2,254 posts categorized "Kosher Scandal"

May 24, 2011: "Unprecedented" Campaign Launched For Sholom Rubashkin
Comments: 38 | Categories: Chabad , Crime, Litigation, etc. , Haredim , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal , Rubashkin Safety , Rubashkin Workers
The "Sholom Across America" fundraising campaign will start in the Chabad stronhold of Crown Heights, with the intention to visit 16 major Jewish communities across the United States and Canada. Unprecedented Campaign for Rubashkin A huge campaign is brewing, which...

May 17, 2011: Shechita Crisis: British Veterinary Association Wants All UK Meat Stunned Before Slaughter
Comments: 21 | Categories: Kosher Scandal
"Our position is clear - all animals should be stunned before slaughter and if that's not possible the meat should be labelled as not stunned…By ensuring that all meat from animals that are not stunned only enters the specific communities...

May 16, 2011: Rubashkin Appeal Hearing
Comments: 38 | Categories: Chabad , Crime, Litigation, etc. , Haredim , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal
The AP is reporting there is a newly scheduled hearing in the Rubashkin appeal. What is it? You may have noticed haredi blogs have picked up an AP news brief that says in large part: A hearing seeking a new...

May 13, 2011: Conservative Movement's Ethical Supervision To Encourage, Not Replace, Kosher, Rabbis Say
Comments: 4 | Categories: Kosher Scandal
Magen Tzedek is not a kashrut certification and has never sought to be a kashrut certification. Rather it is an ethical certification program that is only available for food products already bearing a recognized hekhsher. Op-Ed: Magen Tzedek encouraging, not...

May 12, 2011: Audio: Voices Of The Raid
Comments: 3 | Categories: Chabad , Crime, Litigation, etc. , Haredim , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal , Rubashkin Safety , Rubashkin Workers
The PBS show The Story has three perspectives of the Agriprocessors raid, three years later: a worker, a community activist, and an attorney for undocumented workers. Please click the gray bar to listen: The_Story_Agriprocessors_Raid_3_Years_Later_051211_full_show POSTVILLE RAID: 3 YEARS LATER One...

May 12, 2011: Agriprocessors 3 Years After
Comments: 16 | Categories: Chabad , Crime, Litigation, etc. , Haredim , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal , Rubashkin Safety , Rubashkin Workers
Today (right about now, actually) marks the third anniversary of the massive immigration raid at Agriprocessors in Postville, Iowa. Agriprocessors was the largest kosher slaughterhouse in the world. At the time of the raid, it had a workforce that was...

May 9, 2011: Don't Supersize Me
Comments: 14 | Categories: Food , Kosher Scandal
Today's food culture is at loggerheads with traditional religious values. So why don't we notice it? Watching another in a long line of cable TV food shows, I suddenly realized why these shows bother me. The host was enthusiastically describing...

May 5, 2011: Magen Tzedek Responds To Agudath Israel Of America
Comments: 91 | Categories: Haredim , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal
The misleading statement by Agudath Israel concerning Magen Tzedek is a misrepresentation of a very important development in kosher food production in America. Magen Tzedek is based on our assertion that Biblical and Rabbinic law mandate fair treatment of workers...

May 5, 2011: Another Grocery Chain Drops Sonny And Joe's Hummus
Comments: 23 | Categories: Crime, Litigation, etc. , Haredim , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal
Morton Williams, a well-known chain of twelve supermarkets, has discontinued the sale of Sonny & Joe's hummus over concerns about workers' rights violations at Flaum Appetizing Corp., the Brooklyn-based haredi-owned producer and owner of the Sonny & Joe's brand. Morton...

May 4, 2011: Playing Chicken With The Law
Comments: 16 | Categories: Israel , Kosher Scandal
A particularly cruel death is meted out to 11,000 baby chicks each day in Israel: They are thrown live into a machine that crushes and tears them apart. Four million male chicks are put to death every year by this...

