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Crown Heights, NY - Rabbi Shea Hecht: PETA Has Instigated Anti-Semitism Around The Globe Over 'Kapporos' Ritual Ban

Oct 06, 2008 at 06:54 PM

Crown Heights, NY - The battle lines are being drawn between The People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) organization and the National Committee for Furtherance of Jewish Education (NCFJE) with the advent of the season of Kapparot, the ancient Jewish rite of slaughtering chickens to atone for one's sins before the holiday of Yom Kippur. PETA zeroed in for the second year in a row on...

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