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Gaydamak acquires non-kosher supermarket chain
Ofer Petersburg
Published: 10.06.07, 08:43
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31. You want to eat pig or other drek then go to Europe
Steve ,   USA   (06.10.07)
32. Gaydamak + Lieberman = winning combination!
Frank ,   USA   (06.10.07)
Thank G-d for the emigrants from the USSR.
33. #29
mark ,   ca   (06.10.07)
What it have to do with Jewish heritage? So if I'm not eating kosher, I'm not a Jew ? I bet most of the food on Gaydamak's table have foreign origin . For your info, I give money twice a year to Chabad in LA. They (chabad)help Jews and non- Jews alike. Nothing to do with religion.
34. You guys have no idea what democracy is...
Moshe Choueka ,   Cleveland OH, US   (06.10.07)
You guys in Israel have no idea what democracy is... Demodracy means that if peaple love non Kosher then there's no need to shout. He will see that the store is loosing custumers. If he feels it's a good bussines move to do it then let time tell if he's right or not. Democracy means he could do what ever he wants with his money, and who ever shouts is himself a totalitarist...
35. Tiv Tam going kosher...
roxy ,   israel   (06.10.07)
Say it ain't so joe!!!! Guess another place where I will not shop anymore. What happened to the rights of people in this country to chose what foods they eat? Guess alot of the regulars will stop shopping there and will return to the smaller russian supermarkets for non kosher food items! It is a shame we loved to shop at Tiv Tam for shrimps.
36. Gaydamak Dictator?
Ronald ,   United States/Israel   (06.10.07)
What are all of people talking about. He made his money the same way everyone else made there money. Connections!!! Now, He is trying to make money by investments and everyone is complaining. You should thank him for investing inside of Israel and not somewhere else. He is helping the economy, He is one of the reasons why ISRAEL has become a Economic SuperPower without any NATURAL RESOURCES. So, stop hating and get your but's off your seat and try to make more money to help ISRAEL. He is not hurting Israel in any way he is just helping. This is the reason why there is so much money revolving in Israel. Be happy!!!!! He is trying to HELP.
37. the Israeli public doesn't get it..
Moshe Choueka ,   Cleveland OH, US   (06.10.07)
Some one just wrote: "What happened to the rights of people in this country to chose what foods they eat".Does that make any logic? you have a right to eat what ever you want, the same way he has a right to sell what ever he wants, the same way you have a right to boycot going to his store! This is real demoracy at work...
38. To #29
Moshe Choueka ,   Cleveland US   (06.10.07)
A soldier who escapes his job and roll , is still a "soldier", but what a soldier.....
39. Good for Gaydamak!
Avraham ,   Netivot   (06.10.07)
All treif meat should be banned in Israel. If you want to buy treif meat, go to Europe! May his business prosper.
40. Nobody is telling you what to eat or not to eat!
Chaya ,   Bat Yam, Israel   (06.10.07)
So you might have to go out of your way to buy your seafood! Boy, do I feel sorry for you! Try finding pork in a Muslim country!
41. He only said unkosher MEAT, not hundreds of other products
Donna ,   Netanya   (06.10.07)
If he removes the unkosher products (and I am not talking about unkosher meat, but all the products that are simply not marked kosher) he will lose his client base and Tiv Tam will will fail. However, it only says he will stop selling unkosher MEAT. Hundreds of other products in the store (packaged) are not kosher and if he keeps them, the religious will not go within a mile of it. I expect this is what will happen. This is what its current customers expect of the store. I exercise my right to by my Coleman British unkosher sauces (which contain no trief but have no kosher mark , which is a bloody joke anyway). You have no right to tell me what I can or cannot buy IF you wish to live in a free and open society. If you believe the Jews are a race, then I am a Jew, and buying my Alfredo sauce doesn't change that. Yes Steve, I agree, another chain will pop up, and Ellen absolutely, people will stock it elsewhere.
42. #32 - Your comment from a safe distance
Israeli ,   Israel   (06.10.07)
You seriously need to come here to live, to experience what damage recent immigration waves from the former USSR has done. Tiv Ta'am is primarily successful not because it offers freedom of choice and Saturday convenience, but rather it is a symptom of many Israel-hating residents spitting in our faces.
43. #30
(06.10.07)
That's the biggest bunch of bull. You're no more likely to contract diseases from pork or shellfish than you are from a lot of other foods, some of them kosher like poultry and eggs. So, if you don't want to eat certain foods for religious reasons, that's your business. But don't try to rationalize your choice based on any sort of science, but it just isn't valid.
