Agudath Israel of America reportedly is planning to sue the city of New York if its health department passes a law requiring parental consent for the circumcision ritual known as metzitzah b’peh. The ...
NEW YORK (AP) – A group of rabbis are clashing with New York City health officials over the safety of an ancient circumcision ritual. Three rabbis and three Jewish groups sued the city Thursday in an ...
NEAR MOUNT ELGON, Uganda (AP) — The dancers shook their hips to the beat of drummers who led the way, anticipating the start of mass circumcision among the Bamasaaba people of Uganda’s mountainous ...
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US ambassador to Belgium urges nation to drop charges over illegal circumcisions
Accusations against three mohels for acting without medical license are 'antisemitic,' Bill White says; European Commission also seeking a solution to impasse over Jewish ritual The post US ambassador ...
Naked, covered in white clay mud, and with his penis wrapped in leaves, Abongile Maqegu, 20, sits in a hut in South Africa recovering from his circumcision -- a traditional ritual that can prove fatal ...
An investigation into three mohelim in Antwerp has prompted a diplomatic row between Brussels and Washington. What are the ...
A hospital in Southern Norway has begun carrying out ritual circumcisions for Muslim or Jewish parents for the first time since the country’s government brought in a new circumcision law last year. A ...
NEW YORK -- For thousands of years, rabbis performed a simple procedure to cleanse the wound during a ritual circumcision: Like outdoorsmen treating a snake bite, they sucked blood from the cut and ...
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