Circumcision

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?

A Belgian national flag flies over the Royal Palace
Jewish men pray in a Belgian synagogue.

Belgium indicts two mohels, citing sufficient evidence of 'bodily harm with premeditation'

The law courts in Tel Aviv

Case against mohel suspected of causing baby's death reinforced after three doctors testify

A ‘MOHEL’ holds a scalpel as he performs a circumcision

Third complaint filed against man suspected of causing infant's death after circumcision


These Jews want to normalize not circumcising with their synagogue's help

Bruchim is a new organization that advocates for Jewish families that don't want to circumcise their sons.

 RABBI YEHUDA MATUSOF holds his eight-day-old grandson during a circumcision ceremony in Brussels. The book discusses circumcision and a wide variety of other practices and attitudes toward the Jewish body.

Was Jewish circumcision mistakenly banned by Manitoba's medical regulator?

A new standard of practice drafted last month by CPSM prevented Jewish circumcisions from being done at a synagogue or at home, as is tradition.

A rabbi holds an eight-day-old baby during a circumcision ceremony in Brussels, August 20, 2009.

Sweden probes mohel for not using anesthesia when circumcising babies

In Sweden, the law allows non-medical circumcision of boys but requires the presence of licensed medical personnel. Therefore, mohels in Sweden tend to be physicians as well.

A rabbi holds an eight-day-old baby during a circumcision ceremony in Brussels, August 20, 2009.

Lucy Aharish, Tsahi Halevi give circumcision to new baby Adam

Anything to do with religion is potentially a minefield for the glamorous couple because Aharish is Muslim and Halevi is Jewish.

Actor Tzachi Halevy and TV anchor Lucy Aharish at their wedding, October 10, 2018

Why do Jews circumcise?

Throughout Jewish history, circumcision signifies the covenant between the Jewish people and God.

Brit mila

Danish PM opposes bill banning circumcision, cites her promise to Jews

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu thanked Frederiksen on Saturday for opposing the bill, according to a statement from the Prime Minister's Office.

Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen speaks in the Prime Minister's Office in Copenhagen, Denmark August 15, 2020

Parents refuse surgery for baby after circumcision gone wrong

The baby was brought to the pediatric emergency room at Ziv Medical Center in Safed with extreme bleeding.

Baby crying [Illustrative]

The 92-year-old ongoing story of a ‘brissing gown’

In future generations, seven grandsons, and 10 great-grandsons would also have their brit in the gown.

THE WRITER at his pidyon haben, 1956

New York police chaplain, Alvin Kass, 84, mugged during daily walk

Kass, 84, was walking at 5:45 a.m. when he was approached by an individual who told the rabbi that he was hungry and needed food.

POLICE TAPE (Illustrative)

When mohel is not available, family takes circumcision into its own hands

Noam and Elisheva Fogel, Jewish Agency emissaries to New Zealand, welcomed Eden Refael to the world just two days before the coronavirus lockdown in the country began.

Relatives look at a baby after his brit milah in Jerusalem September 24, 2012.