Animal-Rights Groups Are Targeting a Jew

Animal-Rights Groups Are Targeting a Jewish Ritual on Yom Kippur

The Atlantic

October 11, 2016

Chabad Jewish Synagogue Press Release Press Releases Synagogue Victory Yom Kippur

This year, the ritual was set to take place on Monday, before the start of Yom Kippur on Tuesday night. But last Friday, a district-court judge in California issued a temporary restraining order forbidding the Chabad of Irvine, an Orthodox Jewish organization, from killing any chickens until a hearing could be held.

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