Berlin prosecutor nixes circumcision complaint

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Prosecutors in Germany's capital city dismissed a criminal complaint lodged against popular local Rabbi Yitshak Ehrenberg over "causing bodily harm" by performing ritual circumcision, according to a document obtained by The Jerusalem Post on Thursday.

Senior representatives from the Simon Wiesenthal Center told the Post on Wednesday that Berlin is considering opposition to the enforcement of a Cologne court case outlawing circumcision.

A complaint was filed against the Jerusalem-born rabbi on July 12. The prosecution’s dismissal document concluded that there is no proof to establish that the Rabbi’s conduct met the "condition of a criminal” violation.

The case comes on the heels of criminal charges filed against a Bavarian rabbi, the first known case to arise from an anti-circumcision ruling in May.

The charge against Rabbi David Goldberg, who is a mohel, or ritual circumciser, means that the May decision in the state of Hesse has been applied in Bavaria, confirming the fears of Jewish leaders here that the local ruling would have a wider impact.

In June, a regional court in the west German city of Cologne issued a decision terming circumcisions to be a form of bodily harm and subject to criminal penalties.

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