Postville, IA – A bankruptcy judge has approved the sale of an Iowa kosher slaughterhouse that was subjected to a large immigration raid.
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U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Paul J. Kilburg on Monday approved the May sale of Agriprocessors, Inc., to SHF Industries, a company formed by Canadian plastics manufacturer Hershey Friedman and his son-in-law, Daniel Hirsch.
Friedman says the plant will continue producing kosher meat.
The sale ends months of speculation about the Postville plant’s future. The plant was raided in May 2008 and 389 people were detained on immigration charges. Several senior Agriprocessors managers were charged with labor law violations.
Boruch hashem and much hatzlacha to the new owners and may we be zoche to never again have to hear about the terrible things that happened under the prior ownership. Hopefully, the media will stop focusing on this facility and its prior management and allow the new team to fix all the problems and restore the confidence of yiddin in the hashgacha.
Mazel Tov! Let`s let the healing begin and hope for a prosperous future.
Good luck to the new owners. I know them from back home and iy’h they will be able to make a kiddush Hashem as they have with so many other projects.
any entity formed on anothers blood will never have hatzlacha until the lav of loi saamoid al dam reecha will be resolved. Yesh baal habayis libeerah zu
#6 and you would prefer that Agri be sold piece-by-piece for much less than Friedman paid. Maybe if he is matzliach he can do something for Rubashkins. He is taking a very serious risk and is looking for a bargain. There is no shortage of out-of-business meatpackers to be had for a pittance.
I can’t understand how anyone can have a tayna on Friedman for buying Agri.
The Rubashkins are not allowed by law to have any type of ownership or control.
From what I have read Friedman is willing to keep some of them on in different
(non-control) capacities. This is the best possible scenario that the Kosher consumer who were customers of Agri could even dream of.
Much Hatzlacha to Friedman and hopefully this will help bring down the prices of kosher meat for the many struggling consumers.
Who will be the hashgocha
Although freidman is known as a philantrophist- meaning he has given money for torah causes – the chesed that was done by the Rubashkins blev vguf vnefesh- their heart and soul- blood sweat and tears for another fellow yid.
friedman dosent hold a candle to the amount of zchusim that the Rubaskins will get- although it is diffucult to understand how they fell so hard.
If I may say the Rubashkins have given more tzedakkah than friedman will give in his life time_ I am not looking to knock friedman but all this publicity about him – Mishpach magazine- is a marketing hoax and he should not make any negative comments about Rubashkin
i wish friedman and his son in law Daniel Hirsch much hatzlachah– (did he buy this business for Daniel??????
Reb Hershy Friedman is not just a regular bal tzedaka, he invented a new concept in giving. He gives and gives and gives and when he is all dried up and burnt out he keeps giving, he gives with a splash and then gives even more quietly. H probably chose Reb Hershy because with out a doubt he will figure out away to give back to the Rubashkins. I daven every year on Rosh Hashana that Reb Hershy should make more and more money, because he is from the few that enjoy extreme giving and when he has what to give every moised and organization benefits, religious Jews and the not religious, he even gives to non Jewish charities. If every rich Jew would give like Reb Hershy then every yeshiva, and charity organization would have surplus money, they would be able to pay the rebbi’s a respectable salary and etc.
Reb Hershey!
Keep on going from one mitzvah to the next! Me’chayal el chayul kol ha’yomim!
As a russian immigrant & engineer I understant what they are going thru! Just say tenk yoo!
Just remember when you have 900 counts on somebody , you the accusor are a fake, foney, and fraud. you are only out to get that person , reguardless what your name is you are not reliable.
The rubashkins are known for the best people in town, now these no goodniks were able to put their anti-semetic hands on them.
“Aririm kol hurshoim, Bruchim kul ha’tzadikim “
Reb hershy, keep munachas and nikur stanrds and all chumros a ben t. Needs
Firstly the Rubashkins gave much tzedoko – are any recipients/mosdos givin it back now that they now it was borrowed money that was given? Secondly, would all the naysayers not buy a house cuz there is a distressed sale? There are different people and some are comfortable with these areas/risks
#12 said: “The sad thing is that they did not let Rubashkin buy it back…”
Who said they didn’t?
a) Whose money did Hershey use to buy the dump?
b) Hershey will not be moving to Postville. WHo will run the plant?
c) Heshy, Yossie and other Rubashkin family members will remain at the plant. What do you think they are doing there, flicking chickens?
d) Hershey better bring a big fat wallet, because no one in Iowa wil give him credit. He’s going to have to earn their respect first, and by keeping the former owners around he isn’t instilling any confidence.
e) Hershey will not be employing many of the locals. He already has brought in One Force, a temp agency to help him find cheap, out of state workers.
f) As of the date of the sale, Hershey has meet the Mayor exactly, one time – and that was a brief meeting. He has never tried to meet with non-Yidden in town.
g) Who owns Nevel Properties, Cottonball Farms, etc (hint: it aint Hershey)
Reb. Hersh
Keep it on for Benei Yeshiva
wow instead of a word trial about the Rubashkins,all this wailing on who is a more generous jew, a little more torah learning?!
#35 sorry the government has that right (check out buyers)under several statutes. This is not a constitutional question. The constitution does not spell out each and every law.
I wonder if Freidman will take over supporting the Yeshiva in Postville, which until now was completely underwritten by the Rubashkin family.