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Hospital compensates UK man after accidental circumcision
70-year-old Terry Brazier says he was too busy talking with the nurse to realize mistake: 'It was a real surprise'
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Ukrainian Jewish man, 70, undergoes circumcision in honor of Netanyahu visit
At event for Jewish community, PM meets septuagenarian Felix Gelfer, who took the Hebrew name Yonatan after Netanyahu's late IDF commando brother
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Jews join fight against Swedish party’s call to ban circumcisions
After Center Party votes to back legislation barring practice, Jewish leader warns 'it will be completely impossible to live as a Jew or a Muslim in Sweden'
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Historic first Jewish circumcision ceremony held in Abu Dhabi
Chabad rabbi from Berlin performs procedure in United Arab Emirates capital for family that had previously lived in Germany
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4 NY babies get herpes from Jewish circumcision rite in past 6 months
Cases reported since September from 'metzitzah b’peh'; infants were hospitalized, received intravenous antiviral drugs and are now recovering
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Jewish women move into a male domain: Ritual circumcision
The New York Times: US Jews are increasingly turning to female mohels, many of whom are doctors but not all rabbis, to circumcise their newborns
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Russia has a full-time surgeon whose only job is circumcising Jewish men
Traveling from the western border with Europe to the far-flung eastern reaches close to Japan, Dr. Yeshaya Shafit, Russia's only dedicated mohel, does about 10 procedures a week
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With no mohels around, New Zealand man circumcises his own son
Jews in country rely on circumcisers from Australia to perform ceremony, but a coronavirus travel ban prevents them from coming
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Danish lawmakers to mull circumcision ban, sparking protest
Head of Jewish community of Denmark says possible legislation making non-medical procedures illegal is the worst threat to the country's Jews since World War II
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Parents flee hospital with seriously hurt baby after circumcision gone wrong
Police eventually track down couple and escort them to medical center to ensure baby gets treatment; child in stable condition, but requires emergency surgery
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Netanyahu thanks Danish prime minister for opposition to circumcision ban
Mette Frederiksen says she is against proposed bill, citing ‘promise made’ to country’s Jews that they will remain a part of the country
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Proposal to ban male circumcision scrapped from Finland bill
Shelved amendment to new law on female genital mutilation would have potentially limited or outlawed nonmedical circumcision of males
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Josh Kushner’s former Israeli yeshiva leaks his baby’s name
Yeshivat Reishit in Jerusalem announces birth of Levi Joseph Kushner to its alumnus and Karlie Kloss, before couple made name public
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Sweden probes Jewish doctor for not using anesthetic when circumcising babies
Review of Peter Borenstein, a rabbi and physician, comes after report he only gives 8-day-old boys sugar-rich liquid before performing religious rite - as is usual among 'mohels'
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New US Jewish group aims to normalize not circumcising, wants synagogues to help
Bruchim says it is giving a voice to those who seek other ways to join the Jewish covenant; retorts a Conservative rabbi: Brit milah 'is about as basic to Judaism as you can get'
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