Anthony Weiss
By Anthony Weiss
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News Kosher Meat Giant Kicks Off P.R. Blitz
The operator of the country’s largest kosher slaughterhouse appears to be gearing up for a major public relations blitz after being battered by criticism of its labor practices and calls for a boycott of its products. Agriprocessors, which has come under renewed fire in the wake of a federal raid on its Postville, Iowa, plant,…
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News Rabbi Expelled for Misconduct
A Buffalo, N.Y., rabbi with a history of alleged sexual misconduct has been kicked out of the international union of Conservative rabbis. The Rabbinical Assembly expelled Rabbi Arthur Charles Shalman on June 4, four and a half months after he resigned from his position at Temple Shaarey Zedek outside Buffalo, amid allegations of an inappropriate…
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Breaking News Embattled Kosher Meat Giant Fights Back With P.R. Offensive
Read an updated version of this article here. Battered by widespread criticism over its labor practices and facing calls for a boycott of its products, the operator of the country’s largest kosher slaughterhouse appears to be gearing up for a major public-relations blitz. Agriprocessors has hired 5W Public Relations, a New York-based P.R. powerhouse that…
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News Jewish Community Centers Open Their Doors to Wider Audiences
York, Pa. – The entrance lobby of the York Jewish Community Center in York, Pa., is decorated with all the traditional trappings of a JCC: paintings of Israel, a Holocaust memorial sculpture and a glass case with Judaica for sale. Yet, during a recent visit the center proved itself distinctly lacking in one key department:…
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Culture Staying Afloat
With food and oil prices skyrocketing, the stock and housing markets in tatters, and the threat of a recession looming on the horizon, now is not the easiest time to ask donors to open their checkbooks. Across the country, these economic ills are being felt not only by individuals and families, but also by a…
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News Charter School Effort Opens Rift on Civic Values
The recent announcement that mega-philanthropist Michael Steinhardt is backing an effort to bring a Hebrew-language charter school to New York — together with talk of a possible national network of similar institutions — seems certain to revive debates about whether such schools violate the separation of church and state. But the proposal raises a second,…
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News Funding Runs Out for Ethiopians
Funding is running out for one of the signature issues of the Jewish community, as the coffers that feed thousands of Ethiopians hoping to immigrate to Israel are nearly empty. Early this month, United Jewish Communities, the umbrella organization for North American federations, revealed that it had run out of funds to provide food aid…
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News News From Postville May Be Treyf, but Kosher Consumers Keep Buying
The news of the massive immigration raid on the largest kosher slaughterhouse in the United States has triggered national headlines and outrage among a group of vocal Jewish activists, but the raid seems to be having little impact on consumers’ appetite for kosher meat. Based on conversations with kosher butchers, rabbinic authorities and consumers across…
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