Circumcision

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

“You must make a legal provision to allow Jewish religious mohels to perform their duties here in Belgium. It’s done in all civilized countries as legal procedure,” the US Ambassador to Belgium wrote.

Michael Freilich.
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

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.

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


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.

 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.

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.

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

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.

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.

Nadler accuses RFK Jr of antisemitism over claim that ‘early’ circumcisions are tied to autism

Most Americans choose to circumcise their male children, although the circumcision rate has fallen sharply in recent years.

U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. delivers remarks during a Cabinet meeting with President Donald Trump at the White House on Oct. 9, 2025.

Elon Musk bat Ashley St. Clair angeblich, sein jüdisches Kind nicht zu beschneiden

Ashley St. Clair verrät, dass Musk sie gebeten habe, auf die Beschneidung ihres gemeinsamen Sohn zu verzichten, ein ehrwürdiges Ritual in der jüdischen Tradition.

 Elon Musk

Belgian police raid houses of mohalim, seize circumcision tools

According to Belgian reports, alongside the seizing of tools the mohalim were asked to provide records of all boys they had circumcised in the last year.

 Belgian police in Antwerp

Elon Musk reportedly asked Ashley St. Clair not to circumcise his Jewish child

Ashley St. Clair reveals that Musk asked her not to give their son a circumcision, a venerable ritual in the Jewish tradition.

 Elon Musk

Stamped with holiness: Circumcision and the sacred power of oaths

Fulfilling the commandment of circumcision means taking the ordinary body of a human being and transforming it into something holy that has been brought into the covenant/treaty of Hashem’s people.

 An illustrative image of a stamp and bright light underneath it.

Ukrainian Jewish man takes name Kfir Ariel in honor of Bibas brothers

The Ukrainian Jewish man took the name Kfir Ariel to honor the two child hostages murdered in Gaza captivity.

 Pictures of Shiri Bibas and her children Kfir and Ariel, in Jerusalem, February 20, 2025

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.