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Contested rituals : circumcision, kosher butchering, and Jewish political life in Germany, 1843-1933 / Robin Judd.
LIBRA DS134.25 .J83 2007
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Judd, Robin.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Jews--Germany--History--1800-1933.
- Jews.
- Judaism.
- Germany.
- History.
- Judaism--Germany--Customs and practices.
- Circumcision--Religious aspects--Judaism.
- Circumcision.
- Shehitah.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 283 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2007.
- Contents:
- Introduction : Rituals, identities, and politics
- The circumcision questions in the German-speaking lands, 1843-1857
- German unification, emancipation, and the "ritual questions"
- The radicalization of the ritual questions, 1880-1916
- "The disgrace of our century!" : circumcision, kosher butchering, and modern German politics
- The Schächtfragen and Jewish political behavior
- A "renaissance" for the ritual questions? : the ritual debates of the Weimar Republic.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-274) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780801445453
- 0801445450
- OCLC:
- 86038401
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