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May 29, 2018, 1:43 PM

Iceland's circumcision debate is far from over

Circumcision (iStock)

Lawmakers are still considering a measure that would require consulting boys before the procedure

Moshe-Mordechai van Zuiden

May 10, 2018, 2:57 AM

It seems that Orthodox Rabbis need to be confronted loudly

Changes in Jewish Law are needed, in order and possible, if only the rabbis specialized in Jewish Law had the guts - many have suggested. Yet, building Halachah is not a democratic process, so public pressure will not help -...

May 2, 2018, 11:50 PM

Should we stay or should we go?

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 was scrapped. I’m sure we all agree that the legislation being shot down is a...

Apr 10, 2018, 10:50 AM

The mother of all lies

Illustrative: A baby after the brit milah ceremony (Gershon Elinson/Flash90)

Brit milah can be traumatic -- for a parent; the babies simply do not experience 'near-death distress'

Apr 5, 2018, 2:00 PM

No Brit Milah in Iceland

I had not previously been aware of anti-Semitism in the tiny Scandinavian country of Iceland with a total population of 320,000 people. The Icelandic parliament has now proposed and will pass a new law prohibiting circumcision in the country. With a...

Eitan Rosenfeld

Mar 15, 2018, 12:10 PM

Our Lion of Yehuda

At the beginning of every Hasbara Fellowships program, I take our new crop of fellows to the Dale Chihuly glass sculpture that hangs down the main entrance of Aish Hatorah. It's a magnificent piece composed of hundreds of individually...

Mar 5, 2018, 10:33 AM

When is a bris not a bris?

This past week, I was fortunate enough to be able to attend my new nephew’s brit milah, ברית מילה. The baby cried well before the ritual was to begin, as if he knew what was coming. And while tears...

Feb 26, 2018, 7:54 AM

Banning Circumcision and the Strength of Children’s Rights

As was reported in a recent Times of Israel article, the Icelandic parliament introduced a bill earlier this month that would ban the circumcision of male children. The bill is in line with a 2013 statement by the Nordic...

Feb 26, 2018, 1:25 AM

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. Almost two weeks ago the news broke that the Parliament in Iceland has proposed a...

Nathan Lopes Cardozo

Jan 17, 2018, 1:17 PM

Circumcision: Why risk your child's welfare?

Illustrative: A baby after the brit milah ceremony (Gershon Elinson/Flash90)

Monuments of stone may disappear; acts of commitment to God, ethics, or Jewish identity resound forever

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