Brit mila

Haaretz’s claims on brit milah: Separating fact from misconception - opinion

That this family continues to have a strong connection to our nation, history, and customs speaks to how brit milah – unchanged itself across millennia – continues to preserve the Jewish people.

|ByHAYIM LEITER
THE WRITER, second from left, performs a circumcision in the presence of four generations, great-grandfather to newborn. Just as much as the Jewish people have continuously kept the commandment of circumcision, the practice has preserved our identity, he asserts.
Author Gary Shteyngart holds a cucumber in the short documentary "The Man Who Got Cut Wrong."

Gary Shteyngart reflects on his botched bris in a new short film

Told with humor, sensitivity, and pain, the 20-minute film — shot almost entirely in black and white — is directed by Dana Ben-Ari.

|ByJACKIE HAJDENBERG/JTA
AVIGAYIL, THE WIDOW, holds the baby at the brit.

A brit milah for two: Welcoming life, honoring the fallen - opinion

VALERY WAS more than just a comrade. He was brave. A rock in times of chaos. A man of quiet courage and deep conviction. Bobby often spoke of how Valery made him a better soldier and a better man.

|ByJONATHAN LIEBERMAN
THE WRITER conducts the circumcision as the head of the community, standing and wearing a prayer shawl, reads from the text and names the baby. ‘What I discovered is that Kenyans love Israel,’ he says.

A mohel in Nairobi: Discovering Jewish life in the heart of Africa - opinion

A mohel’s journey to Nairobi reveals a thriving yet fragile Jewish community, deep ties to Israel, and the challenge of sustaining Jewish life in Kenya.

|ByHAYIM LEITER

The Serbian connection

FEBRUARY 2, 2019ByHAYIM LEITER
A MAN holds a Serbian flag on a street corner in Belgrade

Israeli scholar: Baby Circumcision increases risk of cot death

An Israel-born genetics scholar from Britain published a study claiming circumcision of boys increases the risk of cot death, but a prominent Dutch pediatrician dismissed his findings as “nonsense.”

AUGUST 19, 2018ByJTA
Brit mila

Mohel bill cut from ministers' agenda

The bill is intended to protect parents in the case of botched circumcisions

JUNE 17, 2018ByGIL HOFFMAN
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A mohel reflects: Blood on all our hands

The rabbinate should be an institution committed to professional development and support for mohalim.

MAY 26, 2018ByHAYIM LEITER
A ‘MOHEL’ holds a scalpel as he performs a circumcision

Rabbis to the rescue: the fight against Iceland’s circumcision ban

Conference of European Rabbis President Rabbi Pinchas Goldschmidt told The Jerusalem Post that his organization used a three-pronged approach to try to combat Iceland’s move.

MAY 1, 2018ByTAMARA ZIEVE
Conference of European Rabbis’ Standing Committee meeting in Riga, Latvia on May 1, 2018.

As I See It: The cutting edge of secular illiberalism

Echoing the bigotry of centuries, secularism has become the tyranny of the modern age.

MARCH 1, 2018ByMELANIE PHILLIPS
PREPARING FOR a circumcision.

What's in a name?

We're not asking you to stay away from naming him after a geographic region or body of water - like Golan or Kinneret or Yarden - though we never ever thought of naming you Kansas or Lake Erie.

FEBRUARY 28, 2018ByHERB KEINON
Illustration by Pepe Fainberg

Brit mila – time to cut the debate

The time has come to end the debate surrounding circumcision.

JANUARY 22, 2018BySHIMON GLICK
A man prepares the items needed for a circumcision.

Give brit mila a chance

I tend to use the word “barbaric” when describing adult circumcision.

OCTOBER 21, 2017ByHAYIM LEITER
A RABBI prepares for a circumcision.