Comments on: Where’s the beef? http://njjewishnews.com/justASC/2008/08/14/wheres-the-beef/ A multilog with NJJN Editor-in-Chief Andrew Silow-Carroll Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:44:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Mark Leaman http://njjewishnews.com/justASC/2008/08/14/wheres-the-beef/comment-page-1/#comment-4363 Mark Leaman Tue, 19 Aug 2008 06:34:34 +0000 http://njjewishnews.com/justASC/2008/08/14/wheres-the-beef/#comment-4363 Since your room is not Kosher I don't see a problem. The only problem may be that certain people may not buy your paper just like if El Al flies on Shabbat, but that don't last to long. I say if you can earn a profit then why not as long as they don't mention in their adverts where the film was shot. Since your room is not Kosher I don’t see a problem.
The only problem may be that certain people may not buy your paper just like if El Al flies on Shabbat,
but that don’t last to long.
I say if you can earn a profit then why not as long as they don’t mention in their adverts where the film was shot.

]]> By: Andrew Silow-Carroll http://njjewishnews.com/justASC/2008/08/14/wheres-the-beef/comment-page-1/#comment-4324 Andrew Silow-Carroll Mon, 18 Aug 2008 15:33:44 +0000 http://njjewishnews.com/justASC/2008/08/14/wheres-the-beef/#comment-4324 No kosher regs apply in the lunchroom, except at Passover, for some reason -- at least none that I as a tenant or the employees are aware of. No kosher regs apply in the lunchroom, except at Passover, for some reason — at least none that I as a tenant or the employees are aware of.

]]> By: Lynda Kraar http://njjewishnews.com/justASC/2008/08/14/wheres-the-beef/comment-page-1/#comment-4323 Lynda Kraar Mon, 18 Aug 2008 15:22:56 +0000 http://njjewishnews.com/justASC/2008/08/14/wheres-the-beef/#comment-4323 It might be have been a problem is there were some violation of laws governing use of a building that is owned by a non-profit, or if a muckraker with a "beef" were to act out. Or if it were a kosher lunchroom, and non-kosher foods were being used in a way that violated the kashrut regs. But getting capital improvements by a mega-corporation? I hate to mix milchigs with fleishigs, but.... "I'm lovin' it." Lynda It might be have been a problem is there were some violation of laws governing use of a building that is owned by a non-profit, or if a muckraker with a “beef” were to act out. Or if it were a kosher lunchroom, and non-kosher foods were being used in a way that violated the kashrut regs.

But getting capital improvements by a mega-corporation? I hate to mix milchigs with fleishigs, but….

“I’m lovin’ it.”

Lynda

]]> By: Allison http://njjewishnews.com/justASC/2008/08/14/wheres-the-beef/comment-page-1/#comment-4182 Allison Fri, 15 Aug 2008 18:18:04 +0000 http://njjewishnews.com/justASC/2008/08/14/wheres-the-beef/#comment-4182 Andy, Here's my Israeli 'curiousity' - I do my Pilates in a dance studio that shares a building with Chabad. All day you see two kinds of people go in and out - haredi men and scantily clad women... So I agree it would only be a story if somebody protested... Allison Andy,

Here’s my Israeli ‘curiousity’ – I do my Pilates in a dance studio that shares a building with Chabad. All day you see two kinds of people go in and out – haredi men and scantily clad women…

So I agree it would only be a story if somebody protested…

Allison

]]> By: Andrew Silow-Carroll http://njjewishnews.com/justASC/2008/08/14/wheres-the-beef/comment-page-1/#comment-4172 Andrew Silow-Carroll Fri, 15 Aug 2008 14:40:43 +0000 http://njjewishnews.com/justASC/2008/08/14/wheres-the-beef/#comment-4172 My original interlocutor points off-line that I am the only one to use the word "scandal" in our correspondence. My colleague was merely pointing out that the story was juicy and of reader interest, even if only as one of the lighter items we include in our "Kolbo" page of quirky news. As Jonathan says, a "curiosity." Sorry for the mischaracterization. My original interlocutor points off-line that I am the only one to use the word “scandal” in our correspondence. My colleague was merely pointing out that the story was juicy and of reader interest, even if only as one of the lighter items we include in our “Kolbo” page of quirky news. As Jonathan says, a “curiosity.”

