Israel’s Health Ministry agreed that hospitals can offer circumcision services provided by doctors, not just by ritual mohels certified by the Chief Rabbinate. The decision reverses a decision by former Health Minister Shlomo Benizri, a member of the fervently Orthodox Shas Party.
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