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Anti-Shechita Prosecutions in the Anglo-American World, 1855–1913: “A major attack on Jewish freedoms”

Fraser, David

Authors

David Fraser



Abstract

This book examines, for the first time, 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 animlas 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.

Citation

Fraser, D. (2018). Anti-Shechita Prosecutions in the Anglo-American World, 1855–1913: “A major attack on Jewish freedoms”. Brighton MA: Academic Studies Press

Book Type Authored Book
Acceptance Date Jan 1, 2018
Online Publication Date Jul 6, 2018
Publication Date 2018-07
Deposit Date Feb 19, 2021
Series Title North American Jewish Studies
ISBN 9781618117427
Keywords Shechita, Jewish law, antisemitism
Public URL https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/4960249


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