Circumcision

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 preforming circumcision undee local anaesthesia on muslim children in Malaysia.

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

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.

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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.

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


Knesset airs pro-circumcision film at PACE

Knesset-produced film is meant to combat a Parliamentary Assembly of the Congress of Europe resolution seeking to limit ritual circumcision.

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Faut-il imposer la circoncision ?

Une Israélienne, condamnée par un tribunal rabbinique pour avoir refusé de circoncire son fils, attend actuellement la décision en appel de la cour suprême rabbinique. Enquête.

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The indefensible attack on circumcision

That democratic societies in the 21st century should attempt via legal means to outlaw this procedure is a travesty on justice, ethics and humanity.

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Circumcision – defending the indefensible

By screening my TV documentary 'It’s a Boy!' for European parliamentarians I aim to help shore up their commitment to protection of children’s right to physical integrity.

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Knesset producing film to fight anti-circumcision laws

PACE secretary-general calls motion limiting minority rights dangerous; MK Shai plans to screen pro-circumcision short in PACE committee meeting.

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Was a Brit Mila the only thing stopping McCain from becoming a Jew?

According to 'New York Times' article, McCain quipped he would convert to Judaism - until ex-Senator Lieberman brought up circumcision.

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Swedish county eying ban on circumcision

Blekinge County commissioner opposes nonmedical circumcision because minors "have no possibility to say no to the surgery."

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High Court freezes Rabbinical Court’s fine on woman who refuses to have son circumcised

Beit Din had fined mother NIS 500 a day until she consented; last month Supreme Rabbinical Court of Appeals upheld the ruling.

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Knesset motion to reverse PACE ritual circumcision ban clears hurdle

MKs collect 102 signatures from Council of Europe MPs; Rivlin: Intervention in matters of Judaism is not legitimate.

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Shas, Yesh Atid MKs unite in fighting European anti-circumcision measure

In a rare case of cooperation, Knesset members from both factions to head to Paris to battle resolution.

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