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PR firm’s misconduct on Essential Estrogen documented by trade mag

By Lynda Waddington 7/23/08

5W Public Relations, a New York-based firm hired last month by Agriprocessors, has told PR Week that a comment left on the Iowa-based blog Essential Estrogen was not fraudulent, but done at the bequest of Uri L’Tzedek, an Orthodox Jewish social group to which it was attributed. It’s a charge that the group organizers deny.
“[Co-director [...]

Uri L’Tzedek Ends Rubashkin Product Boycott

By Lynda Waddington 7/8/08

A grassroots Jewish social justice organization that called for a consumer boycott of all products manufactured under the Rubashkin label in May announced this morning that it no longer supports such restrictions.
While citing approval for the success of the six-week boycott, Uri L’Tzedek founder and co-director Shmuly Yanklowitz stated that the group remains “deeply committed [...]

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