1,254 posts categorized "Kosher Scandal"

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 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 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: Empire's Kosher Beef Production Shut Down By Court Order
Comments: 9 | Categories: Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal
Newest entrant to the glatt kosher beef business put on ice. I spoke with Empire's spokesman Elie Rosenfeld early this afternoon. He told me beef production was shut down by a court order due to a trademark dispute with a...

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 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 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 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 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: The Case For Immigration Reform
Comments: 12 | Categories: Kosher Scandal
Immigration will save America's small towns–like Postville– and its rural heartland from economic ruin. Buddhist Temple, Storm Lake, Iowa. Immigrants in the American heartland By Paul Adams • BBC News, Iowa Look around America's rural heartland in the 21st Century...

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: 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: Organic Slaughterhouse Shut For Inhumane Treatment Of Animals Had Operating License Suspended 3 Times This Year
Comments: 11 | Categories: Kosher Scandal
Scandal exposes deep problems in organic and meat industries, and in the USDA. As you read this keep in mind the Bush Administration neutered the USDA's Food Safety Inspection Service and made enforcement of existing humane slaughter regulations extremely difficult....

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 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: 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...

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 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: 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...

October 29, 2009: Temple Grandin Live On C-Span
Comments: 3 | Categories: Kosher Scandal
Grandin is an internationally known expert on animal handling, humane slaughter and autism. Previous Posts And Interviews. [Hat Tip: The Other DK.]

October 28, 2009: BREAKING! RUBASHKIN WANTS A MISTRIAL
Comments: 11 | Categories: Chabad , Crime, etc. , Haredim , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal , Rubashkin Workers
Claims testimony about illegal workers allowed by judge destroys chance for fair trial. Attorneys file for mistrial in Agriprocessors executive's case By JENS MANUEL KROGSTAD • Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier SIOUX FALLS, S.D. --- Attorneys of former Agriprocessors executive Sholom Rubashkin...

October 28, 2009: Hershey Friedman, New Owner Of Agriprocessors Attacks Postville Critics
Comments: 67 | Categories: Agri-Star , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal
"The people who have been complaining about us started doing so even before we actually took over the plant. They seem to be far more driven by their combined agenda than by any genuine desire to restore the plant or...

October 28, 2009: Former Agriprocessors HR Manager Elizabeth Billmeyer Testifies Against Rubashkin
Comments: 7 | Categories: Chabad , Crime, etc. , Haredim , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal , Rubashkin Workers
"He said it was his company and he would run it the way he wanted to." Witness: Rubashkin ignored warnings But an attorney for the former Agriprocessors executive attempts to block the testimony. BY JENS MANUEL KROGSTAD • WATERLOO-CEDAR FALLS...

October 27, 2009: Prosecution Details Late Payments For Cattle As Key Witness Stumbles
Comments: 12 | Categories: Chabad , Crime, etc. , Haredim , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal
Late payments illegal under federal law but rarely prosecuted criminally. Rubashkin prosecutors turn to new federal violation case JENS MANUEL KROGSTAD • Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier SIOUX FALLS, S.D. -- During former Agriprocessors executive Sholom Rubashkin's third week on trial, prosecutors...

October 27, 2009: Kosher Cheese Plant's Overdue Bills Paid
Comments: 12 | Categories: Chabad , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal
The former Ahava Dairy in Ogdensburg, NY was almost shut down because its new owners, Chabad hasidim, did not pay the rent, utility bills and the purchase down payment. Kosher cheese plant's overdue bills paid By MAX R. MITCHELL •...

October 27, 2009: Report: Raid On Agriprocessors Disrupted "At Least" 3 State And Federal Investigations Of Labor Law Violations
Comments: 2 | Categories: Crime, etc. , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal , Rubashkin Safety , Rubashkin Workers
Bush Administration's "single-minded focus" on immigration enforcement gutted ongoing investigations and endangered undocumented workers. Report: Balance Us Labor Law, Border Enforcement SUZANNE GAMBOA • Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) – Bush administration workplace immigration raids interfered with labor investigations and allowed...

October 26, 2009: Former Agriprocessors Exec Tells Court He Was Paid In Cash To Avoid Taxes
Comments: 19 | Categories: Chabad , Crime, etc. , Haredim , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal , Rubashkin Workers
Defense attorneys batter witness in attempt to save Rubashkin. Agriprocessors official testifies to getting cash salaries to avoid taxes By JENS MANUEL KROGSTAD • Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier SIOUX FALLS, S.D. --- Defense attorneys of Sholom Rubashkin battled on Monday with...

