Brit mila

The real threat behind Europe’s crackdown on brit milah - opinion

As Europe scrutinizes brit milah, Jewish communities must defend religious freedom without surrendering tradition.

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US AMBASSADOR to Belgium Bill White shows an image of a ritual circumcision, in Brussels.

To save brit milah, it's time to end a controversial circumcision practice - opinion

A ‘MOHEL’ holds a scalpel as he performs a circumcision

Third complaint filed against man suspected of causing infant's death after circumcision

A ‘MOHEL’ holds a scalpel as he performs a circumcision

Mohel arrested for death of baby linked to circumcision


From Maine to Yeroham: One man’s journey to his grandson’s brit

For my father, 87, the brit was the moment he had been looking forward to after a cold Maine winter on the St. Croix River, filled with snow flurries and coronavirus worries.

Harold Silverman at his grandson’s brit

What's in a name?

The importance of names and their meanings

The writer standing in front of the house in Leipzig from which her family fled on Kristallnacht.

Lucy Aharish, Tsahi Halevi give circumcision to new baby Adam

Anything to do with religion is potentially a minefield for the glamorous couple because Aharish is Muslim and Halevi is Jewish.

Actor Tzachi Halevy and TV anchor Lucy Aharish at their wedding, October 10, 2018

Hospital performs brit milah for son of woman suffering from stroke

Hadar Myerson (44) gave birth to her fourth child about three weeks ago and a few days after the birth she had a severe stroke in Kfar Saba.


Hadassah hospital holds brit milah for son of woman in need

The circumcision was organized by hospital staff because the woman had no family or friends to help her with the event.

A brit is held at Hadassah-University Medical Center for a new mother who could not organize the ceremony.

Danish PM opposes bill banning circumcision, cites her promise to Jews

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu thanked Frederiksen on Saturday for opposing the bill, according to a statement from the Prime Minister's Office.

Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen speaks in the Prime Minister's Office in Copenhagen, Denmark August 15, 2020

Parents refuse surgery for baby after circumcision gone wrong

The baby was brought to the pediatric emergency room at Ziv Medical Center in Safed with extreme bleeding.

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The 92-year-old ongoing story of a ‘brissing gown’

In future generations, seven grandsons, and 10 great-grandsons would also have their brit in the gown.

THE WRITER at his pidyon haben, 1956

When mohel is not available, family takes circumcision into its own hands

Noam and Elisheva Fogel, Jewish Agency emissaries to New Zealand, welcomed Eden Refael to the world just two days before the coronavirus lockdown in the country began.

Relatives look at a baby after his brit milah in Jerusalem September 24, 2012.

Russia has a full-time surgeon whose only job is circumcising Jewish men

Dr. Yeshaya Shafit is Russia’s only mohel, or professional circumciser, for adult men.

Rabbi Chaim Danzinger, left, introduces Dr. Yeshaya Shafit, second from left, to Jews awaiting circumcision at the synagogue of Rostov-on-Don in Russia, July 27, 2020