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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 430

circumcision

Illustrative: A mohel arranges tools for a circumcision ceremony. (Getty Images via JTA)
August 2, 2024, 11:41 am
London rabbi held in Ireland for alleged unlicensed circumcision
Prosecution of Jonathan Abraham, a certified mohel according to his lawyer, prompts claims that the move is excessive and motivated by antisemitism
By Canaan Lidor
File - Oded Forer, chair of Knesset Committee for Immigration, Absorption and Diaspora Affairs, attends a committee meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem on January 19, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 23, 2024, 4:34 pm
Government failure to arrange circumcisions delays conversion to Judaism for 98 men
A soldier fighting in Gaza nearly spent NIS 7,000 of his own money to finalize the process, an activist representing him says
By Canaan Lidor
Supreme Court building, Jerusalem (original image via iStock, composite image by The Times of Israel)
December 13, 2023, 2:45 pm
Non-Orthodox converts to Judaism eligible for free circumcision, High Court rules
Decision ends a 14-year legal struggle for treatment equal to that of males who undergo Orthodox conversion
By Canaan Lidor
Rabbi Moshe Aryeh Friedman. (Courtesy)
November 21, 2023, 2:11 pm
Antwerp rabbi files police complaint against 6 circumcisers who suck blood by mouth
Moshe Aryeh Friedman, whom many in Belgian Jewish community consider a gadfly, says that the custom known as ‘metzitzah b’peh’ is dangerous and unnecessary
By Canaan Lidor
Katharina von Schnurbein speaks at a European Jewish Congress event in Vienna, in this undated photo. (Courtesy)
June 26, 2023, 9:23 am
How the EU antisemitism warrior became a defender of kosher slaughter, circumcision
The bloc’s point person for fighting Jew-hatred, Katharina von Schnurbein, is an influential advocate for Jewish customs many consider controversial in Europe
By Canaan Lidor
Illustrative: A man examines his pants with a magnifying glass (Juleta Martirosyan; iStock by Getty Images)
May 19, 2023, 10:41 am
A single absentee mohel is thwarting dozens of converts at very end of their journey
The government’s Conversion Authority has a long backlog of men waiting for months for a 10-second circumcision inspection to be considered Jewish
By Canaan Lidor
Illustrative: The Nahariya cemetery in 2019 (iStock)
January 25, 2023, 9:58 pm
Burial worker circumcises body in northern Israel without family’s consent
Colleague claims manager told religious volunteer to perform ritual ‘without thinking twice’; head of burial society denies incident occurred
By Avner Hofstein
Zvi Levran in a booking photo at Oakland County Jail on November 11, 2022. (Oakland County Sherriff's Office)
November 18, 2022, 12:58 am
Michigan youth hockey doctor, mohel accused of widespread sexual assault
Police say they have received 33 additional complaints against Zvi Levran since his October arrest after being accused of molesting teen at his home office
By AP
Illustrative image of a brit mila in Jerusalem, December 12 , 2011. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
October 11, 2021, 4:10 am
New US Jewish group aims to normalize not circumcising, wants synagogues to help
Bruchim says it is giving a voice to those who seek other ways to join the Jewish covenant; retorts a Conservative rabbi: Brit milah ‘is about as basic to Judaism as you can get’
By Ben Harris
Illustrative photo of a ritual circumcision.(Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
May 20, 2021, 3:00 pm
Sweden probes Jewish doctor for not using anesthetic when circumcising babies
Review of Peter Borenstein, a rabbi and physician, comes after report he only gives 8-day-old boys sugar-rich liquid before performing religious rite – as is usual among ‘mohels’
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Joshua Kushner and Karlie Kloss attend The 2019 Met Gala in New York City, May 6, 2019. (Dia Dipasupil/FilmMagic via Getty Images)
April 20, 2021, 6:53 pm
Josh Kushner’s former Israeli yeshiva leaks his baby’s name
Yeshivat Reishit in Jerusalem announces birth of Levi Joseph Kushner to its alumnus and Karlie Kloss, before couple made name public
By Shira Hanau
The Finnish Parliament in Helsinki, September 4, 2017. (Wikimedia Commons Tiina Tuukkanen)
November 11, 2020, 12:14 am
Proposal to ban male circumcision scrapped from Finland bill
Shelved amendment to new law on female genital mutilation would have potentially limited or outlawed nonmedical circumcision of males
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen speaks in Bornholm, June 14, 2019. ( News Øresund/Johan Wessman via JTA)
September 13, 2020, 8:57 am
Netanyahu thanks Danish prime minister for opposition to circumcision ban
Mette Frederiksen says she is against proposed bill, citing ‘promise made’ to country’s Jews that they will remain a part of the country
By ToI Staff and JTA
Illustrative image of newborn baby (Getty Images)
September 11, 2020, 5:38 pm
Parents flee hospital with seriously hurt baby after circumcision gone wrong
Police eventually track down couple and escort them to medical center to ensure baby gets treatment; child in stable condition, but requires emergency surgery
By ToI Staff
Illustrative photo of a ritual circumcision.(Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
September 7, 2020, 3:50 am
Danish lawmakers to mull circumcision ban, sparking protest
Head of Jewish community of Denmark says possible legislation making non-medical procedures illegal is the worst threat to the country’s Jews since World War II
By Cnaan Liphshiz
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