October 26, 2009: Customers Refused To Pay Agriprocessors For Invoices
Comments: 2 | Categories: Chabad , Crime, etc. , Haredim , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal
LA-based City Glatt and mega-kosher food distributor Twin City Poultry wouldn't pay for meat they say they never received. Some companies refused to pay Agriprocessors By JENS MANUEL KROGSTAD • Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier WATERLOO -- High-level employees of companies that...

October 26, 2009: Rubashkin "Too Good," Witness Told Court
Comments: 9 | Categories: Chabad , Crime, etc. , Haredim , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal , Rubashkin Workers
"That's the thing about the Rubashkins. They don't realize that, when you're too good, you get stepped on." Witnesses say fraud in Postville occurred for years BY GRANT SCHULTE • Des Moines Register Sioux Falls, S.D. - The eastern Iowa...

October 23, 2009: Witness: Rubashkin Feared Feds Had Bugged Phones
Comments: 23 | Categories: Chabad , Crime, etc. , Haredim , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal , Rubashkin Workers
All conversations had to be conducted "on the move." Witness: Rubashkin routed profits into plant instead of bank BY GRANT SCHULTE • Des Moines Register Sioux Falls, S.D. — A former top officer at the financially ruined Agriprocessors Inc. described...

October 22, 2009: Rubashkin's Former Controller Says Rubashkin Ran An Elaborate Scheme To Defraud Bank
Comments: 3 | Categories: Chabad , Crime, etc. , Haredim , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal , Rubashkin Workers
Controller also says field reviews done by bank were not thorough. Former officers testifies about fraud at Agriprocessors plant GRANT SCHULTE • DES MOINES REGISTER A former top officer at the financially ruined Agriprocessors Inc. described a culture of fraud...

October 22, 2009: Rubashkin Cashed In Own Life Insurance Policy To Keep Plant Running, Government Witness Says
Comments: 10 | Categories: Chabad , Crime, etc. , Haredim , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal , Rubashkin Workers
Rubashkin attorney hammers witness in attempt to discredit testimony. Witness: Rubashkin cashed insurance policy to get cash for plantBy GRANT SCHULTE • Des Moines Register Sioux Falls, S.D. – Lawyers for Sholom Rubashkin today hammered a government witness who testified...

October 21, 2009: Witness: Rubashkins Committed Bank Fraud As Far Back As 1997
Comments: 9 | Categories: Chabad , Crime, etc. , Haredim , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal , Rubashkin Workers
Rubashkins mislead bank, misused funds for more than a decade, former controller says. Here's the money graph from the Des Moines Register's report: • Plant executives were inflating their reported sales as far as back 1997, though on a much...

October 21, 2009: Rubashkin's Attorney Bernie Testifies Against Rubashkin
Comments: 11 | Categories: Chabad , Crime, etc. , Haredim , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal , Rubashkin Workers
Rubashkin's former post-raid CEO Bernard Feldman says Rubashkin told him he was misusing the bank's money. Witnesses testify Rubashkin knew about alleged fraud at slaughterhouseGrant Schulte • Des Moines Register Sholom Rubashkin knew about the alleged massive fraud at his...

October 21, 2009: Bank Official: Agriprocessors Receipts Looked Real
Comments: 9 | Categories: Chabad , Crime, etc. , Haredim , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal , Rubashkin Workers
A bank official who inspected the books at Agriprocessors Inc. one week after a 2008 immigration raid testified Wednesday that the allegedly fake sales records that he was given appeared real. Bank official: Agriprocessors receipts looked real GRANT SCHULTE •...

October 20, 2009: Mesira: When Can An Orthodox Jew Inform On Or Testify Against Another Orthodox Jew?
Comments: 23 | Categories: Crime, etc. , Halakha , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal , MO & Chardal , Pedophilia
Does it matter if the criminal is a child abuser? What if he only stole from or hurt non-Jews? Here's a video explaining mesira from Yeshiva University's Rosh Yeshiva, Rabbi Hershel Schachter, followed by a more recent clarification he wrote...

October 20, 2009: Agri Star Donates To Postville Fire Relief Fund
Comments: 64 | Categories: Agri-Star , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal
Company pays for rental of 5 houses or apartments for 3 months to house homeless. Donations flow in for victims of weekend Postville fire POSTVILLE, Iowa (AP) - A Postville business has joined with others in donating to victims of...

October 20, 2009: Rubashkin Defense Tries To Show Bank Did Not Care About Risk
Comments: 4 | Categories: Chabad , Crime, etc. , Haredim , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal , Rubashkin Workers
Defense implies bank looked the other way and ignored irregularities because the loan was lucrative. Bankers still lent cash to Rubashkin after raid GRANT SCHULTE • WCF Courier SIOUX FALLS, S.D. - The St. Louis bank that was allegedly defrauded...

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