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Author Judd, Robin.

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

Imprint Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2007.

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Description xii, 283 p. : ill., map.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references 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 Schachtfragen and Jewish political behavior -- A "renaissance" for the ritual questions? : the ritual debates of the Weimar Republic.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject Jews -- Germany -- History -- 1800-1933.
Judaism -- Germany -- Customs and practices.
Circumcision -- Religious aspects -- Judaism.
Shehitah.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 9780801445453 (cloth : alk. paper)
0801445450 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780801461644 (electronic bk.)

 
    
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