Anti-shechita prosecutions in the Anglo-American world, 1855-1913 : "a major attack on Jewish freedoms..." / David Fraser.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fraser, David, 1953- author.

Series:

North American Jewish studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Shehitah--Case studies.

Shehitah.

Livestock--Stunning--Case studies.

Livestock.

Animal rights movement--Case studies.

Animal rights movement.

Meat industry and trade--Law and legislation--Case studies.

Meat industry and trade.

Religious discrimination--Law and legislation--Case studies.

Religious discrimination.

Livestock--Stunning.

Meat industry and trade--Law and legislation.

Religious discrimination--Law and legislation.

Genre:

Case studies.

Physical Description:

xxiv, 233 pages ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Brighton, MA : Academic Studies Press, 2018.

Summary:

"This is the first study of historical attempts by anti-animal cruelty groups to prosecute those involved in the killing of animals for food using the Jewish method of slaughter (shechita). It details cases from Australia, Canada, England, Scotland, and the United States, many for the first time, in which animal welfare groups prosecuted those engaged in shechita as part of their attempts to introduce compulsory stunning of animals before slaughter. Despite claims to the contrary, this study offers clear evidence of underlying, unrelenting antisemitic motivations in the prosecutions, and highlights the ways in which a basic idea of innate Jewish cruelty was always juxtaposed with an overtly Christian ideal of humane treatment of animals across time and borders"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction: Jews, Shechita, and the Law

Criminalizing Shechita: The Halifax Prosecution of Abraham Levitt, 1913

The Aberdeen Shechita Case of 1893: Criminalizing the Jewish method in Scotland

The Mansion House Case: Anti-Shechita in London, 1855

Manchester Shechita: Criminalizing Orthodox Judaism 1878 and Beyond

The Birkenhead Shechita Cases

Criminalizing Shechita Down Under: The Sydney Case

Outlawing Shechita in America

The Massachusetts Anti-Shechita Story

The End (or Not) of the Story: Shechita and the Law in the Anglo-American World, 1855-1913.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Fraser, David, 1953- Anti-shechita prosecutions in the Anglo-American world, 1855-1913.

ISBN:

9781618117427

1618117424

OCLC:

1019651661

Publisher Number:

99977840694