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Hasidic Village’s Neighbors Have Slaughterhouse Blues

By Nathaniel Popper

Evelyn Moses’s family has owned the unincorporated plot of land on which she lives, an hour drive north of New York City, for decades. When she inherited it in 1994, it was surrounded on all sides by trees, with a small dirt road running alongside it. “Nice country living,” she said.Read More


Former Agriprocessors CEO Rubashkin Sent to Prison

By Nathaniel Popper

Sholom Rubashkin, a former executive at the Agriprocessors kosher meat company, was found guilty of 86 counts of bank fraud committed while managing the company’s finances — a verdict that could land him in prison for life.Read More


With Prayers and Support, Rubashkin Goes on Trial After Plea Bargain Fails

By Nathaniel Popper

The trial of former kosher slaughterhouse executive Sholom Rubashkin began in South Dakota on October 12, though only after a failed effort to reach a plea bargain, according to a close confidant of the defendant.Read More


Pushing for Better Wages, Not Necessarily Giving Them

By Nathaniel Popper

Rabbi Michael Siegel has been a leading advocate for improving the treatment of workers in kosher food facilities. As the founding co-chair of the Hekhsher Tzedek program, Siegel was behind the release last month of detailed standards on how kosher companies should properly compensate their employees. Soon after the release of those standards, though, Siegel took a look at the wages and benefits of the janitors at his Chicago synagogue.Read More


Pressure Builds on Iowa Kosher Company

By Nathaniel Popper

A congresswoman has joined with a host of national Jewish organizations to pressure a controversial Iowa kosher meat company to open up dialogue with the community in which it is located.Read More



 

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