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.

Berlin demonstration calls for right to ritual circumcision

Published on September 10, 2012

Jews and Muslims in Berlin demonstrated for the right to carry out ritual circumcisions, a right that has been endangered in Germany.

September 6, 2012

By Shmuel Rosner
Published on September 6, 2012

What should Jews do about the circumcision crisis?‎

By Shmuel Rosner
Published on August 24, 2012

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.

July 29, 2012

By Shmuel Rosner
Published on July 29, 2012

July 18, 2012

By Shmuel Rosner
Published on July 18, 2012

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.

Rabbis to meet in Berlin to protest circumcision ban

Published on July 9, 2012

Jewish religious leaders will hold an international meeting in Berlin on Tuesday to discuss how to respond to a German court ruling against performing circumcision on baby boys, which also sparked protests from Muslims and Christians in Germany.

Simon Wiesenthal Center urges German Chancellor to pass law declaring circumcision legal

By Jonah Lowenfeld
Published on July 6, 2012

June 26, 2012

By Shmuel Rosner
Published on June 26, 2012

Report: Circumcision lowers prostate cancer risk

By Brad A. Greenberg
Published on March 13, 2012

Metzitzah be-Peh and Protecting Jewish Infants

By Rabbi Zev Farber
Published on March 7, 2012

Infant boy dies after receiving herpes from circumcision procedure

By Brad A. Greenberg
Published on March 7, 2012

California strikes bids to ban circumcision

Published on October 3, 2011

California Gov. Jerry Brown signed a bill that prevents the state's municipalities from banning male circumcision.

Bill outlawing circumcision bans passes state legislature

By Jonah Lowenfeld
Published on September 6, 2011

Opinion: The necessity, validity of circumcision and its ritual

Published on August 24, 2011

With the latest turnaround by a San Francisco court removing the anti-circumcision measure from its city’s upcoming ballot, all of us who advocate circumcision on religious grounds can breathe a sigh of relief.

Appeal unlikely for S.F. circumcision ban ballot measure

By Jonah Lowenfeld
Published on August 24, 2011

Time appears to have run out for the proponents of a San Francisco ballot measure that would have banned circumcision of any boy under 18 in the city.

Tentative ruling confirmed: S.F. court strikes anti-circumcision measure from ballot

By Jonah Lowenfeld
Published on July 28, 2011

Foreskin Man gets a new cartoon doppelganger: Smegma Man

By Jonah Lowenfeld
Published on July 26, 2011

Letters to the editor: Boyle Heights, Steve Zimmer, circumcision

Published on July 19, 2011

Letters to the editor

Could Foreskin Man keep circumcision legal in San Francisco?

By Jonah Lowenfeld
Published on July 1, 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.

Foreskin Man, meet Vulva Girl

By Jonah Lowenfeld
Published on June 29, 2011

In S.F. circumcision ban battle, unusual tactics on both sides

By Jonah Lowenfeld
Published on June 27, 2011

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.

Coalition sues to keep circumcision ban off S.F. ballot

By Jonah Lowenfeld
Published on June 22, 2011

The Jewish-led coalition working to defeat a San Francisco ballot measure that would ban circumcision there filed a lawsuit on Wednesday morning.

Top 10 sharpest circumcision ban headlines

By Jay Firestone
Published on June 7, 2011

“Foreskin Man” brings anti-Semitic imagery into circumcision fight

By Jonah Lowenfeld
Published on June 3, 2011

The realities of the circumcision debate

Published on June 2, 2011

There is nothing esthetically appealing about a Brit Milah, the circumcision procedure performed on an 8 day old Jewish baby boy. To witness a barely one week old child strapped down with Velcro to a “Circ Board” in sight of everyone gathered is visually unappealing, if not spiritually uninspiring. If that were not enough, some officiants still engage in Metzitzah—the oral suction of blood from the circumcision. If not done by mouth directly, a pipette is used.

In foreskin fight, even terminology is being disputed

By Jonah Lowenfeld
Published on May 31, 2011

According to the proponent of a ballot initiative to prohibit the act of surgically removing a male baby’s foreskin, the term “circumcision” is nothing but a euphemism. “Having your foreskin amputated is probably more like it,” said Jena Troutman, a doula and mother of two sons, who initiated the process of petitioning Santa Monica to include the initiative on a future ballot.

San Francisco’s Curious Attachment to the Male Foreskin

By Rabbi Shmuley Boteach
Published on May 26, 2011

S.F. archbishop raps proposed circumcision ban

Published on May 25, 2011

San Francisco’s Catholic archbishop expressed his opposition to a city ballot initiative that would ban circumcision for minors. Archbishop George Niederauer condemned the initiative in a May 23 letter sent to the San Francisco Chronicle, his archdiocese’s newspaper reported.

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.