May 3, 2011: Conservative Ethics Hechsher "A Falsification Of True Judaism," Agudath Israel Says
Comments: 76 | Categories: Haredim , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal , Rubashkin Workers
The goal of Magen Tzedek is to redefine kashrut. Its exclusive purview is food. In its own literature, it calls itself the “gold standard of kashrut,” prominently claims to offer “kashrut for the 21st century,” and states its objective: to...

April 29, 2011: The Problems With Kosher Slaughter Explained By The World's Foremost Expert
Comments: 70 | Categories: Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal
"Kosher slaughter of cattle requires special care. While some kosher plants have done well, and many others are improving, too often kosher plants have been very badly managed compared to many of the big conventional plants." Opinion: Maximizing Animal Welfare...

April 28, 2011: Shechita Delusions And Jewish Communal Lies
Comments: 38 | Categories: Kosher Scandal
"The law singles out two religions, Judaism and Islam, for specific and sole attack, requiring labeling only for animals killed by ritual slaughter. Yet for every animal expert arguing that they use uniquely cruel methods there are any number of...

April 21, 2011: European Parliament Committee Backs Labeling Kosher And Halal Meat As Killed Without Stunning
Comments: 26 | Categories: Kosher Scandal
"I think it has been a breakthrough vote once again for people who consider animal welfare as a very high priority, and this is why we put these amendments down in a food information regulation. It is essential the public...

April 21, 2011: Sholom Rubashkin's Reply To The Government's Motion Against His Appeal Contains A Small Surprise
Comments: 40 | Categories: Chabad , Crime, Litigation, etc. , Haredim , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal , Rubashkin Workers
Rubashkin's brief was filed with the court on Monday, April 18, and made public during the first two days of Passover – and it contains a small surprise. As you can see, Rubashkin had his attorneys add a "B"H," the...

April 18, 2011: Rubashkin Hopes To Be Free Soon So He Can "Serve God All Of The Time!"
Comments: 22 | Categories: Chabad , Crime, Litigation, etc. , Haredim , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal
Rabbi Sholom Rubashkin, currently serving 27 years in federal prison for for bank, wire and mail fraud along with related crimes, meets with his attorneys and then immediately emails his daughter saying, "Baruch Hashem [thank God] it will be a...

April 18, 2011: The Business Of Kosher Supervision
Comments: 9 | Categories: Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal
Then there's the question of how far to push the kosher brand. Rabbi Fogelman of OK says his agency has been asked to certify paper bags as kosher; OK is working on it. OK certifies a dog treat as kosher....

April 15, 2011: An Animal Doesn't Care About His Killer's Religion
Comments: 47 | Categories: Kosher Scandal
In the Netherlands, a parliamentary majority is putting the final strokes to a bill proposing to ban ritual slaughter in the Netherlands. Constant references to legal practices or questionable findings in the past are not conducive to producing a well-balanced...

April 15, 2011: Chabad School To Honor Leah Rubashkin
Comments: 20 | Categories: Chabad , Crime, Litigation, etc. , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal , Rubashkin Safety , Rubashkin Workers
Cheder Chabad of Monsey is honoring Leah Rubashkin, the wife of convicted felon Rabbi Sholom Mordechai Rubashkin, as the "essential aishes chayil," woman of valor. Cheder Chabad of Monsey Presents a Chinese Auction and Gala Please Join Us in Honoring:...

April 14, 2011: Pictures: The Palatial Home Of A Former Agriprocessors Manager
Comments: 23 | Categories: Crime, Litigation, etc. , Kosher Scandal , Rubashkin Workers
Hosam Amara is accused of extorting hundreds of thousands of dollars from undocumented Agriprocessors workers, and of raping and sexually abusing some of them. Amara fled indictment by escaping to Israel, allegedly with the help of Sholom Rubashkin. Amara was...

