Outlawed Pigs – Law, Religion, and Culture in Israel Barak–erez Hardback

Outlawed PigsLaw, Religion, and Culture in Israel\nAuthor(s): Daphne Barak-Erez\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: University of Wisconsin Press, United States\nImprint: University of Wisconsin Press\nISBN-13: 9780299221607, 978-0299221607\nSynopsis\nThe prohibition against pigs is one of the most powerful symbols of Jewish culture and collective memory. \""\""Outlawed Pigs\""\"" explores how the historical sensitivity of Jews to the pig prohibition was incorporated into Israeli law and culture. Daphne Barak-Erez specifically traces the course of two laws, one that authorized municipalities to ban the possession and trading in pork within their jurisdiction and another law that forbids pig breeding throughout Israel, except for areas populated mainly by Christians. Her analysis offers a comprehensive, decade-by-decade discussion of the overall relationship between law and culture since the inception of the Israeli nation-state. By examining ever-fluctuating Israeli popular opinion on Israel's.