Sorry for the mischaracterization.

]]> By: Amy http://njjewishnews.com/justASC/2008/08/14/wheres-the-beef/comment-page-1/#comment-4170 Amy Fri, 15 Aug 2008 13:28:57 +0000 http://njjewishnews.com/justASC/2008/08/14/wheres-the-beef/#comment-4170 It's ridiculous. There are wars going on in like 5 countries now? Don't people have enough to be upset about? It’s ridiculous. There are wars going on in like 5 countries now? Don’t people have enough to be upset about?

]]> By: Jonathan Tobin http://njjewishnews.com/justASC/2008/08/14/wheres-the-beef/comment-page-1/#comment-4147 Jonathan Tobin Fri, 15 Aug 2008 02:07:49 +0000 http://njjewishnews.com/justASC/2008/08/14/wheres-the-beef/#comment-4147 Andy: The fact that a non-kosher fast-food chain is a using a Jewish facility is, at the very least, a curiosity. Personally, I don't think it's much of a scandal. But even if we are to assume that no one is upset by either the kashrut issue or the ethical aspect (at least in the view of some people) of letting a business that sells unhealthy food and which targets children use a Jewish facility, it is the sort of thing that would rate a mention in the news briefs. But I know that it would be difficult for your paper -- or mine -- to report even in the most dispassionate manner -- about an issue that concerns our publishers and which might -- at least in some eyes -- embarrass them. Andy:

The fact that a non-kosher fast-food chain is a using a Jewish facility is, at the very least, a curiosity. Personally, I don’t think it’s much of a scandal. But even if we are to assume that no one is upset by either the kashrut issue or the ethical aspect (at least in the view of some people) of letting a business that sells unhealthy food and which targets children use a Jewish facility, it is the sort of thing that would rate a mention in the news briefs.

But I know that it would be difficult for your paper — or mine — to report even in the most dispassionate manner — about an issue that concerns our publishers and which might — at least in some eyes — embarrass them.

]]> By: Derek Fields http://njjewishnews.com/justASC/2008/08/14/wheres-the-beef/comment-page-1/#comment-4126 Derek Fields Thu, 14 Aug 2008 20:11:13 +0000 http://njjewishnews.com/justASC/2008/08/14/wheres-the-beef/#comment-4126 I agree with you and Lori. Unless there is someone who is outraged by this prior to a story being written about it, this is a non-story. In fact, I will go a step further and say that your fellow journalist should be ashamed of trying to create a problem just so that a story can be written about it. The press (not you of course!) seem to have lost perspective on the difference between reporting the news and making the news. I agree with you and Lori. Unless there is someone who is outraged by this prior to a story being written about it, this is a non-story. In fact, I will go a step further and say that your fellow journalist should be ashamed of trying to create a problem just so that a story can be written about it. The press (not you of course!) seem to have lost perspective on the difference between reporting the news and making the news.

]]> By: Lori Brauner http://njjewishnews.com/justASC/2008/08/14/wheres-the-beef/comment-page-1/#comment-4116 Lori Brauner Thu, 14 Aug 2008 17:46:18 +0000 http://njjewishnews.com/justASC/2008/08/14/wheres-the-beef/#comment-4116 I agree with the latter... it benefits UJA in the long run and is a minor inconvenience. But the campus should absolutely clarify and spell out for its employees what its kosher policy is once and for all -- and how kashrut comes into play when UJA events are held in the atrium, etc. (that could be a story in itself!) I agree with the latter… it benefits UJA in the long run and is a minor inconvenience.

But the campus should absolutely clarify and spell out for its employees what its kosher policy is once and for all — and how kashrut comes into play when UJA events are held in the atrium, etc. (that could be a story in itself!)

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