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| German rabbi sued for performing circumcision |
| 2012-08-22 |
| German authorities are looking into a lawsuit filed against Rabbi David Goldenberg of Hoff, Bavaria, for performing circumcision, the Jewish newspaper Jüdische Allgemeine reported.  According to the report, a doctor filed a complaint against Goldenberg following a Cologne court ruling that banned the Jewish and Moslem communities from performing the ancient religious ceremony, arguing that "non medical circumcision is a grave and irreversible intervention in the wellbeing of the human body." |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #12 German Parliament has already announced to pass a law allowing circumcision (with certain guidelines that will be acceptable for Jews), so this should settle the legal disputes. |
| Posted by: European Conservative 2012-08-22 21:51 |
| #11 IIRC, Muslims also practice circumcision. <sarcasm> Of course, it's all right to annoy the Juices by banning one of their sacred ancient rights. </sarcasm>But what idiot passed a law that would annoy Muslims? |
| Posted by: Rambler in Virginia 2012-08-22 21:28 |
| #10 2nd link fixed in original comment. |
| Posted by: Steve White 2012-08-22 15:54 |
| #9 2nd Link |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2012-08-22 11:27 |
#8 tw, I had no idea this was the situation in Germany. Thanks. I looked up a couple of sites and found the following: Circumcision customs in Germany during different eras and | #7 From Wikipedia: |
Posted by: Eric Jablow
2012-08-22 10:42
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| #6 Falls right in with the NO POLIO VACCINE sthic that the paleo's suffer, they'll have an increase in Cancer of the womb, in about 18years(Those who didn't get Polio) DOOMED assholes. Modern medicine is too Holy for them, reap the results, PLAGUE. (One way to kill them all, no modern medicine, DEATH) |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2012-08-22 10:28 |
| #5 I suspect the suing physician thought the Rabbi was cutting into his business. Except that German doctors and hospitals aren't doing circumcisions any more for fear of being arrested, following the court case about the Moslem circumcision-gone-wrong in Cologne a few months ago. Germans have long had a distaste for it -- when I was pregnant in Germany in 1991, the hospital obstetrician told me he would only do the procedure if I held the baby myself, as his nurses thought it barbaric and refused to be involved. Given that nurses in Germany are so old fashioned they think what the doctor tells them to... |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2012-08-22 10:18 |
| #4 Go to your room, John. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2012-08-22 09:57 |
| #3 I suspect the suing physician thought the Rabbi was cutting into his business. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2012-08-22 09:37 |
| #2 Thought that's what Rabbis and/or mohels did. As Colin Powell said: "Being responsible sometimes means pissing people off [or getting sued]." The single finger salute is a useful adjunct when pissing people off--like icing on a cake. When pissing people off, the only substitute for good manners is fast reflexes. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2012-08-22 09:34 |
| #1 Only the excuses change. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2012-08-22 07:37 |