I hesitate to puff off my own work, but I did write about the connections of
Jews, dogs, and pigs in my book on late medieval law and folklore. Yes, dogs
are connected with Jews in many cases. Notably, the "Jewish execution" of
upside-down hanging (pace Guido Kisch), was often accompanied, especially in
Germany, by the hanging of two dogs on either side of the executed Jew.
Esther Cohen, Jerusalem
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