Circumcision
Mohel arrested for death of baby linked to circumcision
The mohel, who had performed thousands of circumcisions before, had received previous allegations of medical complications.
Infant hospitalized with herpes after circumcision involving direct oral suction
Belgium’s only Jewish MP accused of ‘split loyalty’ after seeking US advice on circumcision ban
'It's our right to live freely as Jews': Belgian Jewish leader on circumcision bans - interview
Why do Jews circumcise?
Throughout Jewish history, circumcision signifies the covenant between the Jewish people and God.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Russia has a full-time surgeon whose only job is circumcising Jewish men
The religious Jewish world has created some unusual jobs, but one of the more bizarre surely belongs to Dr. Yeshaya Shafit, who is Russia’s only mohel, or professional circumciser, for adult men.
In brit, the baby comes first - opinion
Metzitza b’peh needs to stop now. There is absolutely no reason for the practice to continue.
3-week-old baby hospitalized with brain infection after brit gone wrong
Evidence of newborn herpes infections accompanied by brain infections and their connection to the 'oral suction' in circumcisions have been widely described in medical history for the past 200 years.
Does an international campaign to ban brit mila contribute to antisemitism?
What is deemed as an attack on a fundamental ethic of Judaism can be construed as an assault on the Jewish people.