The wife of Sholom Rubashkin says she will leave Postville to be closer her husband, after he is formally sentenced tomorrow.
Leah Rubashkin said she and other family members will relocate to the New York area, assuming that her husband is sent to one of the two federal prisons his lawyers have requested to meet his religious needs.
Rubashkin will receive a 27-year prison term in federal court tomorrow.
“Obviously, we are all very disappointed by today’s ruling,” Leah Rubashkin said in a conference call with reporters. “We feel that is excessive. We feel that is a life sentence to Sholom, myself, and our 10 children. We feel he’s been targeted.”
Defense lawyers said they will ask that Rubashkin go to the Otisville Federal Correctional Facility in New York state, or the federal prison in Fort Dix, New Jersey.
Both are minimum-security prisons that can accommodate Rubashkin’s needs as a Chabad Lubavitch Jew, defense lawyers said.
The plant stumbled into bankruptcy after a massive May 2008 immigration raid. A closer inspection of financial records after the bust exposed a scheme to mislead the plant’s lenders to obtain larger advances on a loan.
this is crazy he should be freeeeeeeeeeeeee!1111111111
moshiach is gonna help and bring sholom out of jail speedily just like hashem is going to come speeediyly with hashems help everything is going to be okay and he will g-d willing come out of jail before the 27 years have passed
AD MOSAI
MOSHIACH HELP
MOSHIACH NOW!!!!!!!!
The extreme long sentencing will bring about an extreme short sentencing once this is appealed iyh.
Hashem will make a miracle. I promise. Hashem for the sake of my promise PLEASE!!!! REDEEM HIM!!!!
leah, why think of moving to be near your husband?? think of staying in iowa or moving to be WITH your husband… im”yh he will be free from nitzachon to nitzachon…
just reading the outpouring of ahavas yisroel and caring in these comments almost make me cry. In the zchus of this ahavas yisroel may we see yeshuos k’heref ayin. And may this spirit of ahavas yisroel continue in every facet of our lives and in regards to all our issues and situations and THEN we will surely merit the hisgalus of melech hamoshiach b’tov hanira v’hanigla. amen
may rubaskin go il with the comeing of moshiach to day
27 years in prison dosent make sense for a 50 year old who did not do this all on purpose. It just dosent make sense and thats because we leave in Golus. I am just keep on thinking positive that something good will happen and we will IY”H see a miracle that he will be let home. even killers dont get 27 years. this just dosent make sense ans is not fair, like his lawyer said. Also, comment #4 is true so that should also keep us strong about this.
Let’s pray harder and bring the ultimate Geulah!
HE SHOULD NOT EVEN HAVE TO GO TO ANOTHER PRISON, HE SHOULD GET OUT OF PRISON NOW AND FOREVER!!
Why isnt the House of Representatives or the Senate calling a hearing to look into the abusive and anti semitic prosecution of this trial…the whole thing was a massive set up from the very begginning…..dirty money must have traded hands between Peta, Unions, Iowa politicians, etc….where is the outcry amongst our Congressman who seem to comment and make special hearings on everything under the sun….so why not make a hearing on this well….where are Senators Lieberman, Schmuer, Brown, etc why is there no public outcry at the top……
hashem give a miracle!
yeshas hashem keheref ayin didan netzach
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Leah – you have always been such an inspiration to me – & now – more then ever b4!!!! How you & SM were able to bring up such AMAZING children who share your bitachon is unreal!!!! I loved Getzy’s talk last night & especially the way he showed us vi tzu leben mit der tzei – where our parsha shows us clearly – zi vet nor kenen zogen vos Hashem leigt in de moil! Hashem – let’s see nisim giluyim – not tomorrow – TODAY!!!!!!!
I agree this is an outrageous sentence for the crimes committed.
I feel sorry for the Rubashkin children who will be uprooted and without a Father.
