Criminal Charges Filed against German Rabbi for Performing Circumcisions

Raphael Arhen reports for The Times of Israel that a rabbi in Bavaria is the first person charged under that country’s new laws criminalizing circumcision. “A doctor from Hesse filed a criminal complaint against Rabbi David Goldberg, who serves in the community of Hof, in Upper Franconia,” writes Arhen. 

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