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This is "unlikely to be the type of warfare which ends."
July 17, 2015
An Animal-Rights Group Is Suing to Prevent Jewish Ritual Slaughter
It wants to stop ultra-Orthodox Jews from slaughtering chickens.
An animal-rights group has filed suit against four rabbis, several ḥasidic congregations, and the city of New York to stop ultra-Orthodox Jews from performing the pre-Yom Kippur ritual of kapparot, in which a chicken is ritually slaughtered and then donated to a poor family for consumption. The plaintiffs allege that the ritual involves cruelty to animals and constitutes a public-health hazard. Wesley Smith addresses the constitutional questions the suit raises:
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An Animal-Rights Group Is Suing to Prevent Jewish Ritual Slaughter
It wants to stop ultra-Orthodox Jews from slaughtering chickens.