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Episode 488: Meat -- The Key to Jewish History? - John Efron

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The Judensau statue depicting Jews suckling pigs led John Efron to uncover meat's hidden role in German Jewish history.

Historian John Efron discusses his book on how meat consumption and kosher laws shaped German Jewish history, from medieval economic ties to Nazi persecution. The conversation explores surprising connections, including vegetarian anti-Semites and how dietary laws both separated and united communities.

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