25.10.2013                      21.Cheschwan.5774

Jüdische Welt:

France: 5,500 sign petition backing right to ritual circumcision

Prominent French politicians, scholars and clergymen join effort to thwart attempts to ban ritual circumcision of boys in Europe.

Titled “no to a ban on circumcision”, the petition was published on October 16 by CRIF, the umbrella organization representing France’s Jewish communities, following the Oct. 1 passage of a Council of Europe resolution that calls male ritual circumcision a “violation of the physical integrity of children”….

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