The anti-circumcision crusade is not really about medicine. It is about discomfort with Jewish distinctiveness. The real ...

Mention circumcision to a group of men, and - even if they think it's a good idea, health wise - most guys will cringe, says Rabbi Elizabeth Bahar, who is planning a Bris, the public, prayerful ritual ...

HUNTSVILLE, Alabama -- On Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2012, the Huntsville Jewish community celebrated the bris, ceremonial circumcision, of a new 8-pound, 2-ounce member of the Jewish congregation of ...

Circumcision is one of Judaism’s most important laws and for generations of faithful it has symbolised a Biblical covenant with God. But in Israel, more and more Jewish parents are saying no to the ...

The first act with the baby Jesus after his birth was an act of obedience to Jewish tradition. “And at the end of the eight days, when he was circumcised, he was called Jesus, the name given by the ...

Though the prospect of circumcising a baby boy typically causes some anxiety, Jewish parents most often to go through with it. Circumcision is a concrete symbol of the ancient Abrahamic covenant, an ...

“This is my covenant which you shall keep, between me and you and your descendants after you: Every male child among you shall be circumcised.” — Genesis 17:10 A district judge in Cologne, Germany, ...

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. According to various ...