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The "Kosher Nostra Scam" on the American Consumer

by
Ernesto Cienfuegos
La Voz de Aztlan

Los Angeles, Alta California - 4/27/2002 - (ACN) La
Voz de Aztlan receives quite a few "news tips" per
week from our many subscribers and readers. Some we
dismiss immediately but a very few catch our attention.
Last week we receive an e-mail asking us if we knew
the significance of the small encircled letter "U" or
letter "K" that can be found printed on many food cans,
food packages and on other kitchen products. The
message gave us some clues and suggested that we do
some research into the subject. What we found
certainly was "news" to us and it both shocked and
angered us.

On arriving at my residence, I immediately went to the
pantry to verify that what I had just learned was
actually true. Sure enough, most of the packaged and
canned foods from major companies, like Proctor &
Gamble and others, did have the (U), the (K) or other
similar markings. The Arrowhead water bottle, the
instant Folgers Coffee, the Kelloggs box, the Jiff
Peanut Butter, the Pepper container, the Trader Joe's
tea box and even the Glads plastic sandwich bags
carton had the (U) or (K) mark on them.

We needed a little more verification so we called two
major companies to asked some questions. We chose
Proctor & Gamble that markets the Folgers Coffee and
the Clorox Company that manufactures the Glads plastic
zip lock sandwich bags. Each of the two companies, as
well as most others, have 1-800 telephone numbers
printed on their packages for consumers to call in
case they have any questions about their products.
When we asked the Proctor & Gamble representative what
the (U) meant on their Folgers Coffee container, she
asked us to wait until she consulted with her
supervisor. She came back and informed us that the
mark meant that the coffee was " certified kosher". We
than asked her how and who certified the coffee to be
"kosher" and whether it cost any money to do so. She
refused to answer these and other questions. She
suggested that we write to their Corporate Public
Affairs Department. We than called the Clorox
Corporation to ask what the (U) meant on the package
of their Glads plastic sandwich bags and she also said
that the (U) meant that the plastic bags were "kosher"
but refused to answer questions concerning payments
the Clorox Corporation has to make in order to be able
to print the (U) on their products.

What we learned next, pretty much floored me
personally. I learned that major food companies
throughout America actually pay a Jewish Tax amounting
to hundreds of million of dollars per year in order to
receive protection. This hidden tax gets passed, of
course, to all non-Jewish consumers of the products.
The scam is to coerce the companies to pay up or
suffer the consequences of a Jewish boycott. Jewish
consumers have learned not to buy any kitchen product
that does not have the (U) the (K) and other similar
markings.

Another shocker was learning who is actually behind
these sophisticated "Kosher Nostra Scams." It turns
out that the perpetrators of these elaborate extortion
schemes are actually Rabbinical Councils that are set
up, not just in the U.S. but in other western
countries as well. For example, the largest payola
operation in the U.S. is run by those who license the
(U) symbol. The (U) symbol provides protection for
many products sold here in Aztlan and in the United
States. This symbol is managed by the The Union of
Orthodox Jewish Congregations with headquarters at 333
Seventh Avenue in New York City.

The scam works like a well oiled machine and is now
generating vast amounts of funds, some of which are
being utilized by the Union of Orthodox Rabbis to
support the Ariel Sharon Zionist government in Israel.
The website of the Union of Orthodox Jewish
Congregations is full of pro-Israel and
anti-Palestinian propaganda.

The "Kosher Nostra" protection racket starts when an
Orthodox Rabbi approaches a company to warn the owners
that unless their product is certified as kosher, or
"fit for a Jew to eat", they will face a boycott by
every Jew in America. Most, if not all of the food
companies, succumb to the blackmail because of fear of
the Jewish dominated media and a boycott that may
eventually culminate in bankruptcy. Also, the food
companies know that the cost can be passed on to the
consumer anyway. The food companies have kept secret
from the general consumer the meaning of the (U) and
the amount of money they have to pay the Jewish Rabbis.

It is estimated that the Union of Orthodox Jewish
Congregations, which manages the (U) symbol protection
racket, controls about 85% of the "Kosher Nostra "
certification business. They now employ about 1200
Rabbi agents that are spread through out the U.S. Food
companies must first pay an exorbitant application fee
and than a large annual fee for the use of the (U)
copyright symbol. Secondly, the companies must pay
separate fees each time a team of Rabbis shows up to
"inspect" the company's operations. Certain food
companies are required to hire Rabbis full time at
very lucrative salaries.

The amount of money that the non-Jewish consumer has
paid the food companies to make up for the hidden
Jewish Tax is unknown, but it is estimated to be in
the billions since the scam first started. The
Orthodox Jewish Councils as well as the food companies
keep the amount of the fees very secret. The Jewish
owned Wall Street Journal wrote about the problem many
years ago, but they have stopped writing about it now.

Only public awareness concerning the "Kosher Nostra
Scam" will eventually help stop this swindle of the
American consumer. Public education of the scam may
lead to an eventual non-Jewish boycott of all products
with the (U), (K) or other Jewish protection symbols.
I certainly do not need to pay extra for "kosher water",
"kosher coffee" or "kosher plastic sandwich bags". In
fact, I demand my money back for all the money I had
to pay over the years for the hidden and illegal
Jewish Tax. Are there any bright attorneys out there
that could bring a class action suit against the Union
of Orthodox Jewish Congregations on behalf of the
citizens of Aztlan and other non-Jewish people?

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