Mystery (Agriprocessors) Meat By Nathaniel Popper • The Forward A reader from suburban Chicago was mystified when he made a trip to the kosher aisle of his supermarket this last weekend. There, among...

November 6, 2009: Op-Ed: Anti-Catholic Bias Behind Focus On Priests' Child Sex Abuse
Comments: 5 | Categories: Crime, etc. , Pedophilia
Haredim, Archbishop says, get a free pass from the press. FOUL BALL! By Archbishop Timothy M. Dolan Archbishop of New York October is the month we relish the highpoint of our national pastime, especially when one of our own New...

November 5, 2009: RUBASHKIN TAKES THE STAND
Comments: 30 | Categories: Chabad , Crime, etc. , Haredim , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal , Rubashkin Workers
“I made mistakes. I’m a human being. I took the information people gave me and sort of went with it without really drilling down to see if it was for real or not.” Rubashkin admits mistakes, denies crimes BY GRANT...

November 5, 2009: Two Israelis Arrested For Organ Trafficking
Comments: 3 | Categories: Crime, etc. , Israel , Med-Ethics
Pair targeted Russian community. 2 Jerusalem residents suspected of kidney trafficking Sami Shem-Tov and Dmitry Orenstein allegedly made tens of thousands of dollars for each time they mediated between organ seller, buyer. Police know of at least 10 Israelis who...

November 4, 2009: Agriprocessors Twice Refused To Hire Federal Informant Due to Fake Papers
Comments: 26 | Categories: Chabad , Crime, etc. , Haredim , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal , Rubashkin Workers
Informant was eventually hired using real papers given to him by Feds. [UPDATED 11:10 PM] This is an updated version of the Des Moines Register piece I originally posted. [Hat Tip: Neighbor Girl.] Rubashkin trial: Informant had been rejected as...

November 4, 2009: New Scam May Have Taken Haredim For $100 Million
Comments: 14 | Categories: Chabad , Crime, etc. , Haredim
Major Chabad center carries the name of disgraced alleged fraudster, who is now said to be cooperating with feds. Rothstein's Jewish Legacy, Enshrined in Black and White By Lisa Rab • New Times ​South Florida's Jewish community just can't catch...

November 4, 2009: Haredi Riots Supreme Leaders Visit NY, Host Rabbi Reacts With Spin And Denial–Defends Neturei Karta
Comments: 37 | Categories: Crime, etc. , Haredim , Israel , MO & Chardal
“Neturei Karta, of which [the rebbes] are officially members, are lumped together—nobody knows the difference—and you’ve got to sift it out,” said Rabbi Dovid Weinberger. Toldos Avrohom Yitzchok Rebbe draws blog spotlight to Lawrence By Mayer Fertig • The Jewish...

November 3, 2009: [UPDATED] AARON RUBASHKIN TESTIFIES
Comments: 63 | Categories: Chabad , Crime, etc. , Haredim , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal , Rubashkin Workers
Agriprocessors founder says he was "unaware" of any illegal immigrants working at Agriprocessors. Sholom Rubashkin's wife also testifies. Aaron Rubashkin, Agriprocessors' founder, testifies in son's trial BY GRANT SCHULTE • Des Moines Register Sioux Falls, S.D. — The man who...

November 3, 2009: Burka Cult Mother Sentenced To 4 Years For Severe Child Abuse
Comments: 21 | Categories: Crime, etc. , Extreme Sniut , Haredim , Israel
Woman's husband was also convicted of 10 counts of assault and three counts of abuse of a minor or helpless person, and was sentenced to six months in jail. 'Taliban mother' jailed for four years JERUSALEM POST A Beit Shemesh...

November 3, 2009: Rubashkin Attorneys Ask Judge To Dismiss 91 Fraud Charges
Comments: 5 | Categories: Chabad , Crime, etc. , Haredim , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal
“Simply put, the government has overreached. There is an insufficient linkage for a criminal conviction…Breach of contract does not equal a crime.” Attorneys in Agriprocessors case ask judge to dismiss 91 fraud charges BY GRANT SCHULTE • Des Moines Register...

November 3, 2009: Rubashkins, Knowing Raid Was Imminent, Tried To A Cut Deal
Comments: 14 | Categories: Chabad , Crime, etc. , Haredim , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal , Rubashkin Workers
After plant had ignored several warnings from Feds, Rubashkin legal team tried to cut deal to avoid "disruption." Sholom, Aaron, Yossie and Heshy Rubashkin with US Senator Charles Grassley in Sholom's home during a Grassley Campaign fundraising event. As you...

November 3, 2009: Chabad Yeshiva Brawl Over Messiah Goes To Court
Comments: 43 | Categories: Chabad , Chabad & Christianity , Crime, etc. , Haredim
"I'm going to call the Messiah as my first witness," a defense lawyer quipped, while prosecutors warn judge about possible witness tampering. Yeshiva row over Messiah goes to court BY SCOTT SHIFREL • New York DAILY NEWS STAFF What began...

November 2, 2009: Slaughterhouse Worker: Rubashkins Incompetent
Comments: 16 | Categories: Chabad , Crime, etc. , Haredim , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal , Rubashkin Workers
Chaim Abrahams says Rubashkin brothers incompetent. Court documents filed by the defense just before the trial began list Chaim Abrahams as Sholom Rubashkin's brother-in-law: Slaughterhouse worker: Manager was incompetent SIOUX FALLS, S.D., (AP) — A former Iowa kosher slaughterhouse manager...

