Contested Rituals: Circumcision, Kosher Butchering, and Jewish Political Life in Germany, 1843-1933

by Robin Judd

In Contested Rituals, Robin Judd shows that circumcision and kosher butchering became focal points of political struggle among the German state, its municipal governments, Jews, and Gentiles. In 1843, some German-Jewish fathers refused to circumcise their sons, prompting their Jewish communities to reconsider their standards for membership. Nearly a century later, in 1933, another blood ritual, kosher butchering, served as a political and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801445450
• ISBN13: 9780801445453
• Release Date: August 2007
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.6" x 9.4"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher