Ashes to outcasts: cremation, jewish law, and identity in early twentieth-century Germany
When Chief Rabbi Ḥayim (Vittorio) Castiglioni of Rome (b. 1840) passed away in 1911, he was cremated as per his request and his ashes were then buried in the Jewish cemetery of his native Trieste. One local Jewish newspaper pointed out that Castiglioni's position—cremation is permitted accordin...
| Subtitles: | Research Article |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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University of Pennsylvania Press
[2012]
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| In: |
AJS review
Year: 2012, Volume: 36, Issue: 1, Pages: 71-102 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Cremation
/ Germany
/ Judaism
/ Identity
/ Jewish law
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| RelBib Classification: | BH Judaism |
| Further subjects: | B
Cemeteries
B Jewish peoples B Judaism B Jewish Identity B Rabbis B Jewish History B Orthodoxy B Cremation B Jewish Law B Desecration |
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| Summary: | When Chief Rabbi Ḥayim (Vittorio) Castiglioni of Rome (b. 1840) passed away in 1911, he was cremated as per his request and his ashes were then buried in the Jewish cemetery of his native Trieste. One local Jewish newspaper pointed out that Castiglioni's position—cremation is permitted according to Jewish law and is even preferable to traditional burial—was definitely a minority one within the Italian rabbinate. By no means, however, was he accused by any of his rabbinic colleagues of being a heretic. |
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| ISSN: | 1475-4541 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Association for Jewish Studies, AJS review
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/S0364009412000037 |