November 2, 2009: Church Caught Illegally Lobbying For Pol Who Blocked Markey Bill
Comments: 9 | Categories: Crime, etc. , Pedophilia
Bill would have extended limits for prosecution of child sexual abuse. Recorded Calls to Voters From Brooklyn Bishop Praise a Democratic Leader By MICHAEL POWELL • New York Times In an unusually overt step into politics by a religious leader,...

November 2, 2009: Rubashkin Defense To Start Today Or Tomorrow
Comments: 18 | Categories: Chabad , Crime, etc. , Haredim , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal
The list of possible defense witnesses includes the plant's former bankruptcy trustee, Postville schools guidance counselor Ron Wahl, and Aaron Rubashkin. Sholom Rubashkin will also testify. Rubashkin to present his side in federal trial By GRANT SCHULTE • Waterloo-Cedar Falls...

November 1, 2009: Israel Arrests Haredi Settler Who Admitted Attacks On Arabs, Leftists, Gays And Messianic Jews
Comments: 39 | Categories: Crime, etc. , Haredim , Homophobia , Israel , Racism , Xenophobia
Jack Teitel, a 37-year-old ultra-Orthodox Jewish West Bank settler, was behind the killing of two Arabs, the targeting of a peace activist and an attack on a breakaway Jewish sect. He also advocated attacks on gays. Israel nabs serial attacker...

November 1, 2009: Crown Heights Beit Din Rules Vigilantes Attacked By Other Jewish Vigilantes Violated Mesira Law By Pressing Charges
Comments: 34 | Categories: Chabad , Crime, etc. , Haredim
Ruling and Beit Din summons issued during secular criminal trial raises issues of witness tampering and obstruction of justice. CH Beis Din Takes Initiative, Calls Bochurim to Din Torah and Issues Psak CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — It has been...

October 30, 2009: A Call To Arms: Haredi Riot Leaders In Long Island For Shabbat – And Fundraising
Comments: 18 | Categories: Crime, etc. , Haredim , Israel
The rebbes whose hasidim beat women, attack police and social workers, and who rioted and burned Jerusalem neighborhoods are being hosted by a shul in Lawrence, NY tonight. My friend DovBear reports: The grapevine tells me that one of the...

October 30, 2009: The Alternative Universe Of Agriprocessors Former Counsel, Nathan Lewin
Comments: 18 | Categories: Chabad , Crime, etc. , Haredim , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal , Rubashkin Safety , Rubashkin Workers
Lewin says Agriprocessors workers were paid more than workers at other meat plants and were better treated – even though government-siezed records show workers made minimum wage (or less) and were mistreated. What, Where, When bills itself as Baltimore's Jewish...

October 30, 2009: UPDATE: Brooklyn DA Talks About Haredi Child Sex Abuse on NPR
Comments: 5 | Categories: Crime, etc. , Haredim , Pedophilia
Charles Hynes, head of sex crimes unit and head of the Board of Family and Children Services. Listen here: Brian Lehrer Show, WNYC Radio, 11 am to noon today. The volume is a bit low, especially for the first 20...

October 30, 2009: Haredi Father Blocks Paramedics From Taking Severely Burned Baby Daughter To Hadassah Hospital
Comments: 32 | Categories: Crime, etc. , Haredim , Israel
Haredi man says his rabbi told him not to allow his baby to be treated at Hadassah. Baby brought to hospital that does not have a burn unit. Haredi father blocks burned toddler from Hadassah Crisis between ultra-Orthodox public and...

October 29, 2009: Rubashkin Trial: Defense Illegally Uses Autistic Son To Sway Jury
Comments: 7 | Categories: Chabad , Crime, etc. , Haredim , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal , Rubashkin Workers
Former employee: "I knew at that plant you could get in without any documents, even if it was the face of another person. I even knew in Mexico that we could go in there and work." There are two versions...

October 29, 2009: Judge: No Mistrial
Comments: 13 | Categories: Chabad , Crime, etc. , Haredim , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal , Rubashkin Workers
Attorneys for former Agriprocessors executive Sholom Rubashkin twice filed motions for a mistrial Wednesday after a key government witness divulged details of illegal immigrants working at the company. Judge in Rubashkin case refuses to order mistrial BY JENS MANUEL KROGSTAD...

October 29, 2009: Two Shot At Hollywood Shul
Comments: 23 | Categories: Antisemitism , Crime, etc.
Two Jews were shot in the legs in the parking lot of a synagogue in North Hollywood, Calif. Two shot at California synagogue (JTA) -- Two people were shot in the legs in the parking lot of a synagogue in...

October 29, 2009: Former Agriprocessors Supervisor: Plant Scrambled To Get Workers New IDs The Night Before Raid
Comments: 9 | Categories: Chabad , Crime, etc. , Haredim , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal , Rubashkin Workers
Carlos Guerrero-Espinoza says Agriprocessors managers provided new permanent resident cards to workers. Supervisor: Iowa plant workers given immigration cards SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- A former kosher slaughterhouse supervisor has testified the plant scrambled to get workers new identification documents...

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