Anti-shechita prosecutions in the Anglo-American world, 1855-1913 : "a major attack on Jewish freedoms ..." / David Fraser.
2018
BM720.S62 F73 2018 (Mapit)
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Title
Anti-shechita prosecutions in the Anglo-American world, 1855-1913 : "a major attack on Jewish freedoms ..." / David Fraser.
Imprint
Brighton, MA : Academic Studies Press, 2018.
Copyright
©2018
Description
xxiv, 233 pages ; 25 cm.
Series
North American Jewish studies.
Formatted Contents Note
Criminalizing Shechita: The Halifax Prosecution of Abraham Levitt, 1913
The Aberdeen Shechita Case of 1893: Criminalizing the Jewish method in Scotland
The Mansion House Case: Anti-Shechita in London, 1855
Manchester Shechita: Criminalizing Orthodox Judaism 1878 and Beyond
The Birkenhead Shechita Cases
Criminalizing Shechita Down Under: The Sydney Case
Outlawing Shechita in America
The Massachusetts Anti-Shechita Story
The End (or Not) of the Story: Shechita and the Law in the Anglo-American World, 1855-1913.
The Aberdeen Shechita Case of 1893: Criminalizing the Jewish method in Scotland
The Mansion House Case: Anti-Shechita in London, 1855
Manchester Shechita: Criminalizing Orthodox Judaism 1878 and Beyond
The Birkenhead Shechita Cases
Criminalizing Shechita Down Under: The Sydney Case
Outlawing Shechita in America
The Massachusetts Anti-Shechita Story
The End (or Not) of the Story: Shechita and the Law in the Anglo-American World, 1855-1913.
Summary
"This is the first study of historical attempts by anti-animal cruelty groups to prosecute those involved in the killing of animals for food using 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 animal welfare 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"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-229) and index.
Call Number
BM720.S62 F73 2018
Language
English
ISBN
9781618117427 (hardcover)
1618117424 (hardcover)
9781618117434 (electronic)
1618117424 (hardcover)
9781618117434 (electronic)
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