New York ““ At a recent Union for Reform Judaism Board of Trustees meeting in Brooklyn, New York, the Board adopted a resolution on anti-circumcision initiatives. Citing circumcision as the oldest ...

Editor’s note: The lawsuits against Bruchim, Rebecca Wald, Eliyahu Ungar-Sargon and all other named defendants were dismissed by an Idaho judge in February and March, respectively. A man who made a ...

(RNS) — As European governments have woken to the need to fight anti-Semitism, they should adopt a common approach to guarantee this religious practice. (RNS) — In a decade that has witnessed lethal ...

Richard Prasquier, the French Jewish leader, said that banning circumcision in Europe “would inevitably mean the end of Judaism” there. “You can seek a ban but you need to understand the consequences: ...

After US Ambassador to Belgium Bill White accused his host country of antisemitism over its laws regulating circumcision, the Belgian government found itself embroiled in a very public argument. White ...

Concerns were raised by the British Jewish community over the weekend after The Guardian claimed that circumcision may be classed as a form of child abuse in the UK under new guidance for prosecutors.

San Francisco-area Jewish organizations condemned a proposed ballot measure to outlaw Jewish ritual circumcision in the city. The Anti-Defamation League, the local Jewish Community Relations Council, ...

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One mohel, a lawyer who has done about 2,000 procedures, said he does not recognize the government’s authority on the issue. AMSTERDAM (JTA) — The Dutch Health Ministry said it is cracking down on ...

The Power of Jewish Rituals as a Mark of the Covenant By Rabbi Rachel Ain, November 2008 Why do I wear a kippah? I was asked this question when speaking at Corcoran High School this week, giving a ...

In a succinct written statement, a coalition of Los Angeles Jewish groups expressed “great concern” about a proposed ballot measure that that would prohibit the circumcision of male minors in Santa ...

European Jewish and Muslim groups have joined forces to defend circumcision for young boys on religious grounds after a German regional court ruled it amounted to bodily harm. A joint statement says ...