An investigation into three mohelim in Antwerp has prompted a diplomatic row between Brussels and Washington. What are the ...
In Sweden, said Lena Posner-Korosi, president of the country’s 20,000-strong Jewish community, circumcision is permitted until two months, which effectively shuts out the Muslim community, in which ...
Richard Prasquier, the French Jewish leader, said that banning circumcision in Europe “would inevitably mean the end of Judaism” there. “You can seek a ban but you need to understand the consequences: ...
The conversation came amid rumours that Belgium may look to ban circumcision, which reignited after a public argument between the US ambassador to Belgium, Bill White, and Deputy PM Maxime Prévot. “If ...
Belgium's government summoned U.S. Ambassador Bill White for consultations on Tuesday after he accused the country of antisemitism, intervening in a case involving three Jewish religious figures ...
British Jews are weighing in after authorities said they are considering deeming some circumcisions “a form of child abuse” following deaths from the procedure. The Crown Prosecution Service, the ...
It’s been a bad week for circumcision. Two separate but equally tragic stories occurred almost a continent apart. In Great Britain, a six-month-old boy died a week after his circumcision, and it has ...
Freilich is ‘reaching out his hand to find a solution, and being accused of disloyalty to his own country,’ source tells JI ...
BERLIN (Reuters) - The head of Germany's Jewish community and a leading doctor have urged the government to draw up a new law stating clearly that circumcising boys for religious reasons is legal, ...