Circumcision

Infant hospitalized with herpes after circumcision involving direct oral suction

A two-week-old baby was hospitalized at Wolfson after contracting herpes during a circumcision involving direct oral suction.

 The Sylvan Adams Children’s Hospital at the Wolfson Medical Center in Holon.
Michael Freilich.

Belgium’s only Jewish MP accused of ‘split loyalty’ after seeking US advice on circumcision ban

A Belgian national flag flies over the Royal Palace

'It's our right to live freely as Jews': Belgian Jewish leader on circumcision bans - interview

People stroll through the Grand Place (Grote Markt) near the Brabo Fountain in Antwerp, Belgium November 7, 2025.

US ambassador demands that Belgium drop ‘ridiculous and antisemitic’ investigation of mohels


The arrest of a mohel in Ireland has shaken me to my core - opinion

This is the first time a rabbi has been arrested for performing circumcision since the time of the Nazis.

 A mohel performs a circumcision ceremony in Israel, July 6, 2023.

British rabbi arrested in Ireland for performing illegal non-Jewish circumcision

Rabbi Jonathan Abraham performed circumcisions on people who were not members of the Irish Jewish community, according to Irish Chief Rabbi Yoni Wieder.

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

Searching for truth: Rabbi Akiva and Turnus Rufus in dialogue

We are sent on our individual journeys from the moment we are born, seeking simultaneous distance and closeness with family, community, and God as we make the choices that shape who we are.

 OFTEN, TURNUS Rufus asked clever questions. Pictured: Monumental question mark in Milton Keynes, UK, 1975.

Conversion crisis: Israeli gov't circumcision tender delay leaves 100 in 'torture'

Only seven medical circumcisions had been performed since April 2023, according to data presented to the Knesset.

A rabbi holds an eight-day-old baby during a circumcision ceremony in Brussels, August 20, 2009.

Should Jewish males be circumcised? - comment

While I wouldn’t go so far as to call circumcision a “terrible mistake,” perhaps there’s a middle ground for the Jewish baby boys yet to be born.

 PERFORMING A brit milah

WATCH: Jewish pop icon Pink confronts anti-circumcision protester

The protester, disrupting Pink’s singing, displayed a message on his phone reading “Circumcision: cruel and harmful”.

 Pop singer, Pink

Circumcision is a human right and a continuation of legacy - opinion

Contrary to viewing it as an infringement on a child’s human rights, circumcision can be seen as a human right itself, especially within specific cultural contexts.

 THE WRITER conducts a circumcision on a twin grandson a few weeks ago.

Yariv Levin, like Menachem Begin, can stop a Jewish civil war in Israel - analysis

Like his literal godfather Menachem Begin, Yariv Levin has the power to defuse a combustible situation that could conceivably lead to internecine violence in Israel.

 Former Israeli prime minister Menachem Begin and Justice Minister Yariv Levin. The two both had the chance to stop a Jewish civil war.

Shaked denies asylum to woman fleeing female genital mutilation

The interior minister compared the practice to male circumcision, saying that to treat them differently in the law would be "absurd."

 African asylum seekers and Israeli activists protest outside the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, against their deportation, on April 3, 2018.

False, antisemitic info on circumcision dropped from online course

A dental assistant from the UK was asked to attend an online course, where she was surprised to be exposed to antisemitic and false content.

 Antisemitic and false information in an online dental course.