Product Description: On November 30, 2004 the New York Times broke a story of what they called "grisly" animal abuse at the world's largest glatt kosher slaughterhouse, AgriProcessors Inc. The story, based on a disturbing undercover investigation, received wide coverage in the mainstream press and remains the largest scandal in the kosher meat industry in recent memory. For many in the Jewish community, the seriousness of these abuses and the failure of kosher authorities to denounce them have raised fundamental questions about the consumption of meat more generally. This video takes on those questions. Narrator Jonathan Safran Foer is the author of Everything is Illuminated, winner of the National Jewish Book Award for fiction, The Guardian First Book Award, and the basis for a feature film starring Elijah Wood. His second novel, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, has been hailed by Salman Rushdie as "ambitious, pyrotechnic, riddling, and above all... extremely moving;" Warner Brothers and Paramount have jointly acquired movie rights. His works have been translated into over 30 languages worldwide. He lives in Brooklyn, New York. Please visit HumaneKosher.com to download the video for free or purchase additional copies of this DVD. Additional information about Judaism and vegetarianism can be found at JewishVeg.com.
Foer is a hero Who knew that modern Kashrut was such a farce? THANK YOU, Jonathan, for opening so many peoples' eyes. (And WHY have so many people been so quiet until now about the horrific violations of what Jews have been instructed to hold so sacred?)
Go Vegetarian! This is such an eye-opening video, it really proves that animals are hideously abused in slaughterhouses--even kosher ones. I could not in good conscience support such cruelty to animals. That's why I eat a totally vegetarian diet. That way I know for sure that animals did not suffer and die on my behalf. Thanks to Mr. Foer for shedding light on the treatment of animals in kosher slaughterhouses.
Shocking! Essential Viewing This is by far the best video I've ever seen about the kosher meat industry! Jonathan Safran Foer's brilliant analysis about the scandal at the AgriProcessors kosher mega-slaughterhouse is a must see for anybody like me who cares about keeping kosher. Some of the undercover scenes were quite graphic but the most shocking things in my opinion were how the corrupt owners of the plant and the kosher certification reps tried to defend such flagrant abuse. Highly recommended!
An entertaining wake-up call Foer is so entertaining, while at the same time really making you think. It is great to see him talking about this issue that is so central to Judaism but doesn't seem to get much attention among Jews. I thought kosher meat was more humane, but to see that animals are beaten, starved, mutilated, and intensively confined while kosher authorities pay no heed, and even defend slaughterers who tear internal organs out of still conscious animals, makes me realize how wrong I was. This is a wake-up call. I highly recommend it.
Fantastic video--deeply moving. I am such a big fan of Jonathan Safran Foer, so it's not much of a surprise to find this amazing video by him. [...]
The DVD has a full length version and a bunch of extras, including b-roll interview footage of Mr. Foer, and a whole lot more.
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