Widespread Worker Abuses Alleged At AgriProcessors
by Debra Nussbaum Cohen Staff Writer Two legal experts suggested this week that the federal government could be laying the groundwork for possible indictments against the owners of the country’s...
View ArticlePressure Seen Mounting Against Kosher Meat Giant
by Debra Nussbaum Cohen Staff Writer Jason Herman, a Manhattan Orthodox rabbi and kosher meat consumer, has stopped buying the beef and poultry sold by AgriProcessors. Now, when he shops at the Upper...
View ArticleDamage-Control Mode For Embattled Kosher Meat Giant
by Debra Nussbaum Cohen Staff Writer Fearing an onslaught of protestors, kosher meat giant Agriprocessors hastily changed a meeting planned for Tuesday afternoon in Midtown into a conference call....
View ArticleGroup Ends Agriprocessors Boycott
by Debra Nussbaum Cohen Staff Writer The main organization urging a boycott against the embattled kosher meat giant Agriprocessors reversed course this week, issuing a statement praising “significant...
View ArticleFor Kosher Meat Giant, A ‘Dreyfus’ Trial
by Debra Nussbaum Cohen Staff Writer If answers aren’t exactly forthcoming from Postville, well then, people are going to Postville to try and seek them out. A veritable parade of Jews — busloads from...
View ArticleTurn Inward
Josh Altman While the excessive sentence of Aaron Rubashkin might be considered a miscarriage of justice, I find it to be even more troubling that we as a community will once again miss the...
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