The bris,” he tells the family, which has circled him, “marks a child’s entrance into the Jewish community as a blessing.” ...

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 ...

A Johannesburg mohel has been banned from practicing for life after a baby’s penis was partially amputated during a circumcision he performed. In addition to the life ban, all mohels in the country ...

According to police, 66-year-old mohel Moshe Drai is now involved in four separate investigations, with evidence from all ...

The hospital-circumcision contingent believes that a medical facility is the only appropriate place for surgery. If something goes wrong—excessive bleeding, infections, an accident—a hospital has ...

(CN) - A New York City newspaper cannot have the name of the mohel who infected a baby boy with the herpes simplex virus during a circumcision ritual, a state appeals court ruled. After the infection, ...

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 ...

This complaint joins three other cases currently under investigation, including the case in which the baby died following the circumcision.

It’s not all that rare for apparent strangers to approach Rabbi Yehuda Lebovics on the street, in a terminal at Los Angeles International Airport or even when he’s checking out cucumbers in the ...

As a 48-year-old father of seven, Rabbi Shalom Denbo isn’t your typical Orthodox rabbi. He zips through Southern California on a motorcycle with a medical bag in tow, performing brises on Jewish ...

Thanks to their Jewish heritage, Abbi and Ilana began their Birthright-like trip in the first part of the Season 3 finale of Broad City. In the second part of the finale, "Jews on a Plane," Ilana ...