(Videos below of Yaakov Shwekey, Rabbi Pinchos Lipschutz, and Mrs. Leah Rubashkin, all speaking at press conference)
An unprecedented music video entitled “Unity For Justice” featuring thirty nine Jewish music superstars made its worldwide debut at a press conference held this Thursday afternoon at the Jewish Children’s Museum in Crown Heights. Recorded to raise awareness and bring about justice for Sholom Mordechai Rubashkin, this eagerly anticipated video features a star studded international lineup of Jewish music’s top voices in addition to both an adult and children’s choir singing Mordechai Ben David’s hit song Unity. Rubashkin, the former manager of the Postville Iowa Agriprocessors kosher meat packing plant, received an unusually harsh sentence of fifty one years in prison after being convicted of bank fraud and related charges following a federal raid on the Postville Agriprocessors plant in May 2008.
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Unity For Justice, the brainchild of Danny Finkelman and underwritten by Trapcall.com of TELTECH Corporation, created an unparalleled opportunity for the biggest names in Jewish music including Mordechai Ben David, Avraham Fried, Lipa Schmeltzer, Yaakov Shwekey, Benny Friedman, Dovid Gabay, Yehuda Green, Gad Elbaz, Ken Burges and dozens of others to literally raise their voices together in unity to show support for Shalom Mordechai Rubashkin and to protest the injustice that has been perpetrated in his case. Recorded and filmed in both the United States and in Israel, Unity For Justice is a dazzling visual and musical production, featuring a dizzying array of global talent from both the religious and secular Jewish communities all uniting as one to create a video that will uplift and inspire while raising awareness for Sholom Mordechai Rubashkin.
Mrs. Leah Rubashkin was on hand at the press conference to issue an official statement from the Rubashkin family in addition to detailing new developments in the Rubashkin case.
(YWN Desk – NYC)
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it was actually 27 years in prison not 51, 51 is his age I think
Also is there somewhere to download this video? its great!!
absolutely stunning!
we are the world!
Very Nice! Who was the kid with the lovely voice? Anyone know?
May Hashem have Rachamim on all our brothers that are unjustly jailed (or kidnapped) around the world!
all i can say is wow….so beautiful
Participants: (In order of appearance)
Ken Burges, Dovid Gabay, Mendy Werdyger, Beri weber, Yeedle, Yossi
Green, Yehudah Green, MBD, Benny Friedman, Aaron Razel, Lipa, Boruch
Levine, Michoel Schnitzler, Shloime Taussig, Mendy Werzberger, Sruly
Werdyger, Bentzi Marcus, Yossi Goldstein, Avi and Yossi Piamenta,
Dovid Dachs, Shloime Gertner, Avrohom Fried, Yaakov Shwekey, Sparks
Choir,Y-love, Yanky Lemmer, Gad Elbaz, Shloime Dachs, Ohad, Shira
Choir, Describe, Yoni Zigelboum, Yitzchak Fuchs, Moshe Kravitsky, Avi
Begun, Rivi Schwebel, Ari Klein, Shua Kessin, Dovid Stein, Michoel
Pruzansky, C Lanzbom.
Written by MBD and Shea Mendelowitz
Additional lyrics by MBD and Moshe Kravitsky
Can someone explain to me: is this about that he is totally innocent and should be freed or that his sentence is excessive?
TO #4 THAT IS SHLOIME DACHS SON. HE HAS A BEAUTIFUL VOICE.
veryconfused: that he is totally innocent and should be freed.
THIS IS WHATS GOING TO BRING MASHIACH..ACHDUS…IT’S TRULY AMAZING TO SEE, THAT AFTER WE GET OVER OUR PETTY DIFFERENCES KLAL YISROEL IS TRULY AMAZING! WHAT OTHER NATION WOULD RALLY AROUND SOMEONE YOU NEVER MET?
Ben Torah: that is absurd.
everybody is requested to watch the videos on youtube so we can get as many views as possible in a short time. The sponsors would greatly appreciate it.
Are the words posted somewhere? The tune sounds very similar to an old MBD song.
This is a real production, its gorgeous.
The music arrangements is perfect.
Sound is perfect.
The singers are perfect.
Song is perfect.
I hope the appeal will be perfect.
kol Tov.
JJ
veryconfused: you may be very confused, but that is the 100% truth.
Ben Torah
Why lie now?
#8 bigaskan – thanks. Yes, I agree, WONDERFUL VOICE. I can’t wait to see what his future brings us.
Beautiful song! To watch it on u tube type-
UNITY Official Music Video (Sholom Rubashkin
Ben Torah: So the entire legal system is incorrect not just the judge. The jury was wrong in its decision as well. Now I understand. Thanks for explaining it.
veryconfused
How dare you, he gave Tzeddakah!
Ben Torah and WellInformedYid:
Read the article on YWN titled “Letter From Congressman Bill Delahunt to AG Holder Regarding Sholom Rubashkin”. No where does it say that he believes Rubashkin is innocent only that the sentence is unfair.