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Sholom Rubashkin

Professor Alan Dershowitz (right) listens to US President Donald Trump speak during a Hanukkah Reception in the East Room of the White House, December 11, 2019. (Mark Wilson/Getty Images North America/AFP)
February 9, 2021, 11:19 am
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By ToI Staff
David Eliezrie
December 29, 2017, 1:29 pm
David Eliezrie
Lessons from Rubashkin
Had his sentence been commensurate to the crime, the Orthodox community would have accepted it
Lazer Gurkow
December 27, 2017, 2:17 pm
Lazer Gurkow
Treat Rubashkin like a brother
What he did was illegal and he was punished for it, but he did not steal, kill, or do anything to deserve 27 years
Sholom Rubashkin, seen in Postville, Iowa, in December 2004, served eight years of a 27-year prison term for bank fraud. (Zbigniew Bzdak/Chicago Tribune/TNS via Getty Images via JTA)
December 23, 2017, 3:19 am
How Sholom Rubashkin’s supporters got Trump to commute his sentence
Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle, prominent lawyers and Orthodox Jews all urged for pardon of Kosher meatpacking CEO
By Ron Kampeas
Sholom Rabashkin, left, speaks with his defense attorney Montgomery Brown at Rubashkin's trial on state child labor charges on May 14, 2010, at the Black Hawk County Courthouse in Waterloo, Iowa. (Andrea Melendez/AP)
December 21, 2017, 1:00 am
Trump commutes sentence of kosher meatpacking CEO Rubashkin
White House cites letters of support from lawmakers and others saying 27-year jail term handed down for bank fraud excessive
By ToI Staff and JTA
Sholom Rabashkin, left, speaks with his defense attorney Montgomery Brown at Rubashkin's trial on state child labor charges on May 14, 2010, at the Black Hawk County Courthouse in Waterloo, Iowa. (Andrea Melendez/AP)
May 13, 2016, 5:46 pm
100 politicians, justice officials sign letter backing Sholom Rubashkin
Text supports claim that prosecutors used improper tactics to get slaughterhouse exec jailed
By JTA
Scott Rosenberg -- better known as Shmarya Rosenberg -- has signed off and sold Failed Messiah. (YouTube screenshot)
February 10, 2016, 5:46 am
Founder of Orthodox muckraker sells – but did he sell out?
With 16,000 posts seen by millions at Failed Messiah, Shmarya Rosenberg broke many important stories about the Orthodox community
By Debra Nussbaum Cohen
The largest kosher slaughterhouse in the United States is located in Postville, Iowa, and has been renamed Agri Star. (Josh Tapper)
February 7, 2016, 6:40 am
Scandal-ridden Iowa kosher slaughterhouse is back in business
Years after raid on Agriprocessors and arrest of CEO, Canadian billionaire breathes life into Postville’s small but committed Jewish community
By Josh Tapper
Illustrative. Chickens for sale. (Abir Sultan/Flash90)
August 30, 2013, 12:58 am
US kosher meat plant manager to admit guilt
Former Agriprocessors employee Hasam Omara signs plea agreement saying he harbored immigrants illegally for profit
By AP
October 4, 2012, 6:21 pm
US Supreme Court rejects Sholom Rubashkin’s appeal
Former head of nation’s largest kosher slaughterhouse will remain in prison on fraud convictions
September 20, 2012, 10:26 pm
Butcher’s fans’ beef with justice system
Supreme Court to rule on kosher slaughterer Rubashkin’s case next week
By Nathan Burstein
Samuel "Mouli" Cohen (photo credit: courtesy)
May 2, 2012, 1:26 pm
Israeli-US businessman gets 22 years for fraud
Samuel ‘Mouli’ Cohen, ‘congenital liar and serial fraudster,’ could also face $60m. in fines
April 4, 2012, 10:16 am
Sholom Rubashkin to appeal fraud conviction to US Supreme Court
The former head of what was the largest kosher slaughterhouse in America claims prosecution misconduct
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