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Abraham Geiger

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[[File:AbrahamGeiger.png|thumb|Abraham Geiger]]
'''{{FULLPAGENAME}}''' ({{LifeData|birth=1810-05-24|birthplace=Frankfurt am Main|birthcountry=Germany|death=1874-10-23|deathplace=Berlin|deathcountry=Germany}}) was a German [[:Category:Rabbi|Rabbi]]. He was one of the first and most important pioneers of [[Reform Judaism]] as well as an important Jewish scholar in the field of Jewish scholarship.

Geiger called [[circumcision]] a "barbaric bleeding act"<ref>{{REFnews
|url=https://www.fr.de/kultur/beschnitten-traumatisiert-11327905.html
|title=Beschnitten und traumatisiert
|trans-title=Circumcised and traumatized
|language=German
|date=2012-08-23
|accessdate=2022-04-07
}}</ref> and pleaded for its abolition.<ref>{{REFnews
|url=https://www.sueddeutsche.de/politik/debatte-um-die-beschneidung-dieses-ritual-widerspricht-meinen-juedischen-werten-1.1535701-2
|title=Circumcision Debate: Avoiding Suffering
|trans-title=German
|date=2012-11-30
|accessdate=2022-04-07
}}</ref>

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* {{URLwikipedia|Abraham_Geiger|Abraham Geiger|2022-04-07}}

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