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Illustrative: A baby after the brit milah ceremony (Gershon Elinson/Flash90)
April 13, 2018, 3:33 pm
The mother of all lies
Brit milah can be traumatic -- for a parent; the babies simply do not experience 'near-death distress'
By Hayim Leiter
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
Illustrative: A baby after the brit milah ceremony (Gershon Elinson/Flash90)
January 18, 2018, 3:09 pm
Circumcision: Why risk your child’s welfare?
Monuments of stone may disappear; acts of commitment to God, ethics, or Jewish identity resound forever
By Nathan Lopes Cardozo
August 7, 2017, 3:09 pm
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
By David Shabtai
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
March 20, 2017, 2:58 pm
Whose mitzvah is it anyway?
He's learned that a professional mohel may get paid, but he never performs a circumcision for the money
By Hayim Leiter
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
July 5, 2016, 1:14 pm
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
By Hayim Leiter
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, were 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
Eric Bokobza's 'Tu B'shvat,' 2014, oil on acrylic on canvas (Photo credit: Ron Arda)
July 30, 2015, 2:37 pm
The artist whose life began with Elijah
Eric Bokobza tells the story of his life in 'United Colors of Judaica,' a new exhibit at Beit Hatfutsot
By Zahava Presser
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