Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Introduction: Rituals, Identities, and Politics 1
5. 1. The Circumcision Questions in the German-Speaking Lands, 1843-1857 21
6. 2. German Unification, Emancipation, and the "Ritual Questions" 58
7. 3. The Radicalization of the Ritual Questions, 1880-1916 86
8. 4. "The Disgrace of Our Century!" Circumcision, Kosher Butchering, and Modern German Politics 122
9. 5. The Schachtfragen and Jewish Political Behavior 154
10. 6. A "Renaissance" for the Ritual Questions? The Ritual Debates of the Weimar Republic 190
11. Epilogue 239
12. Bibliography 249
13. Index 275