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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.
Why I hired a Belgian butcher to circumcise my son
They warn you that parenting means doing a bunch of stuff you never imagined yourself doing.
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.
U.S. intervenes in Europe’s circumcision wars
The Obama administration’s anti-Semitism monitor has added an issue to his office’s portfolio: defending circumcision in Europe.
German lawmakers propose barring circumcision before age 14
Some 50 lawmakers in Germany have signed on to a proposal that would bar ritual circumcision for boys under the age of 14.
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.
Germany’s Jews won’t be punished for circumcisions
Germany’s Jews and Muslims will not be punished for breaking the law if they carry out circumcisions on young boys, Chancellor Angela Merkel’s spokesman said.
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.