Leah, I don’t know you personally but I feel that I’ve gotten to know you. You are the epitome of an eishis chayil. We, all of klal yisroel are with you and Sholom. The Eibishter firht der velt and we are all davening until the tefillos will blast sha’arei shamayim.
We all await a complete yeshuah and vindication for Sholom, you and the family.
The greater the travesty the greater the hope of reversal on appeal. I am so blown away with the outpouring of chessed, ahavah and pidyon shvuiim efforts coming from the Chassidishe and Litvishe communities, we can all take a page out of their book how true ahavas yisroel should be. Leah, Getzy and family….know you are the the true shluchim of the Aibeshter. It is obvious there is something much bigger going on here in the big picture, and in the zechus of your leadership of emunah and bitachon we will be zocheh to the real geulah sheleimah together with… Read more »
MOSHIACH NOW!!
YESHUAT H” K”HEREF AYIN.
Hashem please help. in the last minutes before the judge comes out everyone scream out to the eibester to save Sholom Mordechai halevi ben Rivkah. What a special man, who bought klal yisroel together.
The federal court sentenced Sholom Rubashkin on Monday to 27 years in prison for his bank fraud conviction, which is greater than the amended recommendations from prosecutors, and is inconsistent with calls from throughout the legal community for him to be sentenced in a manner similar to other men and women convicted of white-collar crimes. Show your support for Sholom Rubashkin by telling the Justice Department: “This sentence is unfair. This sentence is excessive. This sentence is not in the public’s interest.” Read the coverage in JTA: http://bit.ly/97fJqa. Read the coverage in the New York Jewish Week: http://bit.ly/bJrghC. “The way… Read more »
IT DOESN’T HAPPEN.
THIS IS THE TIME, MOSHIACH IS KNOKING THE DOOR.
this is a disgrace to the american government!
i hope they realsie their mistake before its too late….
There will be a yom tov coming, and like Mordechai and Esther, you and SM are going to be the Heros!! Our Tatteh witnessed achdus like this from us, in such an incredible manner last night. Sha’arei shomayim, and even the malochim are clamoring the Kisei Hakovod!!!
its not the end
his lawyers have one year to ask for reconsideration
and the appeals have relativelly fair chance
Leah we all love you! Don’t give up hope…yeshuas Hashem keheref ayin! We are with you all the way, and davening hard. Der Aibishter zol eich bentchen mit a gantze yeshua.
When you reappeal, ask for IMMEDIATE release, not a year, not another minute chas veshalom! Ask your lawyer to go lechatchila ariber, not to be apologetic…you have suffered too much, genug shoin..
With love, Leah N
I am writing from Australia…. I am married to Leah’s sister..we are totally devastated ..what sort of justice system is there in America…..how can they justify 27 years in prison……it is a life sentence..for him and Leah….how they will cope long term is something I can’t contemplate
There are no comments for blatant anti semiticism. We are all responsible not to sit back and cry but to make a national and international outrage on behalf of our brother’s blood.
Amen!
SIMCHA PORETZ GEDER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This is a life sentence and so unfair! Killers get less than this! MOSHIACH NOW!!!
a miracle will come
HASHEM PLEASE A MIRACLE !!! YOU CAN DO IT YOU’VE PROVEN US MANY TIMES BEFORE
Just remember that this week is Yud Bais/ Yud Gimmel Tammuz when the Frierdiker Rebbe was given a Geulah (not only from his sentence of death changed to galus in Kostrama on Gimmel Tammuz) and through nissim was released from his sentence. In this Z’chus, the Chosid, SM Rubashkin, should also have a Geulah Shelaimah!
Hashem can change things in seconds and thats what is happening in a few hours when the sentance is going to be said and Sholom mordechai halevi will walk out with you of that court room for life!! Hashem Can do lets just believe in it!!! Moshiach Now!!
As the tears roll down my cheeks all i can say and ask is AD MASAI!?!?!
hatzlacha leah may he have a personal geula tommorrow