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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A 'MOHEL' holds a scalpel as he performs a circumcision (photo credit: RONEN ZVULUN/REUTERS) The mohel, who had performed ...

The city’s $2,000 fine to stop unsafe circumcisions is a mere cost-of-doing-business slap that will do nothing to deter the ­lucrative but potentially disease-spreading ritual, mohels and community ...

This article originally appeared on VICE US. In 1979, two thirds of newborn boys in Western countries were circumcised, but rates of circumcision plunged in the ensuing years. In 2010, 58 percent of ...

Just like in any other town. You go to some weird town in Nebraska, and there’s probably a Jewish pediatrician who’s happy to do your son’s circumcision. But I am the only full-time mohel in Northern ...

(JTA) — “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.

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 ...