A state judge has denied a request by the Forward seeking the name of a mohel who is believed to have infected a baby with herpes during a ritual circumcision. Supreme Court Justice Timothy Dufficy ...

The mohel, who had performed thousands of circumcisions before, had received previous allegations of medical complications. A ...

“What are these for?” the security guard at the Dubai airport asked as three others inspected my bris kit — the bag of supplies I carry when I perform circumcisions on Jewish baby boys. Whenever I ...

A two-week-old baby was hospitalized at Wolfson after contracting herpes during a circumcision involving direct oral suction. A two-week-old baby was hospitalized at Wolfson Medical Center with a ...

A mohel from Bnei Brak was arrested on Tuesday on suspicion of negligent homicide after an infant died two weeks after undergoing circumcision. The police stated that investigators from the Bnei ...

An ancient circumcision ritual is at the center of a present-day legal battle in New York. The New York City Department of Health wants to require parental consent for a controversial circumcision ...

U.S. Ambassador to Belgium Bill White. Credit: U.S. Department of State. The U.S. ambassador to Belgium, Bill White, on Monday criticized what he termed local authorities’ “antisemitic harassment” of ...

A 66-year-old mohel from Bnei Brak was arrested on Tuesday on suspicion of causing death by negligence after an infant died approximately two weeks after the man conducted a circumcision. The ...