Circumcision

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

Bill White directed the demand toward Belgium's health minister. With few exceptions, Belgian law requires that circumcisions be performed by medical professionals.

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

 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'

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

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


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.

Circumcision: The history, health benefits, pros and cons - explainer

Circumcision is one of the oldest surgical procedures in the world and holds an important place in Judaism as the brit mila. Here's everything you should know.

A man prepares the items needed for a circumcision.

Israeli baby requires complex surgery after circumcision gone wrong

The baby required long and complex surgery performed by three surgeons to treat the circumcision damage, but it is unclear if it was successful.

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

Parasha picture: Covenant, circumcision and the future

“On the eighth day the flesh of the foreskin shall be circumcised” (Leviticus 12:3)

Illustrative photo