Thursday, 21 August, 2025
27 Av 5785
If, outside Israel, the law is that a bris must be performed by a medical professional, then they are the only ones who can do it.
By Rabbi Hayim Leiter
The raids follow a police complaint against six circumcisers in Antwerp over the alleged use of a controversial traditional technique
By JC Reporter
A new book explores the significance of the covenantal inititation rite
By Rabbi Elihu Gevirtz
Rabbi Jonathan Abraham, 47, has been detained for over three weeks
By Felix Pope
Jonathan Abraham was arrested at a property in Dublin with a scalpel in hand
96-year-old Armin Konn was born in Ukraine in a Jewish home, but never underwent the procedure
By Daniel Ben-David
Prince Harry's new memoir confirms he was circumcised, but has it always been a regal rite of passage?
By Georgia L Gilholy
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