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Article: United Poultry Concerns Urges Compassionate Kapparot Ceremonies
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- U.S. Newswire
- Article date:
- October 2, 2008
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To: RELIGION EDITORS
Contact: Karen Davis of United Poultry Concerns, +1-757-678-
7875, karen@upc-online.org
Were not asking thatKapparotbe abandoned; just the use of
chickens. - UPC president Karen Davis, quoted in
QuestioningKapparot,Bnai Brith Magazine, Fall 2008
MACHIPONGO, Va., Oct. 2 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- United Poultry
Concerns (UPC) is urging members of the Jewish community who observe
the ritual of atonement known as Kapparotto use money instead of
chickens. Were asking people to contact their rabbis and write
letters to Jewish newspapers urging them to examine Kapparotfrom the
standpoint of Jewish teachings of kindness and compassion to
animals.
Kapparot(atonements) is a ...