Comments on: Jews protest, boycott Agriprocessor products, Kashrut certification evolves

By: Grace

Grace — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 04:49:15 +0000

We don’t keep a kosher kitchen, but we make an effort to source food that is not exploitive or environmentally damaging.

This winter, we went in with 3 other families to buy a side of organic, grass-fed beef from a ranch in our state. The other meat we buy are from ranchers who go beyond the minimum, like Coleman and Niman ranches.

Why you should avoid poultry that does not say antibiotic-free:
http://badmomgoodmom.blogspot.com/2007/12/what-we-eat.html

Hog farm horror stories:
http://badmomgoodmom.blogspot.com/2008/09/fact-and-fiction.html

The carbon impact of eating locally-grown food:
http://badmomgoodmom.blogspot.com/2008/01/animal-vegetable-miracle.html

By: Richard

Richard — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 17:01:10 +0000

They deserve what they are getting.
They are very unethical.

By: Jill Miller Zimon

Jill Miller Zimon — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 19:42:36 +0000

Mark – I’m not sure what you’re referring to – I’m not a rabbi and haven’t studied to be one. Is there something specific that you know from Jewish law and text that you think the rabbi’s piece should include?

By: Jill Miller Zimon

Jill Miller Zimon — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 19:40:05 +0000

Hi Chuck! “Religious” Jews typically don’t include Conservative rabbis but definitely my rabbi works hard to fulfill all the mitzvot that have to do with living a moral life. Hope you’re well.

By: Jill Miller Zimon

Jill Miller Zimon — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 19:38:43 +0000

Judy – I’m so sorry – I posted this in advance of going out of town and didn’t see the problem until I got back yesterday – if you click on it, it should enlarge but you can also find it at bnaijeshurun.org under “Tidings” in the August edition (it’s a pdf).

By: Jill Miller Zimon

Jill Miller Zimon — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 19:36:14 +0000

Muffet – thanks for the comment – I understand that Aaron’s and David’s is pretty much not sold around here at all anymore. I hope that people who rely on and need these products will find other sources and that that works to change the reality for those at Agriprocessor. Shameful really shameful.

By: Mark Richards

Mark Richards — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 04:12:44 +0000

When ignorance is masked as religious opinion the bottom falls out of any morality. Jewish morality is clearly enshrined in law and your article makes no reference of it, probabl because to become a ‘Rabbi’ you spent more time studying fluff and theology than the meat and potatoes of jewish law and text. Vive le ignorance.

By: Chuck Butcher

Chuck Butcher — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 06:12:29 +0000

When the religious use their traditions and laws for the betterment of others, rather than some symbolic function, I am impressed. Way too often they’re simply a function of expressing a difference or making a “better than you” statement.

By: Muffet

Muffet — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 20:52:34 +0000

Yes, Jill, it’s still obscured.
We have been getting our news on this topic from The American Israelite, the oldest Jewish newspaper in the USA. Some of the coverage has seemed very slanted toward the processing plant, which has upset me greatly. The plant hired a public relations firm, and that firm has admitted that they have blogged under fake names. What they did, if it is true, is reprehensible. It cannot be called kashrut with that kind of behavior.
We don’t keep kosher, either, but I have noticed a big change in advertisng for the grocery stores that sell kosher products. Aaron’s and David’s are no longer mentioned at all.

By: Judy C

Judy C — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 16:44:11 +0000

Jill – thank you for addressing this topic and putting the story out there. It is truly heartbreaking. Problem – the rabbi’s letter is obscured by the right hand column – I can’t read all of it. Any chance you could fix that?