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.

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

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'


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.

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.

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Juif malgré lui

Ex-politicien d’extrême droite pro-nazi, Csanád Szegedi a longtemps fait son beurre de la haine des juifs et de la banalisation de la Shoah. Jusqu’à ce qu’il découvre sa judéité

Csanád Szegedi avec le rabbin Barouh Oberlander

Chief Rabbinate suspends 'cannon-fodder' mohel for three years

Mohel Rabbi Eliyahu Asulin's license has been temporarily revoked after he reportedly encouraged apprentice mohels to practice on "cannon-fodder" non-Jewish babies.

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Denmark's chief rabbi allays concerns about circumcision ban

After reports started circulating, claiming that the Danish Medical Association was pushing for legislation against the practice on anyone under the age of 18, Denmark chief rabbi fights back.

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Two recent cases herpes in babies following Brit Milah

The infections are believed to be the result of circumcisions in which the “metzitzah ba’peh” procedure was used, whereby the mohel, or circumciser, uses his mouth to suction blood off the penis.

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New York ceases regulating controversial circumcision practice

The board indicated that it believed that previous efforts at regulation were ineffective.

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Israel can prevent it

The Jerusalem Post

Chief Rabbinate opens new circumcision service

The move comes against a background of several high profile struggles against the chief rabbinate by different groups who have sought to establish alternatives to the chief rabbinate's services.

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German hospital working to deter parents from circumcising

Hospital spokesman says “we respect the religious grounds of families asking for circumcision, and we don’t actively want to convince them to desist.”

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