A Belgian Indictment

Photo: Diego Delso via Wikimedia Commons

Two summers ago, during the initial Iran conflict, I turned down an international Bris for the first time. This is uncharacteristic of a mohel. However, the war was not the reason I declined to go. At the time, my wife was also traveling, and there was an issue of who would watch the children for the 36 hours I was meant to be gone. But that’s also not what stopped me. 

I turned down the Bris because I didn’t want to get arrested.

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