Tucson rabbis yesterday released a statement urging all Tucson Jews to support Cesar Chavez’s Farmworkers’ Union by boycotting non-union lettuce. The rabbis commended the union, which they said has avoided violence despite harassment and provocation. in their statement, the rabbis quoted the prophet Isaiah, who spoke in defense of poor Jewish farmworkers. The rabbis also cited a statement by Rabbi Haskell Lookstein, a New York Orthodox rabbi, who last year declared non-union lettuce non-kosher because it was picked by exploited labor.
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