... her defense of Jewish religious freedom in Germany, including the protection of the right to male circumcision...
the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) on Wednesday, March 19, presented German Chancellor Angela Merkel with its distinguished ADL Joseph Prize for Human Rights.
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Bundeskanzlerin Angela Merkel soll am 22.5.2013 in Brüssel den „Rabbi Lord Jakobovits Prize for European Jewry“ in Empfand nehmen. „… für das Unterstützen religiöser Beschneidung“ (Nicola S. Merkel to Get Rabbi’s Award for Support for Jew’s Circumcision. Bloomberg.com/news/2013-04-15).
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Germany awarded World Jewish Congress President Ronald Lauder with its highest medal of honor for his support of Jewish life in Germany since the fall of the Berlin Wall
As head of the WJC, he has strongly criticized recent attempts to erode the right to ritual circumcision for Jews and Muslims in Germany...
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