Anti-Shechita Prosecutions in the Anglo-American World, 1855-1913 : : "A major attack on Jewish freedoms" / / David Fraser.
This is the first study of historical attempts by animal welfare groups to ban 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 anti-animal cruelty groups prosecuted those engaged in shechi...
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Fraser, David, author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Anti-Shechita Prosecutions in the Anglo-American World, 1855-1913 : "A major attack on Jewish freedoms" / David Fraser. Boston, MA : Academic Studies Press, [2018] ©2018 1 online resource (258 p.) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda North American Jewish Studies Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Jews, Shechita, and the Law -- 1. Criminalizing Shechita: The Halifax Prosecution of Abraham Levitt, 1913 -- 2. The Aberdeen Shechita Case of 1893: Criminalizing the Jewish Method in Scotland -- 3. The Mansion House Case: Anti-Shechita in London, 1855 -- 4. Manchester Shechita: Criminalizing Orthodox Judaism 1878 and Beyond -- 5. The Birkenhead Shechita Cases -- 6. Criminalizing Shechita Down Under: The Sydney Case -- 7. Outlawing Shechita in America -- 8. The Massachusetts Anti-Shechita Story -- 9. The End (or Not) of the Story: Shechita and the Law in the Anglo-American World, 1855-1913 -- Bibliography -- Index restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star This is the first study of historical attempts by animal welfare groups to ban 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 anti-animal cruelty 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. Issued also in print. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 02. Mrz 2022) Animal rights movement Case studies. Livestock Stunning Case studies. Meat industry and trade Law and legislation Case studies. Religious discrimination Law and legislation Case studies. Shehitah Case studies. SOCIAL SCIENCE / Jewish Studies. bisacsh Jewish method of slaughter. Shechita. abattoirs. animal cruelty. antisemitism. humane societies. kashrut. shochet. Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Academic Studies Press Complete eBook-Package 2018 9783110688184 print 9781618117427 https://doi.org/10.1515/9781618117434?locatt=mode:legacy https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781618117434 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9781618117434/original |
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Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Jews, Shechita, and the Law -- 1. Criminalizing Shechita: The Halifax Prosecution of Abraham Levitt, 1913 -- 2. The Aberdeen Shechita Case of 1893: Criminalizing the Jewish Method in Scotland -- 3. The Mansion House Case: Anti-Shechita in London, 1855 -- 4. Manchester Shechita: Criminalizing Orthodox Judaism 1878 and Beyond -- 5. The Birkenhead Shechita Cases -- 6. Criminalizing Shechita Down Under: The Sydney Case -- 7. Outlawing Shechita in America -- 8. The Massachusetts Anti-Shechita Story -- 9. The End (or Not) of the Story: Shechita and the Law in the Anglo-American World, 1855-1913 -- Bibliography -- Index |
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Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Jews, Shechita, and the Law -- 1. Criminalizing Shechita: The Halifax Prosecution of Abraham Levitt, 1913 -- 2. The Aberdeen Shechita Case of 1893: Criminalizing the Jewish Method in Scotland -- 3. The Mansion House Case: Anti-Shechita in London, 1855 -- 4. Manchester Shechita: Criminalizing Orthodox Judaism 1878 and Beyond -- 5. The Birkenhead Shechita Cases -- 6. Criminalizing Shechita Down Under: The Sydney Case -- 7. Outlawing Shechita in America -- 8. The Massachusetts Anti-Shechita Story -- 9. The End (or Not) of the Story: Shechita and the Law in the Anglo-American World, 1855-1913 -- Bibliography -- Index |
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