Daily Archives: July 1, 2006

Reckless N.Y. Times endangers itself and us

The most puzzling thing about The New York Times’ exposure of America’s counterterrorism secrets is that it has no apparent sense of self-preservation. If the Times were headquartered in, say, Bismarck, N.D., its spectacular disregard for human safety might be explained by its bet that terrorists never would hit it directly.

However, the Old Gray Lady occupies the bull’s-eye on Islamic terrorists’ dartboard. If Gotham ever suffered a dirty-bomb attack, Times Square would be the quintessential venue for a radiological blast. In that event, gamma rays would race through the thyroids of Times staffers within seconds.

Perhaps America’s self-appointed “paper of record” is so self-absorbed that its morally vain editors and publishers ignore al-Qaeda’s 9/11 attack that killed 2,749 individuals in Manhattan. As author Ron Suskind reported, al-Qaeda came within 45 days of unleashing a 2003 cyanide-gas assault on New York subways that could have killed Times readers and employees.

Tzivos Hashem Traveling Camp

The first week of camp has been a smashing success, being the first traveling yeshivas kayitz in the U.S.A, the Tzivos Hashem traveling camp has reached new heights… 13,000 feet!!!

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Shluchim meet to brainstorm how to refocus the Global Moshiach Campaign

In a discrete boardroom in the new Jewish Children’s Museum, a group of Lubavitcher Chassidim gathered for a brainstorming session organized by the Global Moshiach Campaign initiative of the Kinus HaShluchim. The purpose of the meeting: To better focus the group’s efforts and create new programs that bring Moshiach to the forefront of global consciousness.

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Probe into kosher industry

Investigation into suspected price-fixing finds grand jury asking for documents from major meat packers

Several of the nation’s kosher slaughterhouses and suppliers have been served with federal subpoenas in connection with an investigation of possible antitrust practices, according to a statement by one of those suppliers.

A lawyer for AgriProcessors, the nation’s largest kosher slaughterhouse, in Postville, Iowa, confirmed yesterday that the company received a grand jury subpoena requesting documents, as did a number of other meat packers. AgriProcessors is owned by Aaron Rubashkin, a Lubavitch Jew who moved from Brooklyn to northern Iowa in 1987 and who sells kosher meats under the labels Rubashkin’s and Aaron’s Best.