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….That week when two Mohels cancelled on me

Having called Los Angeles home for my entire life, I figured I had seen it all from the Jewish community over my thirty-five years: I davenned at its synagogues, married a girl I first met in youth group, regularly spend my lunchtime at the best delis in the city, and have even laid teffilin in front of my apartment in the Fairfax district.

In defense of Jewish circumcision

This past week, I was in Miami for the bris (or brit), the Jewish ritual circumcision, of my grandson. It’s a good time to offer a defense of the Jews’ most ancient ritual.

Jewish groups sue NYC over circumcision rule

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.

German court ruling on circumcision riles Jewish community

Germany’s top Jewish leader called on the federal Parliament “to ensure religious freedom” following a Cologne court ruling that said circumcising young boys on religious grounds amounts to grievous bodily harm.

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