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ZipUSA: Iowa Kosher
JUNE 2005
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In Learn More the National Geographic magazine team shares some of its best sources and other information to expand your knowledge of our featured subjects. Special thanks to the Research Division.
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 Did You Know?
"Remember the day of Shabbat, to keep it holy. Pursue all your labor for six days, and do all your Melachah. But the seventh day is Shabbat…. On it you may do no Melachah." On the Jewish Sabbath, or Shabbat—from sundown on Friday to sundown on Saturday—the Torah prohibits any melachah, which usually translates as "work." But the 39 categories of forbidden acts of melachah are so much more than the "work" we think of in the English definition. They generally refer to any act that is creative or demonstrates control over one's environment, and includes transporting anything outside the house (carrying), flipping on a light (burning), or boiling water (cooking). It also includes less obvious acts like picking a flower (reaping), tearing toilet paper (tearing), or applying lipstick (dyeing). In refraining from the 39 acts of melachah, according to the Orthodox Union, "Our purpose in this is to express our belief and to testify that God is the Creator of the universe, and is the source, on an ongoing basis, of all creative forces within it." Visit this organization's website at www.ou.org/chagim/shabbat/overview.htm to learn more about the Jewish Sabbath.
—Mary Jennings
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Related Links
City of Postville
www.postville.govoffice.com
Get news and information on upcoming events, including the city's biggest celebration, "A Taste of Postville."
Hasidism Q&A
www.pinenet.com/~rooster/hasid1.html
According to this site's author, a rabbi and Hasidic Jew, this site is "a set of basic Judaism 101-level questions written in a way that is understandable to the average non-Hasidic reader." The author gives detailed answers to often-asked questions and lists links for other informative websites on Judaism.
Judaism 101
www.jewfaq.org
An encyclopedia of all things Jewish: customs, practices, beliefs, and more. Good explanations of the differences between Orthodox, Conservative, and Reform Judaism.
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Bibliography
Cooperman, Alan. "USDA Investigating Kosher Meat Plant." Washington Post, December 31, 2004.
Bloom, Stephen G. Postville: A Clash of Cultures in Heartland America. Harcourt, Inc., 2000.
Heilman, Samuel C. Defenders of the Faith: Inside Ultra-Orthodox Jewry. University of California Press, 2000.
McNeil, Donald G., Jr. "Videos Cited in Calling Kosher Slaughterhouse Inhumane." New York Times, December 1, 2004.
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NGS Resources
Leacock, Elspeth. The Midwest. National Geographic Books, 2002.
Hoffman, Hillel J. "ZipUSA: Ames, Iowa." National Geographic (June 2002), 130-4.
Dunn, Jerry Camarillo, Jr. "Rolling Road Trip: Carnival on Wheels Crosses Iowa by Bike." National Geographic World (July 1998), 24-7.
Lied, Kate. Potato: A Tale from the Great Depression. National Geographic Books, 1997.
Bryson, Bill. "Des Moines, Iowa: Riding Out the Worst of Times." National Geographic (January 1994), 82-7.
Mairson, Alan. "The Great Flood of '93." National Geographic (January 1994), 42-81.
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