Posts Tagged: Jewish circumcision
US House Passes Religious Freedom Bill Protecting Circumcision, Ritual Slaughter
JNS.org - The U.S. House of Representatives unanimously passed a bill expanding the protection offered by the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 to include male...
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...
Council of Europe Overturns Ritual Circumcision Ban
JNS.org - In a victory for Jews observing the tradition of brit milah, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) has overturned a 2013...
Why Non-Jews Are Asking a Mohel to Circumcise Their Sons
JNS.org - An interesting phenomenon may be emerging in the U.S. when it comes to brit milah, the Jewish circumcision ritual. A new report by The Atlantic has concluded, based on interviews...
NYC Removes Jewish Circumcision Regulation in Favor of Increased Health Checks
JNS.org - The administration of New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio is repealing a regulation established by former mayor Michael Bloomberg that requires mohels...
Israeli Cops Suspend Drug Raid While Suspect Circumcises Son
Now here's an episode for Breaking Bad. In an "Only-in-Israel" moment, Border Police recently delayed hauling in a suspected drug dealer until he fulfilled the ancient...
Circumcision is Under Attack in Europe
JNS.org - This week, as Jews across the world celebrate Hanukkah, they also remember the victory of the Maccabees against the brutal rule...
Writer: Only Way to Survive as a Jew in Sweden is to ‘Shut Up and Fade Into the Woodwork’
In a letter published by Mosaic Magazine, Annika Hernroth-Rothstein, a Swedish writer and activist who last year organized the first public pro-Israel demonstration in Sweden in...
Berlin Bans Mohels From Performing Ritual Circumcisions
Germany's capital city of Berlin has announced new rules on circumcision procedures, banning Jewish mohels from performing the ritual and requiring that both parents of...
Jewish, Muslim Leaders Respond to Attacks on Religious Liberties
Amid attempts to ban circumcision in Germany and ritual slaughter in the Netherlands, Jewish and Muslim leaders are uniting to fight what they...
Austrian Province Joins Europe’s Circumcision Ban Movement
After a district court in Cologne, Germany banned religious circumcisions last month, and a decision that followed suit by two Swiss hospitals earlier this week,...
German Hospital Suspends Circumcisions
Following a German court's recent decision that the physical integrity of a child is more important than parents' religious beliefs, Berlin's Jewish Hospital...
German Court Outlaws Ritual Circumcision
The district court of Cologne ruled this week that religious circumcision of a child is harmful and that a parent's jurisdiction over his child does...
On the Death of Christopher Hitchens: Obituary for an Atheist Propagandist
There is a story told about the saintly Rabbi Nosson Tzvi Finkel, also known as the Alter (The Old One) of Slobodka (1849-1927), whose...
