Their name is hidden but their involvement is real.
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I noticed an ad in a Chabad Hanukkah publication for the KosherMeatStore.com. KosherMeatStore.com ships fresh glatt kosher meat and poultry, and glatt kosher deli, anywhere in the US.
Something stuck me about the ad, so I went online to check it out.
The domain name koshermeatstore.com is owned by a company called Shtetel, Inc, 660 Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn, NY 11213 – in other words, just down the block from Chabad-Lubavitch International Headquarters:
Here is the domain name registration for the KosherMeatStore. The ownership is listed as Shtetel, Inc., the domain name was created on May 9, 2009, – six months after Agriprocessors filed for bankruptcy protection. The the administrative and technical contact is listed a Dovid Rubashkin:
Who lives here?
Eight people live at 660 Eastern Parkway. Three of them appear to be non-Jews. The other five are all Jewish – and each one is a Rubashkin, including Dovid Rubashkin. All of them are Aaron Rubashkin's close relatives:
The KosherMeatStore sells fresh meat and poultry under several kosher supervisions: Lubavitch, Supreme (Rabbi Wiessmandl), OU and Debretzin. All but Debretzin were produced at Agriprocessors and continue to be produced at Agri Star, Agriprocessors' successor. Debretzin has a small but loyal customer base in Borough Park, Brooklyn.
Here is KoshrMeatStore.com's deli selection as posted today. Every product shown (save perhaps for one) is Rubashkin (i.e., Agriprocessors/Agri Star):
Apparently, the KosherMeatStore.com doesn't sell Empire, Meal Mart or Abeles and Heymann – the major competitors of Agriprocessors, now Agri Star.
But that's no surprise for a Rubashkin company.