Circumcision

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

The two men involved will appear before the pre-trial chamber on 18 June, behind closed doors. The pre-trial chamber will then decide whether to refer the case to the criminal court.

Jewish men pray in a Belgian synagogue.
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

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

Mohel arrested for death of baby linked to circumcision


In brit, the baby comes first - opinion

Metzitza b’peh needs to stop now. There is absolutely no reason for the practice to continue.

Brit mila

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.

Baby crying [Illustrative]

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.

Brit mila

Belgian MP to submit legislation to protect circumcision

‘Brit milah is under attack in Belgium,’ says Michael Freilich

Belgian MP Michael Freilich meets with Chief Rabbi David Lau and other Chief Rabbinate officials on Monday to discuss efforts to head off challenges to circumcision in Belgium

Four NYC infants contract herpes from circumcision rite in past 6 months

Four infants have contracted herpes in New York City in the past six months after undergoing a circumcision rite in which the ritual circumciser cleans the circumcision wound by oral suction.

PREPARING FOR a circumcision.

Sweden’s largest church supports Jewish and Muslim circumcision

Kosher and halal slaughter is not allowed in most of Belgium and Norway, as well as parts of Austria and Switzerland, among other places.

The interior of the church of the Stockholm Royal Palace is seen in Stockholm December 23, 2012. The Swedish royal court announced on Sunday Swedish Princess Madeleine and her fiance Chris O'Neill will get married on June 8, 2013

'Harry Potter' fends off foreskin question

Margoyles, who is Jewish and worked with Radcliffe when she played Professor Sprout in the Harry Potter films, is known for her potty mouth and fans love her for it.

Britain's Daniel Radcliffe poses as he arrives for the world premiere of "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1" at Leicester Square in London November 11, 2010.

Rabbis mourn lack of tolerance in Sweden after anti-circumcision vote

Last week, the Swedish Center Party voted by a majority of 314-166 at its annual meeting to work to fight the non-medical circumcision of boys.

Rabbi Moshe Wiseberg, a "mohel", or ritual circumciser, holds a baby after circumcising him in Jerusalem

A Swedish political party says it will fight to ban circumcision

The Swedish Center Party voted 314-166 at its annual meeting to work to fight the nonmedical circumcision of boys.

A Swedish police officer  at the Landvetter airport near Gothenburg, Sweden

Circumcision, kippot and hiding as a Jew

This was not the first time I had heard about religious tensions from families in Europe. But something changed for me on this trip.

A kippah demonstration in front of a synagogue in Berlin