The pre-Yom Kippur Jewish tradition of "transferring" your sins to a live chicken by swinging it over your head is called kaporos. It's a barbaric and disgusting tradition that kills thousands of chickens in the streets of Crown Heights. You'll find people saying if you oppose the tradition you're anti-Semitic or you're doing the same thing to the Jewish community that Russia or Germany did by callnig for an end to the tradition.