Circumcision’s sex effects
Belgian study reports that uncircumcised men experience greater sensitivity and pleasure
View ArticleGerman prosecutor drops charges against circumciser
‘Good news,’ says rabbi who was indicted after a Cologne court ruled to ban ritual last year
View ArticleCongress hears testimony on European anti-Semitism
Inter-religious experts include Muslim activist and president of Catholic University
View ArticleEuropean docs criticize US support for circumcision
New journal article dismisses 2012 study as weakened by ‘cultural bias’
View ArticlePoll: 45 percent of Britons favor banning ritual slaughter
38% of respondents say they also support ban on non-medical circumcision
View ArticleNY newborn contracts herpes from circumciser
Baby is the second in three months to fall victim to the virus due to controversial rite
View ArticleBerlin probing circumcision over blood-sucking ritual
New law protecting rights of Jews and Muslims to religious ceremony does not account for controversial metzizah b’peh
View ArticleBlood-sucking divisive in Berlin’s Jewish community
German probe sparks inter-Jewish debate on circumcision-related ritual
View Article‘We don’t want to hurt our baby’
When circumcision is the dilemma, Rabbi Nina Beth Cardin, Dr. Alyssa Gray and Rabbi Brad Hirschfield offer words of wisdom in this, our first Ethical Jam session, hosted by Rabbi Daniel Lehmann,...
View ArticleIsrael’s Chief Rabbinate backs metzitzah b’peh rite
Berlin circumcision complaint causes a number of rabbinical bodies to give their differing opinions
View ArticleBaby in critical condition after circumcision
Barely breathing boy rushed to hospital following ritual
View ArticleWHO approves Israeli-developed circumcision device
PrePex removes foreskin without the need for surgery, can be used to prevent the spread of STDs
View ArticleUnrepentant Norwegian paper claims reaction to its gory cartoon is ‘similar...
Groups crying anti-Semitism ‘leave little room for nuances and reflections,’ Dagbladet says, defending publication of blood-soaked circumcision image
View ArticleBaby who lost consciousness after circumcision dies
Two-week-old succumbs to medical complications; rabbinate says doctors confirm illness was caused by preexisting condition
View ArticleFlorida inmate makes second request for prison brit
Lifer has a Jewish mother and is active in the Jewish prison ministry
View ArticleRabbinical group aims to standardize circumcision in Europe
The Vienna-based Union of Mohalim calls itself an ‘additional layer of protection’ against opponents of brit mila
View ArticleThe long and short of it
Regretting having yielded to peer — and spousal — pressure to circumcise his son
View ArticleMotion to ban non-medical circumcision introduced in Sweden
Anti-immigration Sweden Democrats party members behind the proposal
View ArticleEuropean council passes anti-circumcision resolution
Measure by intergovernmental body is non-binding; also addresses female genital mutilation
View ArticleIsrael: European stance on circumcision ‘intolerable’
Foreign Ministry urges Council of Europe to rescind statements on religious ritual, comparison to female genital mutilation
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