בס׳ד

"Where does it say that you have a contract with G-d to have an easy life?"

the Lubavitcher Rebbe



"Failure is not the enemy of success; it is its prerequisite."

Rabbi Nosson Scherman



1 Oct 2009

A daughter's plea

A daughter's plea

The video below contains a plea from the daughter of Sholom Rubashkin, former head of Agriprocessors, who is standing trial in October on charges of employing illegal workers.

"Some 300 workers, mainly immigrants from Guatemala, were convicted of felony document fraud charges after the raid, and Iowa prosecutors had faced mounting criticism for punishing those workers but not Agriprocessors’s executives and owners." http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/31/us/31immig.html?scp=2&sq=rubashkin%20agriprocessors&st=cse

By contrast, American Apparel did not face a raid this past week on charges of employing illegals.
"A clothing maker with a vast garment factory in downtown Los Angeles is firing about 1,800 immigrant employees in the coming days — more than a quarter of its work force — after a federal investigation turned up irregularities in the identity documents the workers presented when they were hired. The firings at the company, American Apparel, have become a showcase for the Obama administration’s effort to reduce illegal immigraton by forcing employers to dismiss unauthorized workers rather than by using workplace raids." http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/30/us/30factory.html?scp=1&sq=american%20apparel&st=cse

Incidentally a number of days ago, I posted a poem about computer spell checkers in which a document can pass the spell checker test but still make no sense as it is logically incorrect. While researching Agriprocessor articles in the New York Times, I found the following line. "... is accused of lying about the value of the plant's collateral so it could get a lone." Somehow, I doubt a person lied because he wanted to be by himself.
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2009/09/28/business/AP-US-Kosher-Slaughterhouse-Plea.html?scp=1&sq=rubashkin%20agriprocessors&st=cse

A plea for Efrat
During the high holiday season, I received a brochure from Efrat, an organization dedicated to saving the lives of unborn babies in Israel. I heard the founder of the organization speak a number of years ago and I was impressed by his self sacrifice and devotion to the cause. I was disturbed when I read the following. "This year, to our infinite sorrow and pain, we were forced to refuse aid, due to lack of funds." To learn more click on the link below.
http://www.friendsofefrat.org/

A plea for Tehilim
Please be Mispallel for Esther bas Batya, a student of Shulamis high school, who was struck by a car yesterday evening. Read more: http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/news/General+News/40100/TEHILLIM+NEEDED+-+Pedestrian+Struck+In+Flatbush+In+Critical+Condition;+Driver+Arrested+For+DWI.html

A Moving Video of the Daughter of Sholom Rubashkin from Zalman Tevel on Vimeo.

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