Moral, Clean Men of the Jewish Faith Jewish Rituals and Their Male Practitioners, 1843–1914

In September 1887, the leadership of the Frankfurt-based Free Association for the Interests of Orthodox Judaism contacted their member rabbis as part of a newly launched investigation into the character and training of localmohelim(ritual circumcisers). Earlier that summer, several of the organizati...

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Published inJewish Masculinities p. 72
Main Author ROBIN JUDD
Format Book Chapter
LanguageEnglish
Published Indiana University Press 18.07.2012
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Summary:In September 1887, the leadership of the Frankfurt-based Free Association for the Interests of Orthodox Judaism contacted their member rabbis as part of a newly launched investigation into the character and training of localmohelim(ritual circumcisers). Earlier that summer, several of the organization’s key leaders had publicly articulated concern over the reputation and integrity of ritual practitioners. At a moment when anti-Semites were increasingly identifying Jewish ritual practices as worrisome and when German-speaking Jews appeared to be relaxing certain standards of Jewish religious observance, the Free Association’s leadership worried that somemohelimfailed to exemplify a morally upstanding lifestyle.
ISBN:0253002133
9780253002136