JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Circumcision is one of Judaism's most important laws and for generations of faithful it has symbolized a biblical covenant with God. But in Israel, more and more Jewish parents ...

The mohel —the Jewish circumciser—was quietly rebranded a “local health practitioner,” as the sign of the Covenant and the ...

The Health Ministry plans to issue a detailed pamphlet on the medical pros and cons of circumcision, after years of avoiding the issue. The pamphlet, to be given to all new parents, will advise ...

Young Chinese men studying Torah in Yeshivat Mivtar in Gush Etzion, preparing for their Orthodox conversion, August 05 2010. The Reform and Conservative movements in Israel petitioned the High Court ...

(JTA) — The Israeli government is wading into the burgeoning European debate over circumcision and receiving a mixed reception from the continent’s Jews. On Dec. 11, Israel initiated a motion in ...

JERUSALEM - An Israeli rabbinic court has fined a woman hundreds of dollars for refusing to circumcise her baby son, officials said Thursday, in a landmark case that has sparked a new uproar over the ...

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Two members of a Marrano community on a Spanish island returned to Judaism yesterday in a unique double ritual circumcision ceremony at Ramat Gan Hospital, the first father and son circumcision in ...

Our Sages derive from our Parasha, a wondrous occurrence: the circumcision of the Egyptians. We read in our Parasha(41:53-57)’The seven years of abundance that came to pass in the land of Egyt ended.

JERUSALEM (AP) – An Israeli rabbinic court has fined a woman hundreds of dollars for refusing to circumcise her baby son, officials said Thursday, in a landmark case that has sparked a new uproar over ...