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.

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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

 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'


'Harry Potter' fends off foreskin question

Margoyles, who is Jewish and worked with Radcliffe when she played Professor Sprout in the Harry Potter films, is known for her potty mouth and fans love her for it.

Britain's Daniel Radcliffe poses as he arrives for the world premiere of "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1" at Leicester Square in London November 11, 2010.

Rabbis mourn lack of tolerance in Sweden after anti-circumcision vote

Last week, the Swedish Center Party voted by a majority of 314-166 at its annual meeting to work to fight the non-medical circumcision of boys.

Rabbi Moshe Wiseberg, a "mohel", or ritual circumciser, holds a baby after circumcising him in Jerusalem

A Swedish political party says it will fight to ban circumcision

The Swedish Center Party voted 314-166 at its annual meeting to work to fight the nonmedical circumcision of boys.

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Circumcision, kippot and hiding as a Jew

This was not the first time I had heard about religious tensions from families in Europe. But something changed for me on this trip.

A kippah demonstration in front of a synagogue in Berlin

Baby's genitals amputated after botched circumcision by nurse

"I didn't know what went on in the operation room," explained the father. "I only had someone tell me, 'Come take your daughter!'"

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World leaders urged to make female circumcision a priority like HIV

"We're learning every day that there are more pockets where this is happening," said Shelby Quast, Americas director at women's rights group Equality Now.

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Holland’s circumcision pros are breaking the law, Health Ministry says

“It is not correct that anyone may perform circumcision because circumcision is a religious freedom or because they are proficient in it,” the spokesperson said.

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Rabbi Ahiad Ettinger's name lives on with grandson of woman he saved

Terrorist aimed his weapon at the woman but switched his attention toward the rabbi

Efrat Ettinger (R) delivers a eulogy for her father, Rabbi Ahiad Ettinger, in the West Bank settlement of Eli, March 18th, 2019

Israeli scholar: Baby Circumcision increases risk of cot death

An Israel-born genetics scholar from Britain published a study claiming circumcision of boys increases the risk of cot death, but a prominent Dutch pediatrician dismissed his findings as “nonsense.”

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Denmark considering ban on circumcision. Will the Jews stay?

“The more I live here, the more I get the feeling this might be the wrong place to raise a Jewish family.”

Police stand guard outside a synagogue in Krystalgade in Copenhagen, February 15, 2015.