Judd, Robin.

Contested rituals circumcision, kosher butchering, and Jewish political life in Germany, 1843-1933 / [electronic resource] : Robin Judd. - Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2007. - xii, 283 p. : ill., map.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.


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Jews--History--Germany--1800-1933.
Judaism--Customs and practices.--Germany
Circumcision--Religious aspects--Judaism.
Shehitah.


Electronic books.

DS134.25 / .J83 2007eb

305.892/404309034