Circumcision ban

Belgian police raid houses of mohalim, seize circumcision tools

According to Belgian reports, alongside the seizing of tools the mohalim were asked to provide records of all boys they had circumcised in the last year.

 Belgian police in Antwerp
A ‘MOHEL’ holds a scalpel as he performs a circumcision

British rabbi arrested in Ireland for performing illegal non-Jewish circumcision

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 THE WRITER conducts a circumcision on a twin grandson a few weeks ago.

Circumcision is a human right and a continuation of legacy - opinion


Proposal to ban circumcision of boys scrapped from Finland bill

Finland is an EU member state and subject to the rulings of the European Court of Justice.

Legislators deliberate in the Session Hall of Parliament of Finland

Danish PM opposes bill banning circumcision, cites her promise to Jews

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu thanked Frederiksen on Saturday for opposing the bill, according to a statement from the Prime Minister's Office.

Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen speaks in the Prime Minister's Office in Copenhagen, Denmark August 15, 2020

Danish parliament to debate bill that would ban non-medical circumcision

Henri Goldstein, the president of the Jewish Community in Denmark, says the measure represents “the worst threat since World War II” to the country’s Jew.

A ‘MOHEL’ holds a scalpel as he performs a circumcision

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What is deemed as an attack on a fundamental ethic of Judaism can be construed as an assault on the Jewish people.

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Rabbis mourn lack of tolerance in Sweden after anti-circumcision vote

Last week, the Swedish Center Party voted by a majority of 314-166 at its annual meeting to work to fight the non-medical circumcision of boys.

Rabbi Moshe Wiseberg, a "mohel", or ritual circumciser, holds a baby after circumcising him in Jerusalem

A Swedish political party says it will fight to ban circumcision

The Swedish Center Party voted 314-166 at its annual meeting to work to fight the nonmedical circumcision of boys.

A Swedish police officer  at the Landvetter airport near Gothenburg, Sweden

WJC slams Swedish Center Party for promoting circumcision ban

The congress joined Sweden’s Jewish Central Council in speaking out against the party moving ahead in promoting a ban on circumcision.

Circumcision in Israel

Holland’s circumcision pros are breaking the law, Health Ministry says

“It is not correct that anyone may perform circumcision because circumcision is a religious freedom or because they are proficient in it,” the spokesperson said.

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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.

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

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.

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

PREPARING FOR a circumcision.