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Who Is Sholom Rubashkin, Explained

JL;DR SUMMARY Sholom Rubashkin was a key figure in a contentious legal battle after being sentenced to 27 years for bank fraud related to his kosher meatpacking business, Agriprocessors. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Jewish CommunityChabad LubavitchAcluPresident TrumpSholom RubashkinAgriprocessorsEthical TreatmentBank FraudImmigration RaidPresidential Commutation

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Postville, Iowa, United States
"He was the chief executive of Agriprocessors, a kosher slaughterhouse and meatpacking plant in Postville, Iowa."

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