Anti-Shechita Prosecutions in the Anglo-American World, 1855-1913 : "A major attack on Jewish freedoms" /
Fraser, David
Anti-Shechita Prosecutions in the Anglo-American World, 1855-1913 : "A major attack on Jewish freedoms" / David Fraser. - 1 online resource (258 p.) - 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
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.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9781618117427 9781618117434
10.1515/9781618117434 doi
2018006489
Animal rights movement--Case studies.
Animal rights movement--Case studies.
Livestock--Stunning--Case studies.
Livestock--Stunning--Case studies.
Meat industry and trade--Law and legislation--Case studies.
Meat industry and trade--Law and legislation--Case studies.
Religious discrimination--Law and legislation--Case studies.
Religious discrimination--Law and legislation--Case studies.
Shehitah--Case studies.
Shehitah--Case studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Jewish Studies.
Jewish method of slaughter. Shechita. abattoirs. animal cruelty. antisemitism. humane societies. kashrut. shochet.
BM720.S62 / F73 2018 BM720.S62 / F73 2018
296.7/3
Anti-Shechita Prosecutions in the Anglo-American World, 1855-1913 : "A major attack on Jewish freedoms" / David Fraser. - 1 online resource (258 p.) - 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
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.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9781618117427 9781618117434
10.1515/9781618117434 doi
2018006489
Animal rights movement--Case studies.
Animal rights movement--Case studies.
Livestock--Stunning--Case studies.
Livestock--Stunning--Case studies.
Meat industry and trade--Law and legislation--Case studies.
Meat industry and trade--Law and legislation--Case studies.
Religious discrimination--Law and legislation--Case studies.
Religious discrimination--Law and legislation--Case studies.
Shehitah--Case studies.
Shehitah--Case studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Jewish Studies.
Jewish method of slaughter. Shechita. abattoirs. animal cruelty. antisemitism. humane societies. kashrut. shochet.
BM720.S62 / F73 2018 BM720.S62 / F73 2018
296.7/3