Contested Rituals : : Circumcision, Kosher Butchering, and Jewish Political Life in Germany, 1843–1933 / / Robin Judd.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Backlist 2000-2013
• VerfasserIn: Judd, Robin,
• Place / Publishing House: Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2011]; ©2011
• Year of Publication: 2011
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (304 p.) :; 1 map, 3 line drawings, 4 halftones

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...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Contents
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction: Rituals, Identities, and Politics
• 1. The Circumcision Questions in the German-Speaking Lands, 1843-1857
• 2. German Unification, Emancipation, and the "Ritual Questions"
• 3. The Radicalization of the Ritual Questions, 1880-1916
• 4. "The Disgrace of Our Century!" Circumcision, Kosher Butchering, and Modern German Politics
• 5. The Schachtfragen and Jewish Political Behavior
• 6. A "Renaissance" for the Ritual Questions? The Ritual Debates of the Weimar Republic
• Epilogue
• Bibliography
• Index