Sholom Rubashkin was the vice president of America’s largest kosher meat plant, Agriprocessors, ­located in Iowa. Rubashkin provided kosher meat to Jews throughout much of the country seeking to comply with biblical dietary rules. In 2008, after Rubashkin contacted U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and offered to cooperate, several hundred federal agents raided Agriprocessors. [...]

Following the debacle in the city of Emanuel, we of the Orthodox world, must take a good hard look at what really happened there and why. We must evaluate our needs for the future and what we have to do in order to improve our Torah way of life. We know from Chazal that if [...]

This video is extremely disturbing. It was taken at the recent Chasunah of the son of Yisroel Meir Hirsch in Yerushalayim, and shows a young member of Neturei Karta dancing with a Palestinian flag draped over his shoulders in the center of the dance floor. Without hesitation, an elderly man walks over, and grabs the flag off [...]

Op-Ed by Bob Barr: A few months ago, Attorney General Eric Holder took an important step in ensuring that all men are treated equally under our legal system. In a memorandum to federal prosecutors, he noted that those who commit similar crimes in different jurisdictions “should, to the extent possible, be treated similarly.” He also cautioned [...]

I am an attorney practicing in Monroe and have read many articles in this publication that portray my fellow Hasidim as confrontational, aggressive and radical, while battling over hosts of issues. Many readers may erroneously assume that the vast majority of Hasidim support and promote this form of contentious behavior — we don’t. I have [...]

Freedom Through Another’s Eyes: Sweeping Pollard Under the Rug [By Ruth Lichtenstein -  Hamodia: Publisher's Note Column - June 23, 2010] When Judge Reade announced that she was sentencing Sholom Rubashkin to “25-plus years” in prison, American Jews turned pale and began to tremble… and sprang into (more) action. Good Yidden would not let a fellow [...]

[Op-Ed By Yossi Gestetner] I would like to ask Jewish readers the following questions: Did you know that Democrat-supporting groups such as PETA and Labor unions played the most pivotal role in destroying Sholom Rubashkin, starting in 2004? Did you know that papers on the left, including the NYT, had constant reports against Rubashkin which bent readers to [...]

Amongst the hustle and bustle of a busy NYC Sunday morning and in the shadows of the United Nations, America saw a determined leader, a lone voice of courage, one Congressman who decided enough was enough and stood up to the World and to its madness. Time and again, politicians assert their position to make [...]

This past Monday a Black Hawk County jury rendered a unanimous verdict of acquittal in State of Iowa v. Sholom Rubashkin involving 67 counts of child labor violations. This was a dramatic and welcomed victory for Sholom, his family, his friends and his supporters – me included. I only wish I could have been in [...]

In the early morning hours on May 31, 2010 Members of Israel’s elite Navy Special Forces, Shayetet 13 commenced Operation Sea Breeze. The six ships making up the “Freedom Flotilla” that were intent on breaking Israel’s naval blockade of the Gaza Strip  were boarded by Israeli commandos after disregarding numerous orders to divert to the [...]