Contested Rituals: Circumcision, Kosher Butchering, and Jewish Political Life in Germany, 1843-1933 »

Acknowledgments     ix
Introduction: Rituals, Identities, and Politics     1
The Circumcision Questions in the German-Speaking Lands, 1843-1857     21
German Unification, Emancipation, and the "Ritual Questions"     58
The Radicalization of the Ritual Questions, 1880-1916     86
"The Disgrace of Our Century!" Circumcision, Kosher Butchering, and Modern German Politics     122
The Schachtfragen and Jewish Political Behavior     154
A "Renaissance" for the Ritual Questions? The Ritual Debates of the Weimar Republic     190
Epilogue     239
Bibliography     249
Index     275