Comments on: On Postville and walkouts http://jcarrot.org/on-potsville-and-walkouts Jews, Food, and Contemporary Issues Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:20:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: legalatina http://jcarrot.org/on-potsville-and-walkouts/comment-page-1#comment-6647 legalatina Mon, 12 May 2008 16:42:13 +0000 http://jcarrot.org/on-potsville-and-walkouts/#comment-6647 ....let's talk about the exploitation of illegal alien labor at these plants. Get real, the owners of these plants are profiteers of illegal immigration and should be ashamed of themselves...is this God's teaching? ….let’s talk about the exploitation of illegal alien labor at these plants. Get real, the owners of these plants are profiteers of illegal immigration and should be ashamed of themselves…is this God’s teaching?

]]> By: Rabbi Shmuel http://jcarrot.org/on-potsville-and-walkouts/comment-page-1#comment-1434 Rabbi Shmuel Mon, 28 May 2007 10:37:54 +0000 http://jcarrot.org/on-potsville-and-walkouts/#comment-1434 "And who says the Ultra-Orthodox aren’t totally Americanized in their pursuit of the capitalist dream?" wow - what a line - you manage to bash Ultra-Orthodox, mainstream Americans and capitalists in one rhetorical say-nothing sentence! I'm curious as to what dealings with Ultra Orthodox you've had that left you with that impression or is it just hip to bash the UO? sort of a verbal body practice thing? The Kotzker rebbe once said "not everything that is thought should be said and not everything said should be written and not everything written should be published. . . " "food" for thought “And who says the Ultra-Orthodox aren’t totally Americanized in their pursuit of the capitalist dream?”

wow – what a line – you manage to bash Ultra-Orthodox, mainstream Americans and capitalists in one rhetorical say-nothing sentence! I’m curious as to what dealings with Ultra Orthodox you’ve had that left you with that impression or is it just hip to bash the UO? sort of a verbal body practice thing? The Kotzker rebbe once said “not everything that is thought should be said and not everything said should be written and not everything written should be published. . . ” “food” for thought

]]> By: Lev http://jcarrot.org/on-potsville-and-walkouts/comment-page-1#comment-1432 Lev Sun, 27 May 2007 17:45:44 +0000 http://jcarrot.org/on-potsville-and-walkouts/#comment-1432 After a long discussion with my mother about kashrut for Pesach this year, I convinced her to specifically avoid Rubashkin's brand meat. So now we pay a little bit more and sleep a little bit better. The only way they will learn to treat their workers better is if their bottom line reflects it. And who says the Ultra-Orthodox aren't totally Americanized in their pursuit of the capitalist dream? After a long discussion with my mother about kashrut for Pesach this year, I convinced her to specifically avoid Rubashkin’s brand meat. So now we pay a little bit more and sleep a little bit better. The only way they will learn to treat their workers better is if their bottom line reflects it. And who says the Ultra-Orthodox aren’t totally Americanized in their pursuit of the capitalist dream?

]]> By: Sarah Rose http://jcarrot.org/on-potsville-and-walkouts/comment-page-1#comment-1305 Sarah Rose Tue, 22 May 2007 13:19:55 +0000 http://jcarrot.org/on-potsville-and-walkouts/#comment-1305 It's funny to me how much that error is the product of wishful thinking - how much would I love it if someone from the Orthodox movement took a stand? It’s funny to me how much that error is the product of wishful thinking – how much would I love it if someone from the Orthodox movement took a stand?

]]> By: mishtaneh http://jcarrot.org/on-potsville-and-walkouts/comment-page-1#comment-1304 mishtaneh Tue, 22 May 2007 01:00:53 +0000 http://jcarrot.org/on-potsville-and-walkouts/#comment-1304 Regarding the OU's response: השמר אחי אנכי? Regarding the OU’s response:
השמר אחי אנכי?

]]> By: Sarah Rose http://jcarrot.org/on-potsville-and-walkouts/comment-page-1#comment-1299 Sarah Rose Mon, 21 May 2007 20:08:25 +0000 http://jcarrot.org/on-potsville-and-walkouts/#comment-1299 I stand corrected - he is a Conservative rabbi and am making the changes. Thanks! I stand corrected – he is a Conservative rabbi and am making the changes. Thanks!

]]> By: Avi http://jcarrot.org/on-potsville-and-walkouts/comment-page-1#comment-1298 Avi Mon, 21 May 2007 19:26:33 +0000 http://jcarrot.org/on-potsville-and-walkouts/#comment-1298 Rabbi Allen is a Conservative Rabbi. The article talks about his Conservative Congregation, and the support tzedek hechsher has gotten from the Rabbinical Assembly(Conservative). Rabbi Allen is a Conservative Rabbi. The article talks about his Conservative Congregation, and the support tzedek hechsher has gotten from the Rabbinical Assembly(Conservative).

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