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Brussels-based center trains mohelim as Belgium circumcision debate intensifies

The newly established Center of Excellence for Religious Male Circumcision (CERM) comes against the backdrop of growing legal and political challenges to Jewish religious circumcision across Europe.

Jewish men pray in a Belgian synagogue.
 The Sylvan Adams Children’s Hospital at the Wolfson Medical Center in Holon.

Infant hospitalized with herpes after circumcision involving direct oral suction

 Demonstrators hold Israeli and British flags outside the Law Courts, during a march against antisemitism, after an increase in the UK, during a temporary truce between the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas and Israel, in London, Britain November 26, 2023.

UK unlikely to classify circumcision as child abuse despite reports, Jewish leaders tell 'Post'

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WATCH: Jewish pop icon Pink confronts anti-circumcision protester


US Jewish organizations urge Iceland to nix bill banning male circumcision

"If passed, the Icelandic measure would create insurmountable challenges for Jews and Muslims living there,”

Relatives look at a baby after his circumcision in Jerusalem September 24, 2012.

Orthodox Families won’t identify circumcisers who gave babies herpes

An unnamed source said the community is skeptical about the allegations because it believes the city wants to make certain circumcision practices illegal.

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Chief Rabbinate suspends 'cannon-fodder' mohel for three years

Mohel Rabbi Eliyahu Asulin's license has been temporarily revoked after he reportedly encouraged apprentice mohels to practice on "cannon-fodder" non-Jewish babies.

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US Center for Disease Control says benefits of male circumcision outweigh risks

Male circumcision could help decrease the risk of contracting HIV and several other sexually transmitted infections.

A rabbi holds an eight-day-old baby during a circumcision ceremony in Brussels, August 20, 2009.

A scientific perspective on ‘A New York circumcision controversy’

The Court of Appeals has reaffirmed that the First Amendment’s guarantee of a person’s right to free exercise of religion is entitled to the very highest level of constitutional protection.

A rabbi holds an eight-day-old baby during a circumcision ceremony in Brussels, August 20, 2009.

Analysis: New York circumcision controversy emblematic of longtime Orthodox ideological split

Metzitzah b’peh (MBP)is a source of controversy within the Orthodox community, with more modern elements rejecting the ancient practice.

A rabbi holds an eight-day-old baby during a circumcision ceremony in Brussels, August 20, 2009.

Study links circumcision, lower rates of prostate cancer

New Canadian study finds men who had been circumcised had lower rates of prostate cancer than those who had not.

Baby undergoes circumcision R 370