Anti-Shechita Prosecutions in the Anglo-American World, 1855-1913

The book examines historical attempts by animal welfare groups, in Australia, Canada, England, Scotland, and the United States, to ban the Jewish method of slaughter (shechita). For the first time, the book studies these prosecutions, brought in the name of humanity , that reveal, an underlying, unrelenting, and inescapable antisemitism.

Acknowledgments Introduction: Jews, Shechita, and the Law 2. Criminalizing Shechita: The Halifax Prosecution of Abraham Levitt, 1913 3. The Aberdeen Shechita Case of 1893: Criminalizing the Jewish Method in Scotland 4. The Mansion House Case: Anti-Shechita in London, 1855 5. Manchester Shechita: Criminalizing Orthodox Judaism 1878 and Beyond 6. The Birkenhead Shechita Cases 7. Criminalizing Shechita Down Under: The Sydney Case 8. Outlawing Shechita in America 9. The Massachusetts Anti-Shechita Story 10. The End (or Not) of the Story: Shechita and the Law in the Anglo-American World, 1855-1913