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Episode description: In 1988, Aaron Rubashkin, a New York entrepreneur and Hasidic Jew, bought an abandoned meatpacking plant in Postville, IA (pop. 1,500) and reopened it as a kosher slaughterhouse. Trained rabbis were hired to oversee the koshering process, attracting Hispanic and Eastern European workers. [cc]

Rating: [TV-PG] (Parental Guidance Suggested)

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First aired: Thursday, June 28, 2001 (excluding any air dates prior to June 1999)

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