For the first time in the history of the Shetland Isles, a lonely group of islands off the northeast coast of Scotland, a circumcision of a Jewish boy was performed. The child, named Abraham Ben ...
The anti-circumcision crusade is not really about medicine. It is about discomfort with Jewish distinctiveness. The real ...
Orthodox Jewish groups have sued New York City to block a required warning to parents of the dangers of a ritual in which the circumciser uses his mouth to draw blood from the baby's penis. The ...
In most respects, Michelle Chernikoff Anderson is a rabbi's dream congregant. She sings in the choir and takes classes at her synagogue. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad ...
Rabbis in the Boston area will attend circumcision ceremonies only if a “mohel” or a Jewish physician performs the operation, it was announced here today by Rabbi Joseph S. Shubow, president of the ...