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Author:

Judd, Robin.

Title:

Contested rituals : circumcision, kosher butchering, and Jewish political life in Germany, 1843-1933 / Robin Judd.

Publisher:

Cornell University Press,

Copyright Date:

2007

Description:

xii, 283 p. : ill., map ; 25 cm.

Subject:

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

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 249-274) and index.

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 Sch©Þchtfragen and Jewish political behavior -- A "renaissance" for the ritual questions? : the ritual debates of the Weimar Republic.

ISBN:

0801445450 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780801445453 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)86038401

LCCN:

2007010666

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)