April 13, 2011: Former Agriprocessors Manager Arrested In Israel
Comments: 25 | Categories: Crime, Litigation, etc. , Israel , Kosher Scandal , Rubashkin Workers
A former Agriprocessors manager was arrested in Israel March 31 following a U.S. request for extradition from Israel issued in 2009 in connection with federal charges pending in U.S. District Court, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office Wednesday. Former Agriprocessors...

April 12, 2011: Another State, Another Republican Bill To Outlaw Whistleblowing Videos Of Slaughterhouses, Corporate Farms, And Food Processing Facilities
Comments: 7 | Categories: Crime, Litigation, etc. , Ethics , Food , Kosher Scandal
"This bill criminalizes whistle blowing on any animal facility and that could be whistle blowing for animal cruelty, which of course is what our principal concern is, but it's so broadly written it would include food safety practices, environmental pollution...

April 11, 2011: OU Says It Is "Dismayed" By Conservative Rabbi's Appearance On CNBC's American Greed
Comments: 41 | Categories: Kosher Scandal , MO & Chardal
The show was a one hour documentary about Sholom Rubashkin and Agriprocessors. Nevertheless, the OU says it will not object to the Conservative Movement's new ethical kosher seal appearing on food labels next to the OU. Conservatives’ challenge to Orthodoxy’s...

April 11, 2011: Does Bleach Need Kosher Supervision?
Comments: 19 | Categories: Haredim , Kosher Scandal
Badatz Yerushalayim, the über-haredi hechsher from Mea Shearim, admits it charges companies for supervision of products that cannot ever be treife. Do bleach and other non-edible or even poisonous cleaning products need kosher supervision? Of course not. Yet we've all...

April 8, 2011: Empire CEO Gets Humanitarian Award
Comments: 10 | Categories: Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal
Greg Rosenbaum, CEO of Empire Kosher Poultry was honored last evening at the Met Council on Jewish Poverty’s Night of Fun and Philanthropy, Second Annual Food for Life Event. Empire donates more than 50,000 pounds of kosher poultry annually to...

April 8, 2011: New Kosher And Halal Slaughterhouse?
Comments: 10 | Categories: Kosher Scandal
The project would include a ritualistic kill plant that would meet Jewish kosher and Muslim halal dietary rules. Its products would be for export and domestic distribution. "Nothing has been finalized. We're very early in the process." Meatpacking venture eyes...

April 7, 2011: New Kosher Slaughterhouse
Comments: 8 | Categories: Kosher Scandal
A large kosher slaughterhouse and processing plant is being planned for South Dakota. Where’s the kosher beef? It could be South Dakota (JTA) – A large kosher slaughterhouse and processing plant is being planned for South Dakota. A spokesman for...

April 5, 2011: Campaign To Educate Haredim About Animal Welfare Launched
Comments: 7 | Categories: Haredim , Israel , Kosher Scandal
Haredi MKs might be lobbying against the fur bill is because they may fear that such a bill will be used as anti- Semitic material against Jews who have worn fur streimels for generations. “Already today there are publications in...

April 4, 2011: Rabbi's Mints A "Mitzvah For Your Mouth
Comments: 8 | Categories: Kosher Scandal
"Part of my job as a rabbi is to provide service to the community - and helping to provide a kosher product that does not exist is such a service," he said, noting that a portion of the profits go...

April 1, 2011: Haredim Use Dirty Diapers And Vandalism In Attempt To Derail Old City Food Festival
Comments: 30 | Categories: Haredim , Israel , Kosher Scandal
According to a food proprietor who wished to remain anonymous, haredi elements brought soiled, reeking diapers on the first night in a bid to keep people away. Another person involved in the event said that electric cables were cut. The...

April 1, 2011: Shechita Is More Humane, English Jews Say – Even Though It Is Not
Comments: 65 | Categories: Kosher Scandal
'It is a popular myth that Shechita is a painful method of slaughter. In fact, there is ample scientific evidence to the contrary. The Shechita process requires the rapid uninterrupted severance of major vital organs and vessels which produces, inter...

