Monday, October 13, 2008


Rabbi Alleges PETA Threat Over Chicken Ritual New York City police are investigating a rabbi's complaint that threatening e-mails were sent in connection with the slaughter of chickens to atone for sins before Yom Kippur, the Jewish Day of Atonement. Rabbi Shea Hecht of the National Committee for Furtherance of Jewish Education says the e-mails were sent by supporters of a People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals campaign opposing the ritual, known as kapparot. He says some people added threatening and anti-Semitic comments to an online PETA form letter. The Brooklyn-based Jewish organization slaughters about 4,000 chickens. A PETA spokesman says the ritual is abusive and unnecessary.

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