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CNN Writes About ‘Heksher Tzedek’ And Rubashkin

By admin on July 30, 2010

CNN’s Talya Minsberg filed this report:
Most religious dietary guidelines allow individuals to maintain a sense of holiness in their daily lives.
For many Jews, that sense was shattered in spring of 2006, when an Agriprocessors kosher meatpacking plant in Postville, Iowa was raided and found to have hundreds of illegal immigrants and dozens of violations, from [...]

Mendota Heights, MN – Conservative Rabbi Of Hekhsher Tzedek Releases Statement To Rubashkin Conviction

By admin on November 13, 2009

Mendota Heights, MN – The news out of Sioux Falls, SD, yesterday, that Sholom Rubashkin was convicted on 86 out of 91 counts of fraud in the state’s investigation into criminal activity within the Agriprocessor’s meat processing facility in Postville, Iowa, delivers both justice and a heavy heart to those of us who champion [...]

Hekhsher Tzedek Leaders Push for Better Wages, But Don’t Give Them

By admin on October 14, 2009

The following is excerpted from a report by Nathaniel Popper in The Forward:
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 [...]

Nazareth, Israel – Magen David Adom Claims Hatzolah Kidnapped Their Patient

By admin on October 14, 2009

Nazareth, Israel – A 21-year-old man with a head shot wound was delayed from hospitalization today due to a disagreement between rescue services Magen David Adom and a private ambulance company.
Both emergency companies arrived at the scene in Nazareth to transport the wounded man to the hospital. The Magen David Adom team, including a paramedic [...]