Life is tough for German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Not only has she had to perform a delicate balancing act in order to save the euro and European unity - although most of her countrymen are far from eager to pay the price - she also has to appease fears of German (and world ) Jewry concerning the right to perform circumcision on their newborn males.
- By Amanda
- 31 Aug 2012
- 09:07PM
How is cutting the foreskin religion? In reality it is only a cultural affiliation. It's like the ritual scars encountered in animistic cultures. That is, among the Jews, for boys, the equivalent of the Christian baptism. By the way does anyone remeber what "animism" means?
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