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A Dutch judge, Hendrik Steenhuis, presides over a hearing at Schiphol Judicial Court (JCS) complex in Badhoevedorp, the Netherlands on March 9, 2020 (Kenzo Tribouillard/AFP via Getty Images)

In the Netherlands, judges can fine and lock up Jewish men who refuse to give their wives a religious divorce

Defying Western Europe’s tradition of church-state separation, the country is the only one outside of Israel with such a system.

By Cnaan Liphshiz August 19, 2020 12:32 pm

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Holland says top mohels may be breaking the law

One mohel, a lawyer who has done about 2,000 procedures, said he does not recognize the government’s authority on the issue.

May 30, 2019 5:39 pm

Netherlands may exempt kosher slaughterhouse from export ban

Slagerij Marcus could not survive a government policy that threatens to strip it of 40 percent of its revenues, its lawyer said.

July 27, 2017 4:02 am

Netherlands’ only kosher slaughterhouse says it faces closure following export ban

July 17, 2017 5:59 pm

Dead Palestinian terrorist honored at Amsterdam university cafe

March 11, 2016 11:32 am

Lawyer claims Jewishness reason Dutch judge should recuse self

March 11, 2016 11:25 am

Dutch Jewish group decries honoring of soldier who fought for Hitler

April 13, 2015 7:02 am

German envoy to visit Dutch cemetery with SS soldiers’ graves

November 13, 2014 6:56 am

Police complaint filed against Dutch gallery that sells ‘Mein Kampf’

October 28, 2013 7:27 am

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