Austria and Switzerland Probe Jewish Ritual Circumcisions Following Belgian Precedent

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Following the controversy surrounding the prosecution of Jewish circumcisers in Antwerp, judicial authorities in Vienna (Austria) and Zurich (Switzerland) have now also launched an investigation into circumcisions within the Jewish community. This is reported by De Morgen. The investigation was prompted by complaints from the controversial Antwerp rabbi Moshe Friedman, who set the ball rolling regarding the alleged illegal circumcisions.

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16:26 The Jewish community in Belgium is prepared to establish a supervisory committee of doctors to evaluate ritual circumcisers. ‘But then the criminalization must stop,’ says Philippe Markiewicz, the voo...

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A trial in Belgium against Jewish ritual circumcisers (mohel, in Hebrew) suspected of illegally practicing medicine continues to stir diplomatic friction between the Belgian government, on the one hand, and Israel and the United States, accused of mixing in an internal matter, on the other.