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Jewish rabbis were not paid Friday, and it was not the first time time. Other employees did receive paychecks, although some voiced concern that the checks may not clear. The rabbis were asked for patience and promised payments as soon as possible.

According to a source who attended a meeting Friday with upper management, the plant plans to concentrate on poultry production — particularly on chicken — in the near future. The plant’s beef line has operated only sporadically over the past two weeks.

A Postville landlord believes he and his property management company have been unfairly portrayed in relation to a practice that he says was intended to help needy community newcomers.

GAL Investments, a property management company in Postville with roughly 60 properties, has notified tenants that it will be ending its relationship with Jacobson Staffing Company. Employees at the Agriprocessors kosher meatpacking plant who are working under Jacobson will no longer have rents deducted from payroll, but will pay the fees directly to GAL.

Although Postville Mayor Robert Penrod believes his community is slowly working its way back to something akin to life the way it was before a May 12 federal immigration raid on Agriprocessors, a kosher meatpacking plant, he also freely admits that it is going to be a slow and perhaps painful process.