German lawmakers propose barring circumcision before age 14

Published on November 14, 2012

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

Published on October 12, 2012

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.

Swiss hospital lifts ban on circumcision

Published on August 10, 2012

A Swiss hospital which briefly banned circumcision announced that it would now allow the procedure.

Germany’s Jews won’t be punished for circumcisions

Published on July 13, 2012

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.

Mohel performs 4,500th brit

Published on August 17, 2011

A mohel in Ukraine performed his 4,500th ritual circumcision.

UPDATED: S.F. court rules to remove anti-circumcision measure from ballot

By Jonah Lowenfeld
Published on July 27, 2011

Anti-circumcision:  Is this equal to anti-Semitism?

By Norman Lavin, M.D, PhD., UCLA Medical School
Published on June 30, 2011

Believe it or not, an American city, San Francisco, is voting to proscribe one of the central rituals of an entire religious community, the Jewish people, who have been circumcising male infants since the time of Abraham.

Proposed circumcision ban not merely a parochial concern

Published on June 23, 2011

Circumcision, or "brit milah," has long been the stuff of cheap jokes and comedy. But in recent weeks, what used to be nothing more than harmless fare has taken on a much more serious tone. So-called “intactivists” on the fringe left of American politics have pushed the radical notion that infant circumcision is an act of genital mutilation, so unacceptable in fact that it ought to be illegal.

San Francisco’s Curious Attachment to the Male Foreskin

By Rabbi Shmuley Boteach
Published on May 26, 2011

Circumcision wars in California

Published on May 24, 2011

The attempt to make circumcision illegal, including those performed for religious reasons, is spreading beyond San Francisco, which aimed last week to become the first American municipality to ban the practice. Now, residents of Santa Monica have filed a petition indicating that they, too, intend to get a similar measure on the November ballot for their city. While these are the two most aggressive attempts to curtail the practice of circumcision, they represent an increasing trend away from the practice, or at least away from the presumption of its necessity.

Jewish groups condemn effort to ban circumcision

Published on November 18, 2010

San Francisco-area Jewish organizations condemned a proposed ballot measure to outlaw Jewish ritual circumcision in the city.

Briefs: Cancer helps Olmert poll numbers, Mrs. El Presidente in Argentina—still good for the Jews

Published on November 1, 2007

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