Entries from July 2007

July 24, 2007

Down In A Power Outage

The latest word:
TypePad, Vox, and LJ are unreachable for many due to a power problem @ hosting facility, also affecting Technorati and Craigslist. More soon
Why no mirror sites? Maybe a techie or two out there can explain this to us.

July 24, 2007

The OU Lies Again: Meat Hook Throat Probing *Not* USDA Mandated – Meat Hook To Throat “Part Of Glatt Kosher Slaughter”

The OU Lies Again: Meat Hook Throat Probing Not USDA Mandated – Meat Hook To Throat “Part Of Glatt Kosher Slaughter”
I spoke yesterday with Trent Berhow, the vice president of the National Joint Council of Food Inspection Locals, and with Jim Shanahan, head of the local in Grand Island, Nebraska.
Shanahan told he he [...]

July 24, 2007

TypePad Is Down

It appears that all of TypePad is down. I’m waiting to hear when it will be back up. In the meantime, I’ll repost a few newer posts here.

July 24, 2007

Why The “Second Cut” Is Illegal

July 24, 2007
Why The “Second Cut” Is Illegal
At the end of 2004, the USDA issued a H.I.K.E. scenario to teach line inspectors what to do when they witness ritual slaughter and see violations. In part, it says:
…This second cut was performed by a person other than the religious authority making the ritual slaughter cut; it [...]

July 24, 2007

The Perfidy That Never Was

The Perfidy That Never Was
Yad Vashem received the papers of Rudolph Kastner (also spelled Kasztner), the Zionist official who, although he saved many Jews during the Holocaust, was vilified as a “Nazi collaborator.” The vilification led directly to Kastner’s murder in Israel in 1957.
Here’s what Yad Vashem’s chairman and its librarian have to say about [...]