44. No. 30 & 31
NYC Girl   (06.10.07)
I don't know what makes you such experts, but the reality is that pork is no more crap than eating any other dead animal.
45. YOU UNGRATEFUL IDIOTS ON HERE!
Uri ,   Tel Aviv, Israel   (06.10.07)
Instead of thanking him for what he's doing, you idiots bash him? Our strong belief in Judaism is what got us Israel back! Everyday we are becoming more secular! We have gay parades in holy Jerusalem, we have whorehouses, we have hardcore drug addicts who cant get help...everyday we are getting farther from Judiasm, and Gaydamak is not perfect, but dont bash him! And we wonder why so many Jews marry outside of their religion and we wonder why so many Jews dont even follow Judiasm anymore. Ya keep bashing him in front of your kids for wanting to sell Kosher only products...thats real smart!
46. Kol ha-Kavod! Well done!
Anders ,   Täby, Sthlm, Sweden   (06.10.07)
47. to dear philanthropist in cali #33
ann ,   israel   (06.10.07)
well good for you that you give to chabad, i'm sure that makes you feel like you've done your good deed for the year. stop being so defensive. you eat treif and you're still a jew . are you happy now? everyone has a choice to do what they want, and you've made your choice. but i'm sure you're quite aware that is not exactly what the big guy upstairs would prefer your choice to be. but that is totally off the topic. as is your entire talkback actually. and as a side note, chabad helps everyone , very nice, but do not delude yourself into thinking "nothing to do with religion". the whole point of chabad is bringing jews back into the fold. tiye barie bro. (be healthy)
48. to #38
ann ,   israel   (06.10.07)
what ?
49. Destroying democracy? who are you kidding.
elchonon ,   jerusalem   (06.10.07)
Its called a free market! THAT is democracy, the guy has the right to do whatevber he wants with the stores he purchased... Your vision of democracy is demented, you expect the government to force the guy to keep selling pig ? thats democracy? In a open and democratic society, when one is not happy with the outcome of something.. your free to open your own supermarket.. It is you leftists who are so used to controling things, that are the oppresive totalitarian society.
50. Olmert and Beilin can order food from EU
Emmy ,   Tel Aviv   (06.10.07)
But simple folks like regular Jews will have to eat non-pork. I claim that this place will be the biggest super in Israel. The reason in my next message.
51. #47
mark ,   ca   (06.11.07)
What good I did in my life is none of your concern. Jews have to eat kosher food.How do you or enyone else knows? God told that to Moses?I don't think so. By the way,my Hebrew is way better than yours:-) sis (God forbid).And maybe it is not a "big guy". Maybe it is a "big girl"??
52. #45
mark ,   ca   (06.11.07)
I would like to agree with 80% of your post.Exept, first,Mostly Zionism got Us Israel back.Second,you don't call posters,who do not agree with you,idiots.Maybe it's better for you to look in the mirror.
53. #48
mark ,   ca   (06.11.07)
You can't be my sis.Your IQ is very low:-)
54. Baruch Hashem!
Mush DeLeon ,   Austin, Texas   (06.11.07)
And if you don't like it - move out of Irael - it's the JEWISH country and JEWS keep kosher!
55. very good, I got food poisoning from the chicken once
tal ,   UK   (06.11.07)
before I kept kosher
56. That's funny....
Sol ,   Sydney   (06.11.07)
he don't look Jewish...
57. fine, I will just start shopping at russian meat markets
Don   (06.11.07)
58. #18, jews and moslems aren't the only citizens of Israel
Don   (06.11.07)
59. Undemocratic?
Blue Pinky ,   NYC   (06.11.07)
Oh please, cry me a river. This is democracy in action. A man buys a chain of stores, it's his to do with as he sees fit. If you think that it's a good idea to open a trief chain of stores, by all means, try your luck. That's how capatilism works and there's absolutely nothing undemocratic about it. On the contrary.
60. Totalitarianism? LOL!!! He's a businesman, people...
Shuki   (06.11.07)
If you don't like it, shop elsewhere, speak up, whatever -- but don't claim that this violates your rights... It does no such thing. If sales drop, he may reconsider. If he can afford not to care, good for him. He's a private businessman and can do whatever he wants. You're free to shop elsewhere or open your own store. Some would sense a market opportunity here...
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