Circumcision

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

The conversation came amid rumours that Belgium may look to ban circumcision, which reignited after a public argument between the US ambassador to Belgium, Bill White, and Deputy PM Maxime Prévot.

FEBRUARY 17, 2026|ByMATHILDA HELLER

A Belgian national flag flies over the Royal Palace

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

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

FEBRUARY 16, 2026|ByPHILISSA CRAMER/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.

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.

FEBRUARY 3, 2026|ByRABBI HAYIM LEITER/JTA

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.

JANUARY 12, 2026|ByMATHILDA HELLER

Parasha picture: Covenant, circumcision and the future

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

MARCH 30, 2022ByMICHAEL M. COHEN

Welcome to the world, baby boy

There is something about a newborn that is hard to resist. Even more when that newborn is your first grandson and your daughter and son-in-law’s first child.

DECEMBER 2, 2021ByBRIAN BLUM

Finding religious tolerance during a Croatia circumcision - opinion

I realized that he was not the only one willing to put aside his own needs for those in his community.

OCTOBER 26, 2021ByHAYIM LEITER

These Jews want to normalize not circumcising with their synagogue's help

Bruchim is a new organization that advocates for Jewish families that don't want to circumcise their sons.

OCTOBER 8, 2021ByBEN HARRIS/JTA

RABBI YEHUDA MATUSOF holds his eight-day-old grandson during a circumcision ceremony in Brussels. The book discusses circumcision and a wide variety of other practices and attitudes toward the Jewish body.

Was Jewish circumcision mistakenly banned by Manitoba's medical regulator?

A new standard of practice drafted last month by CPSM prevented Jewish circumcisions from being done at a synagogue or at home, as is tradition.

JULY 23, 2021ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

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

Sweden probes mohel for not using anesthesia when circumcising babies

In Sweden, the law allows non-medical circumcision of boys but requires the presence of licensed medical personnel. Therefore, mohels in Sweden tend to be physicians as well.

MAY 20, 2021ByCNAAN LIPHSHIZ/JTA