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”….