The seaboard region of the United Synagogue of America has announced it is requesting kosher caterers in the Washington and Baltimore areas to refrain from using grapes and lettuce not produced by the United Farm Workers.
A letter from David Gorin; the region’s executive director, recalled that the Washington Board of Rabbis and the region’s board of directors had adopted on June 9 a resolution asking their members “not to buy, sell or use non-United Farm Workers Union grapes or lettuce in the preparation of meals.” The region’s goal is that the produce of oppression, be eliminated from menus at Conservative synagogues, the announcement said.
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