March 31, 2011: From Prison, Sholom Rubashkin Launches Contest For "All Jewish Children Across The World"
Comments: 37 | Categories: Chabad , Crime, Litigation, etc. , Haredim , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal , Rubashkin Workers
"…Even here in prison, we encounter many nisyonos, or difficulties. There are those who laugh and mock our holy Torah and mitzvos, and we need all our strength and courage not to become influenced by them. Thus, I would like...

March 31, 2011: European Attempt To Label Ritually Slaughtered Meat The "21st Century Equivalent Of The Yellow Star"
Comments: 30 | Categories: Kosher Scandal
Shimon Cohen of Shechita UK branded the new proposal as "the 21st century equivalent of the yellow star, but on our food." Cohen and others fear that labeling non-kosher meat produced in the shechita process would lead to a massive...

March 30, 2011: Jews To Holland: Don't Ban Shechita
Comments: 23 | Categories: Kosher Scandal
"While the proposed law suggests that two million animals are slaughtered according to religious tradition every year in Holland, our records indicate that Jewish slaughter rarely exceeds a couple of thousand animals annually. So this law would only infringe on...

March 27, 2011: Did You Miss The Sholom Rubashkin Profile On CNBC?
Comments: 15 | Categories: Chabad , Crime, Litigation, etc. , Haredim , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal , Rubashkin Safety , Rubashkin Workers
American Greed: The Slaughterhouse is being rebroadcast. Here are the dates and times, including times for later tonight. CNBC Sunday, March 27th [i.e., very early Monday Morning]: Midnight and 3a ET Wednesday, March 30th: 9pm and Midnight ET Please check...

March 26, 2011: Sholom Rubashkin and Agriprocessors
Comments: 25 | Categories: Chabad , Crime, Litigation, etc. , Haredim , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal , Rubashkin Safety , Rubashkin Workers
If you're looking for a summary of the various scandals surrounding Sholom Rubashkin, his family and Agriprocessors, and links to all posts related to them, here they are. Rubashkin Scandals.

March 25, 2011: Fraud Trial Nears For Satmar School Accused Of Money Laundering
Comments: 2 | Categories: Crime, Litigation, etc. , Haredim , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal
A civil-fraud lawsuit against United Talmudical Academy in Brooklyn’s Williamsburg neighborhood, a school that serves as the educational arm of the Satmar Hasidic community, and that was caught up in the massive fraud involving Allou Health Care, is moving closer...

March 23, 2011: Tonight: Sholom Rubashkin On CNBC's American Greed
Comments: 32 | Categories: Chabad , Crime, Litigation, etc. , Haredim , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal , Rubashkin Workers
CNBC's American Greed profiles Rabbi Sholom Rubashkin, the former VP of Agriprocessors. 10 pm Eastern / 9 pm Central on CNBC. Video previews.

March 23, 2011: Chabad School Adopts Sholom Rubashkin As A Pen Pal
Comments: 9 | Categories: Chabad , Crime, Litigation, etc. , Haredim , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal , Rubashkin Workers
"At Darchai Menachem, we are extra proud of our students when they take the initiative to suggest new projects or activities. We were therefore super excited when Simcha T. asked his English teacher Rabbi Welton if they could write letters...

March 23, 2011: Was Rubashkin's Sentence Excessive?
Comments: 37 | Categories: Chabad , Crime, Litigation, etc. , Haredim , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal , Rubashkin Workers
When Sholom Rubashkin was sentenced to 27 years in prison for financial fraud, it was two years more than prosecutors had sought. It was also an unusually tough sentence compared to those of high-profile, white-collar criminals, such as Enron's Jeffrey...

March 22, 2011: Video Preview: Rubashkin On CNBC
Comments: 26 | Categories: Chabad , Crime, Litigation, etc. , Haredim , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal , Rubashkin Workers
Here's a video preview of Wednesday night's episode of CNBC's American Greed profiling Rabbi Sholom Rubashkin and Agriprocessors. It airs Wednesday night at 10 pm Eastern Time on CNBC: Update 7:16 am CST – Here's another preview [Hat Tip: larry.]....

