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

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