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Dr. Sara Imershein in the abortion clinic where she works in Falls Church, Virginia, July 2, 2019. (Ron Kampeas)
July 22, 2019, 4:07 am
Physician says Jewish values drive her to provide circumcisions — and abortions
The motivation behind both of Dr. Sara Imershein’s seemingly disparate practices is ‘creating the family you want’
By Ron Kampeas
Hayim Leiter
April 13, 2018, 3:33 pm
Hayim Leiter
The mother of all lies
Brit milah can be traumatic — for a parent; the babies simply do not experience ‘near-death distress’
Illustrative: A bris in Berlin, Germany (Sean Gallup/Getty Images via JTA)
February 23, 2018, 6:42 pm
500 Icelandic physicians back bill to outlaw circumcision
Doctors say ‘potential complications’ of Jewish, Mulim practice ‘should offset the benefits, which are few’
By JTA
Nathan Lopes Cardozo
January 18, 2018, 3:09 pm
Nathan Lopes Cardozo
Circumcision: Why risk your child’s welfare?
Monuments of stone may disappear; acts of commitment to God, ethics, or Jewish identity resound forever
David Shabtai
August 7, 2017, 3:09 pm
David Shabtai
Who decides whose life is worth living?
There’s lousy precedent in Charlie Gard’s parents not being allowed to care for their 11-month-old as they saw fit
Illustrative: A baby after the brit milah ceremony (Gershon Elinson/Flash90)
April 20, 2017, 6:11 am
NY: Jewish families won’t identify circumcisers who gave babies herpes
Health Department says Orthodox relatives of infected infants refusing to reveal names, obstructing investigation
By JTA
Hayim Leiter
March 20, 2017, 2:58 pm
Hayim Leiter
Whose mitzvah is it anyway?
He’s learned that a professional mohel may get paid, but he never performs a circumcision for the money
Illustrative photo of Jews performing a religious circumcision. (Serge Attal/Flash90)
March 18, 2017, 6:36 am
Norwegian left-wing party split on proposal to ban circumcision
Plan would propose 15 years as the minimum age for non-medical circumcision of boys, pending their consent
By JTA
Hayim Leiter
July 5, 2016, 1:14 pm
Hayim Leiter
Sex, lies, and circumcisions
He’d never heard of a backroom brit milah until he performed one, an off-book operation that may have saved his life
Alleged head of a Jewish extremist group Meir Ettinger appears in the Magistrate's Court in Nazareth Illit, August 4, 2015. (AP/Ariel Schalit)
April 3, 2016, 7:39 pm
Jailed Jewish extremist barred from attending son’s circumcision
Court rejects petition to grant brief furlough to Meir Ettinger on grounds he poses a threat to the public
By Tamar Pileggi
Mumbai's Chabad House, where Rabbi Gavriel Holtzberg, 29, and his 28-year-old wife Rivka, were killed by Islamist terrorists attack, seen here on December 25 2008. (Serge Attal/ Flash90)
March 2, 2016, 8:54 am
Son of Mumbai Chabad emissaries named for murdered rabbi
Newborn boy called ‘Gavriel Noach’ after Gavriel Holtzberg, who was shot dead along with his wife in 2008 terror attack
By JTA
Pope Francis kisses a statue of baby Jesus as he celebrates the Christmas Eve Mass in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Tuesday, Dec. 24, 2013 (photo credit: AP/Gregorio Borgia)
December 31, 2015, 3:11 am
New Year’s — it’s all about the foreskin
Many Christian groups mark January 1 as the day 8-day-old Jesus had his circumcision and received his name, as per Jewish tradition
By Toni L. Kamins
Cnaan Liphshiz and Iris Tzur preparing for the bris of their son in Amsterdam, Nov. 19, 2015. (Courtesy)
December 1, 2015, 12:02 am
Why I hired a Belgian butcher to circumcise my son
Brit milah is perfectly legal in the Netherlands. But 50 percent of Jews don’t circumcise their sons, and I wanted a mohel with lots of experience…
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Tools for a circumcision procedure (Yaakov Naumi/Flash90)
November 30, 2015, 1:03 am
South African mohel banned for life for botching brit
A 2014 circumcision resulted in devastating and permanent injury to the baby, a rabbinical court has ruled
By JTA
Illustrative photo of Jews performing a religious circumcision. (Serge Attal/Flash90)
October 10, 2015, 5:55 am
Council of Europe doubles down on anti-ritual circumcision stance
Pan-European body maintains position that a brit milah violates children’s rights
By JTA
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