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In defense of Jewish circumcision
Dennis Prager
October 8, 2015
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.
Norway passes act that enshrines brit milah
Jewish Journal
June 27, 2014
The leader of Norway’s Jewish community praised his country’s parliament for passing an act enshrining ritual circumcision for boys.
Poll: 45 percent of Britons favor banning shechitah
Jewish Journal
March 29, 2013
About 45 percent of 1,900 Britons polled favored banning Jewish ritual slaughter and 38 percent said they favored banning nonmedical circumcision.
German lawmakers propose barring circumcision before age 14
Jewish Journal
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
Jewish Journal
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.
German court ruling on circumcision riles Jewish community
Jewish Journal
June 27, 2012
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.
N.Y. health board proposes consent waiver on circumcision rite
Jewish Journal
June 13, 2012
New York City health officials have proposed requiring that Jewish parents sign a consent waiver in order to use a controversial circumcision-related rite.
Cost to keep circumcision off ballot: $100K
Jonah Lowenfeld
November 9, 2011
In the very public fight over a ballot measure aiming to ban circumcision of underage males in San Francisco, the Jewish-led coalition that succeeded in keeping the practice legal in the city spent more than six times what the ban’s proponents did.
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