Circumcision ban

Belgium's ban on ritual circumcision is the same as making Jews second-class citizens - editorial

If Jews are being harassed in the street, synagogues are being attacked, and Israel is regularly delegitimized, then why do Jews want to live there?

|ByJPOST EDITORIAL
A Belgian national flag flies over the Royal Palace
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Belgium’s prosecution of circumcision is antisemitic, Jewish leaders say

Jewish leaders said that prosecuting mohels was “antisemitic in nature, reminiscent of efforts taken in Europe against Jewish practice prior to the Second World War.”

|BySHIRA LI BARTOV/JTA
A ‘mohel’ performs a ‘brit milah,’ the Jewish circumcision ceremony, 2012.

CAM calls charges against Mohels in Belgium a witch-hunt, designed to make Jewish life impossible

US Ambassador White tweeted, “Anti-Semitism is unacceptable in any form and it must be rooted out of our society. And I call upon all of Belgium to do a much better job on this subject."

|ByCOMBAT ANTISEMITISM MOVEMENT
A Belgian national flag flies over the Royal Palace

'It's our right to live freely as Jews': Belgian Jewish leader on circumcision bans - interview

The conversation came amid rumours that Belgium may look to ban circumcision, which reignited after a public argument between the US ambassador to Belgium, Bill White, and Deputy PM Maxime Prévot.

|ByMATHILDA HELLER

European committee of ministers backs circumcision

Decision elicits praise for repudiating PACE resolution equating the Jewish practice to mutilation.

APRIL 13, 2014BySAM SOKOL
Baby undergoes circumcision R 370

UN official says circumcision protected by freedom of religion

Heiner Bielefeldt gives boost to Jewish organizations battling to protect ancient ritual.

MARCH 14, 2014ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
Baby undergoes circumcision R 370