Circumcising Our Judgement

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It seems that Brit Milah is under attack once again. 

Police in Antwerp, Belgium raided the home of two Haredi mohalim in the morning hours of May 14, confiscating their knives and demanding a list of the circumcisions done in the past year. The local Jewish community is stunned and the European Jewish Association claims this crosses another red line; having struggled with issues of Shechitah (ritual slaughter) for quite some time. But this case is not a clear cut example of antisemitism as has happened in other parts of the world.

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