Posts Tagged: Circumcision
Top Canadian Jewish Group Sounds Alarm Over Proposed Limits on Circumcisions Outside Medical Facilities
A top Canadian Jewish group spoke out on Thursday against new restrictions on circumcision by medical professionals being weighed in the Manitoba province. The College of...
In New Book, a Mohel Reveals All
So You Want to Make a Bris by Dr. Henry Michael Lerner, Outskirts Press, November 2020. So You Want to Make a Bris was written because,...
NYC Mayoral Hopeful Yang Addresses Concerns Over Circumcision Stance: ‘I’ve Attended Multiple Friends’ Brises’
Ex-2020 Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang, a likely entrant in the race to succeed New York Mayor Bill de Blasio next year, responded on Twitter...
BBC Special on Circumcision Draws Mixed Reaction From UK Jewish Group
A British advocacy group for protecting the practice of circumcision expressed guarded criticism of a BBC special on the Jewish and Muslim ritual to be...
Ahead of Religious Freedom Summit, Secretary of State Pompeo Cautions Against Legislative Efforts to Curtail Circumcision, Ritual Slaughter
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo cautioned on Thursday against efforts in various European countries to curtail religious practices sacred to Jewish and Muslim communities,...
US Jewish Group Hails Move by Icelandic Parliamentary Committee to Thwart Proposed Circumcision Ban
A major US Jewish group has praised an Icelandic parliamentary committee for its recommendation this week that a proposed bill that would ban male circumcision...
European Jews Hold Protest Meetings Against Iceland’s Proposed Circumcision Ban
The controversy over Iceland's proposed ban on circumcision has escalated, with prominent European rabbis and their supporters holding protest meetings in recent days in Reykjavik...
Phony New York Times Trend Story Touts ‘Jewish Parents’ Avoiding Circumcision
The New York Times, which last memorably touched on the topic of circumcision with an unfortunate illustration involving a pencil sharpener, is, alas, at it...
Responding to the European Crusade Against Jewish Ritual
It comes as no surprise to me that more European countries are trying to make life difficult for Jews in various ways. But, how should...
Major Norwegian Party Votes to Ban Circumcision, Prompting Concern Among Country’s Jewish Community
Norway's libertarian Progress Party voted at its annual national conference this past weekend to ban the circumcision of males below the age of 16. The measure,...
New York Times Illustration Likening Circumcision to Pencil-Sharpening Prompts Uproar
Snip or not snip. A look at what the science says about male circumcision. https://t.co/Ty760Iw3Wp pic.twitter.com/5erRDEgU1E — The Upshot (@UpshotNYT) May 10, 2016 The Jewish doctor who...
Why Circumcision Is an Essential Part of Jewish identity
Tucked away at the beginning of this week’s Torah portion is the mitzvah of Brit Milah -- the obligation to circumcise every male Jew, ideally...
The Covenant of Circumcision: Why the Eighth Day Is So Holy
Our parsha this week begins with childbirth. It says that, in the case of a male child, “On the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin...
Scandinavian Circumcision Controversy Proves Europe is the Dark Continent
JNS.org - Back in the heyday of colonialism, Europeans used to refer to Africa as the "dark continent." Originally, the phrase was intended...