March 19, 2011: Growing Number Of Undocumented Workers Report Employers Steal Their Wages
Comments: 3 | Categories: Chabad , Crime, Litigation, etc. , Haredim , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal , Rubashkin Workers
Complaints about unpaid wages among Latinos in central Iowa have sharply increased in the past four months, immigrant advocates say, mirroring the abuses done to Latino workers by Agriprocessors and the Rubashkin family. Growing number of Latino workers report they...

March 18, 2011: The Rising Stakes Of Israeli Kosher Supervision
Comments: 9 | Categories: Israel , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal
According to a food industry source, himself religiously observant, who requested anonymity, "The Badatz says there are people who are prepared to pay for strictness in kashrut, and if so, we are prepared to be strict. It isn't that rabbinical...

March 14, 2011: Is A Picture Worth A Thousand Words?
Comments: 41 | Categories: Haredim , Israel , Kosher Scandal
You decide. This is allegedly a picture of a bakery in the haredi town of Kiryat Sefer, West Bank, Israel, on Rehov Yehezkel. The pigeons are on and around a container of dough that has apparently been left outside to...

March 11, 2011: Government's Response To Rubashkin Appeal
Comments: 47 | Categories: Chabad , Crime, Litigation, etc. , Haredim , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal , Rubashkin Workers
The evidence against Sholom Rubashkin. This is an excerpt of a letter written to Sholom Rubashkin by Agriprocessors' attorneys six weeks before the immigration raid (the entire letter starts on page 8 of the addendum): There are also stunning emails...

March 10, 2011: Where Is Rabbi Milton Yehoshua Balkany?
Comments: 25 | Categories: Crime, Litigation, etc. , Haredim , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal
Rabbi Milton Yehoshua Balkany, Sholom Rubashkin's brother-in-law, was convicted of blackmail and extortion and sentenced to four years in federal prison. Where is he now? Balkany has been moved from a Brooklyn holding center to the Federal Transfer Center in...

March 8, 2011: Iowa Legislature Sees Bill That Would Make Undercover Videos Taken In Slaughterhouses Illegal
Comments: 27 | Categories: Kosher Scandal
Whether shot by animal rights activists or news organizations, shooting the videos would be crimes under proposed law meant to protect state's largest businesses – like Agriprocessors was – from unwanted exposure. Iowa legislature to contemplate bill on undercover videos...

March 7, 2011: Sholom Rubashkin On CNBC's American Greed
Comments: 16 | Categories: Chabad , Crime, Litigation, etc. , Haredim , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal , Media & Media Criticism
Former Agriprocessors VP Rabbi Sholom Rubashkin will be featured in the CNBC TV series “American Greed” later this month. CNBC show to feature former Agriprocessors manager Rubashkin by David DeWitte • The Gazette Former Agriprocessors manager Sholom Rubashkin will be...

March 3, 2011: Yated Ne'eman Twists The Truth For Rubashkin–Again
Comments: 52 | Categories: Chabad , Crime, Litigation, etc. , Haredim , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal
In another in a long series of pro-Rubashkin articles that take great liberties with the facts of his case, haredi mouthpiece Yated Ne'eman attacks the government for its attempt to reject amicus briefs filed in support of Sholom Rubashkin. Anthony...

February 28, 2011: Hershy Friedman Buys Azorim Real Estate
Comments: 11 | Categories: Agri-Star , Chabad , Haredim , Israel , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal
The man who bought Agriprocessors now buys an Israeli real estate company from Chabad developer Shaya Boymelgreen. Hershy Friedman takes over Azorim The Canadian property developer will pay NIS 300 million for Boymelgreen Capital's 63.8% stake. Globes Canadian Jewish property...

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