Philip Veerman gives only half the story in his recent blog post, ‘Law proposal in Iceland heats up Children’s rights debate on circumcision

Last week, a baby almost died as a result of his brit mila. As one news report described, just after the brit ended in Kfar Yona, the parent

The Jews of Iceland should get out now. I posed this as a question on Facebook last week when the Icelandic legislation to ban circumcision

The anticipation of a Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day) brit is caught up with the stress of balancing the somber time of the Tz’firah

The newest voice in the anti-circumcision movement comes from a very unlikely place. A 29-year-old mother from Nottingham is seeking legal

European Jewry is in serious trouble. For those of you who don’t get Google Alerts on circumcision, let me bring you up to speed.

Rabbi Raziel Shevach was brutally gunned down two weeks ago while driving near his home in Havat Gilad. The terrorist behind the crime died

My last Brit Milah was a complicated one. The father was raised in Israel, born to Jewish parents, while the mother had undergone a Reform

My phone rang as I was walking out of my daughter’s school.  An unidentified number. Most people hesitate to answer such a call, but that’s

It was the holiday season about ten years ago when I got the call: it’s a boy.  My older sister was the first of my siblings to have a child

The first Apple event I’ve ever watched was last week and it was an eye-opening experience.  Maybe I’m missing something because I’m not the

At the Jerusalem Gay Pride Parade this past year, someone on sidelines stood out more than the marchers.  And that’s no small feat at an

“The children are still in foster care,” the grandmother told me.  “The parents haven’t gotten their drug habits under control.”  

My name is Hayim Leiter and I am an unlicensed mohel. Now I know what you’re thinking, ‘Shouldn’t he be arrested or something?’

Being a mohel is its own animal.  It’s different from your run-of-the-mill business.  A standard business model focuses on getting the word

It was almost midnight a few weeks ago when I received a text from a fellow mohel asking, “What is ‘inter-milah’?  I need to explain to the

“We want it L’Mitzvah”, the father of the baby said. I’m not sure if it was my translation of Hebrew into in English or his translation...

Nothing portrays our dilemma of circumcising children of non Jewish mothers in our generation better than the grandchildren of both

“You don’t need to check your bag. It’ll fit in the overhead compartment,” the woman checking me in said. “I can’t.” “Why?” she asked. Since