Sunday, July 22, 2012

In German circumcision debate, 'us vs them' fears

FILE - In this Thursday, July 19, 2012 file photo Rabbi Netanel Wurmser, left, sits on a visitors tribune and follows the debate during a special session of the German Parliament Bundestag in Berlin, Germany. The German Parliament met to reassure Jewish and Muslim parents that they will continue to be able to circumcise their sons according to religious tradition, despite a local court's ruling that the practice amounts to bodily harm. (AP Photo/Gero Breloer, File)Rabbi David Goldberg had performed about 25 ritual circumcisions this year before a regional court ruled in June that the practice amounted to causing criminal bodily harm.


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