Agriprocessors Mngr Bragged About Firing Minors

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The jury is dismissed for the day. The attorneys are now hashing out some issues related to evidence presented today.

Aaron Goldsmith said he made an unannounced visit with a university professor to Agriprocessors in 2007 and found it to be a clean, well-run plant. He later brought many groups to tour the plant

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Student leaders at U of IL Recognized at Chabad Event

On Sunday night, May 23, Chabad at University of Illinois had its Celebration event. Celebrating Jewish life at University of Illinois, this special event was put together by parents alumni and friends. close to 200 people came together to celebrate the work and recognise the parents of the year Brian and Andrea Birkan, and recognize the 24 student leaders that dedicate their time on the Chabad Leadership Board.

Customer is Pleasantly Suprised with Stores Honesty

From the inbox: When a local business provides exceptional customer service, I think it should be publicized. I was in a Kingston shop yesterday and bought some things totaling a little over $100.00, the owner, called me to say there was a mistake in the charge.

Help Save 1000 Precious Encounters with the Rebbe!

In today’s day and age a four-digit figure is not very impressive. However the four digit goal just announced by Jewish Educational Media is indeed ambitious.

JEM has rolled out a new campaign to save 1,000 interviews on videotape – attempting to capture firsthand, previously undocumented accounts of the Rebbe’s life and his impact on lives and communities.

Attorneys Battle Over Motion to Dismiss Rubashkin Case

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Court is adjourned until tomorrow morning, when the defense is schedule to present its case to the jury.

Sholom Rubashkin’s defense team argued this afternoon that the judge should throw out all 83 misdemeanor child labor charges because the state did not prove the former plant executive wanted to hire or actually hired any minors.

“The case is underwhelming and ill-conceived and should be put to a stop right now,” said defense attorney Mark Weinhardt. “The evidence in this case is that Mr. Rubashkin did absolutely nothing.”

New Torah Completed for Chabad of Sumy Ukraine!

SUMY, Ukraine [CHI] — Just before Shavuos the Jewish community in Sumy Ukraine celebrated the arival of their newly restored Sefer Torah. The restoration of the Sefer Torah was carried out by the National Sofer Center in Dnepropetrovsk and was made possible by a donation from the Rier family, who are actively involved in the revitalization of Jewish life in Dnepropetrovsk.

New Shluchims Dream!

Rabbi Yekusiel and Fraida Malka Schusterman along with their daughter.

The Rebbe had a dream to reach every person on the face of the earth and inspire them to turn to the Torah as the guiding light by which to achieve personal and global redemption. To attain this goal, the Rebbe invented the shaliach. The Rebbe’s dream began “from the time that He was a child in cheder, and even earlier than that” The Rebbes goal “a vision of Moshiach”.