Circumcision

I traveled from Israel to Spain to convert new Jews. A single ‘Sababa’ made me feel safer - opinion

No matter how unjustly countries treat Israel and their local Jewish populations, we traveling mohalim must make the journey to ensure our most sacred tradition continues, even on the hardest days.

|ByRABBI HAYIM LEITER/JTA
A Spanish flag flutters in the air as the capital of Spain is seen from the observatory deck of Madrid's city hall August 7, 2013.
Demonstrators hold Israeli and British flags outside the Law Courts, during a march against antisemitism, after an increase in the UK, during a temporary truce between the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas and Israel, in London, Britain November 26, 2023.

UK unlikely to classify circumcision as child abuse despite reports, Jewish leaders tell 'Post'

Jewish leaders told The Jerusalem Post that the guidance made it clear it was aimed at circumcision under inappropriate conditions, and not to classify it as child abuse.

|ByMATHILDA HELLER
Surgeon preforming circumcision undee local anaesthesia on muslim children in Malaysia.

Surgeon saves three-year-olds penis after botched barber-led circumcision

Experts stress that circumcisions should be treated as a surgery, with trained professionals and proper medical settings.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
THE WRITER, second from left, performs a circumcision in the presence of four generations, great-grandfather to newborn. Just as much as the Jewish people have continuously kept the commandment of circumcision, the practice has preserved our identity, he asserts.

Haaretz’s claims on brit milah: Separating fact from misconception - opinion

That this family continues to have a strong connection to our nation, history, and customs speaks to how brit milah – unchanged itself across millennia – continues to preserve the Jewish people.

|ByHAYIM LEITER

As I See It: The cutting edge of secular illiberalism

Echoing the bigotry of centuries, secularism has become the tyranny of the modern age.

MARCH 1, 2018ByMELANIE PHILLIPS
PREPARING FOR a circumcision.

Fundamentally Freund: Iceland's declaration of war on Judaism

Iceland’s authorities might as well hang a large sign in the arrivals terminal at Reykjavik airport saying, “No Jews or Muslims allowed.”

FEBRUARY 24, 2018ByMICHAEL FREUND
A general view of Reykjavik, Iceland

Church leaders blast Iceland’s anti-circumcision bill

This would make Jews and Muslims "criminals," bishop says.

FEBRUARY 19, 2018ByBENJAMIN GLATT
A general view of Reykjavik, Iceland

The rite of circumcision

'The remarkable capacity of the Jewish nation to outlive all its enemies may quite well be the result of this small physical intervention.'

JANUARY 24, 2018ByNATHAN LOPES CARDOZO
Protesters wearing overalls daubed with red paint on the genital area demonstrate against male circumcision in 2012 in front of the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin.

Brit mila – time to cut the debate

The time has come to end the debate surrounding circumcision.

JANUARY 22, 2018BySHIMON GLICK
A man prepares the items needed for a circumcision.

An open wound: The heated debate surrounding circumcision

The medical benefits of circumcisions are not so convincing.

DECEMBER 21, 2017ByTALI KORD
A ‘MOHEL’ holds a scalpel as he performs a circumcision

Chief Rabbinate opposes legislation to regulate circumcision

“Circumcision is a kind of surgery and if we need to, we’ll enact legislation that requires a mohel to be licensed.”

JUNE 12, 2017ByJEREMY SHARON
Circumcision

Oslo chief rabbi: Israel shouldn't intervene in Norway circumcision debate

Norway’s Progress Party voted last week in favor of a ban on circumcision of boys under the age of 16.

MAY 10, 2017ByTAMARA ZIEVE
Circumcision

Top EU official backs freedom of religion amid calls against Jewish rituals in Europe

Brussels chief rabbi calls on Timmermans to aid Jewish community in battle.

MAY 10, 2017ByTAMARA ZIEVE
A man putting on a kippa as part of a solidarity campaign with European Jews

Orthodox Families won’t identify circumcisers who gave babies herpes

An unnamed source said the community is skeptical about the allegations because it believes the city wants to make certain circumcision practices illegal.

APRIL 20, 2017ByJTA
Circumcision