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Fraud, corruption, and holiness : the controversy over the supervision of Jewish dietary practice in New York City, 1881-1940 / Harold P. Gastwirt.
- Title
- Fraud, corruption, and holiness : the controversy over the supervision of Jewish dietary practice in New York City, 1881-1940 / Harold P. Gastwirt.
- Author
- Gastwirt, Harold P.
- Publication
- Port Washington, N.Y. : Kennikat Press, 1974.
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- Description
- viii, 227 p.; 23 cm.
- Series Statement
- National university publications
- Subject
- Note
- Includes indexes.
- Bibliography (note)
- Bibliography: p. 212-217.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Old law in a new land -- Kosher observance in traditional Jewish life -- The kosher business is big business -- The poultry trade: racketeers and unionists -- The chief rabbi battles for kashrut -- Rivalry in kashrut supervision -- Laymen take a hand -- Can state intervention work? -- The federal government tries -- The kashrut association gives up -- Labor and lead seals -- Why communal control fails.
- LCCN
- ^^^74077649^
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library