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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.

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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.

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.

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

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Dead Palestinian terrorist honored at Amsterdam university cafe

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Lawyer claims Jewishness reason Dutch judge should recuse self

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Dutch Jewish group decries honoring of soldier who fought for Hitler

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German envoy to visit Dutch cemetery with SS soldiers’ graves

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

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