Empire Kosher Poultry Inc. fired its chief executive officer allegedly after the aborted acquisition of another kosher poultry firm. Greg Rosenbaum learned Oct. 10 that he was out at Empire, the leading supplier of kosher poultry in the United States, the Washington Jewish Week reported Wednesday. The company, based in Mifflintown, Pa., went from near collapse to prosperity and expansion about a year after Rosenbaum arrived there in 2006, the newspaper reported. Rosenbaum told the newspaper that he was fired …More

Still no definitive word on the story behind the story of Steven Schwager's abrupt resignation as CEO of one of American Jewry's largest charities, the $362-million-per-year American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC). But there are some hints. Last Friday, the JDC announced that Schwager, the 10-year CEO of the organization, would be resigning effective June 30. With just six weeks' notice, the JDC probably will have to appoint an interim CEO until a new one is selected, complicating the transition …More