Anti-shechita prosecutions in the Anglo-American world, 1855-1913 : "a major attack on Jewish freedoms ..." /

"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 tim...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Fraser, David, 1953- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Brighton, MA : Academic Studies Press, 2018.
Colección:North American Jewish studies.
Temas:
Shehitah > Case studies.
Livestock > Stunning > Case studies.
Animal rights movement > Case studies.
Meat industry and trade > Law and legislation > Case studies.
Religious discrimination > Law and legislation > Case studies.
Sheḥiṭa > Études de cas.
Bétail > Étourdissement > Études de cas.
Mouvement pour la défense des droits des animaux > Études de cas.
NATURE > Animal Rights.
RELIGION > Judaism > Rituals & Practice.
COOKING > Regional & Ethnic > Jewish & Kosher.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Jewish Studies
Animal rights movement
Livestock > Stunning
Meat industry and trade > Law and legislation
Religious discrimination > Law and legislation
Shehitah
Schächten
Case studies
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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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