
On September 21, the Hasidic Jewish community of Crown Heights celebrated Kaporos, a ritual for which they ordered 50,000 chickens to be slaughtered. They believe they are transferring their sins to the chicken and giving it as an offering to God before Yom Kippur, the holiest of days on the Jewish calendar. Meanwhile, animal rights protesters call it plain cruelty / WARNING: contains graphic content / Leggi in italiano
Riots break out in Baltimore fueled by decades of economic violence and police brutality. Freddie Gray dies mysteriously after his arrest by six police officers. Nobody talks about peaceful protests, but cities continue regardless. In New York City the NYPD arrested 143 protesters (Leggi in italiano)
During the mass protest against the decision of the grand jury on Eric Garner's case, last Wednesday the NYPD arrested hundreds of protesters. A night waiting for their release with the volunteers of legal support and a group of Jewish activists becomes an opportunity for discussion and exchange (Leggi in italiano)