The event will be LIVE-STREAMED here. (7 PM on December 9)
RABBIS OF ALL MAJOR ORTHODOX ORGANIZATIONS TO ADDRESS THE "KOSHER QUANDARY: ETHICS AND KASHRUT" IN LIGHT OF AGRIPROCESSORS SCANDAL TUESDAY, DEC. 9 AT YESHIVA UNIVERSITY
In light of the ongoing Agriprocessors scandal that has rocked the kosher meat industry and the Orthodox community, Rabbi Avi Shafran, director of public affairs for Agudath Israel of America, Rabbi Menachem Genack, rabbinic administrator and CEO of the Orthodox Union's Kashrut Division and rosh yeshiva at Yeshiva University's Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary, Rabbi Basil Herring, executive vice president of the Rabbinical Council of America, and Shmuly Yanklowitz, co-founder and director of Uri L'Tzedek, will engage in a candid conversation on the interplay between ethics and kashrut at a program on Tuesday, December 9, at 7 p.m. in Weissberg Commons on Yeshiva University's main campus, 2495 Amsterdam Ave. at 184th St., New York.
The program – "The Kosher Quandary: Ethics and Kashrut" – serves as the launch event for the new student-run organization at YU called TEIQU, A Torah Exploration of Ideas, Questions, and Understanding. The organization is devoted to nurturing intellectual dialogue on campus surrounding Jewish matters of import.
The panelists will explain their views and insights on the kosher quandary, address recent developments and share their prescriptions for action.
Who: Rabbis of All Major Orthodox Organizations
What: "The Kosher Quandary: Ethics and Kashrut
When: Tuesday, December 9, 2008; 7 p.m.
Where: Weissberg Commons, Yeshiva University
2495 Amsterdam Ave. at 184th St.
If somebody could record this and either give to Ezzie to put on the blog or send it to me at yodamace@gmail.com , that would be mad chilling.
ReplyDeleteIf not, next best thing would be a summary of what happened.
oh, I didn't see that bit about how it'll be live streamed. My bad.
ReplyDeleteWill the program be archived for those of us who cannot be by a computer that evening?
ReplyDeleteaggh! My PC won't let me watch it. Gives me an "error" every time.
ReplyDeleteIf somebody sees this, please record the remainder of the conference of mp3 for poor men like me and Dman.
Sorry for the inconvenience of all these comments.
ReplyDeleteTurns out it did finally let me watch.
They all spoke and articulated their points very clearly. I would've advised Reb Yanklowitz to have brought R' Shafran's "rabbinical authority" shpiel to the fore and address that; these days, a lot of YU kids are right-wing too, ya know.
In relation to R' Genack's closing comments, from my Jewish Observer research:
May '65 - Reuben E. Gross notes that, "Displayed prominently in ASPCA propoganda is a picture of Rabbis Joseph B. Soloveitchik, Israel Miller, Sholem B. Kowalsky and Emanuel Holzer presenting a citation to [sic] ASCPA president, James H. Jenkins for their Holding Pen Program. Presumably, it is this royalty-free program which makes the current bill in Albany 'entirely acceptable' to the RCA. However, it should not be overlooked that the situation is rife with pitfalls and dangers."
Is a recording available
ReplyDeleteChana has posted her own written transcript of almost the entire thing on her blog. Not sure if there is an archived video somewhere, though I imagine there should be.
ReplyDeleteA recording of the event will be on yutorah.org.
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