iPhone: Accepting Credit Cards with Smart Phones

For those of you that missed it, I recently started a blog on the credit card processing industry. This latest post deals with the latest  innovations that are being made allowing people to simply accept payments for their service or product via a smart phone (i.e. iPhone).

Shloime Gertner: Jewish Music Free Sampler

Shloime Gertner's new album is hitting stores soon with his new album "Say Assay" entitled  listen to a sample of this song entitled Ashrei Mi, composed by Pinky Weber.

Name Your Own Price? Insurance?

So we all know the concept of name you own price from Priceline.com. It looks like Progressive auto insurance has gotten on the same marketing bandwagon. I guess it's their way of haggling with you as to what the lowest price they will offer will be. It's a bit of a different model and I'm thinking it's simply a gimmick. Priceline doesn't own the hotels or car rentals places etc.. It simply makes deals with them and they tell Priceline what their bottom line price is and you get to bid against that and maybe get a great deal. Progressive is their own company so are they bidding against themselves?I smell a marketing ploy.

The Pope Visits The Shul

Pope Benedict traveled to Rome's synagogue in a historic visit where he asked for forgiveness for Christians and their antisemitism. The Popes visit was controversial based on the recent events of moving his predecessor Pius Xll closer to sainthood. Riccardo Pacifici, president of Rome’s Jewish community took a very hard line with the Pope and insisted that if the Vatican would open it's wartime archives historians could judge for themselves just how much Pop Pius really knew about the Nazis. The Vatican claimed it would do so, once the archives were cataloged but defended Pope Pius. the Vatican's stance is that Pope Pius  was afraid of backlash should he have publicly denounced the Nazis, instead opting to work behind the scenes to help the Jews.

Rubashkin: Denied Bail and Managers Plea Out

The latest news on Rubashkin is that slaughterhouse manager Sholom Rubashkin was denied bail on fraud charges. No reason for the decision was given but his attorney plans on repealing the judges ruling. Meanwhile former slaughterhouse manager Brent Beebe pleads guilty to document fraud:

Beebe admitted in his plea that he served as a middleman on a loan for more than $4,000 from former manager Sholom Rubashkin to about 19 illegal immigrant employees to pay for new fake documents.

Avraham Fried and Shwekey in Concert: Haazinu

JMR Blogger Awards: Votes are in! See Who Won...

JMR had contacted many Jewish Music bloggers for their feedback on the best in different categories for this years Jewish Music releases. Check out to see who won!

Kosher slaughterhouses in the News...

What is it with kosher slaughterhouses that they just can't seem to stay out of the news? The most recent being a Kosher slaughterhouse in New Square that allegedly was selling "dirty birds".


From the Daily News:


A federal judge closed a filthy Rocland County kosher slaughterhouse Tuesday, saying the plant's dirty birds posed a health risk to the community.Judge Stephen Robinson shuttered New Square Meats amid allegations the company dodged federal inspectors for years - and sold nearly 2 million uninspected birds to unsuspecting customers.