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'Animal Holocaust!': Protests Against Ritual Jewish Chicken Slaughter Get Ugly


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Nathan Tempey

Published Oct 11, 2016

Modified Mar 7, 2017


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Animal-rights protesters chant outside the family night kapparot ceremony at the Associated Beth Rivkah Schools on Sunday.
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Published Oct 11, 2016

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