circumcision

German Jewish group to begin training mohels

Germany’s main Jewish body has announced its intention to institutionalize the training of mohels, or ritual circumcisers.

Tasmanian state body recommends banning nonreligious circumcision

An advisory governmental institution in an Australian state is recommending that it ban non-medical circumcision on boys “except for religious reasons.”

Lawsuit filed against German rabbi for performing circumcisions

A court in Bavaria is considering criminal charges of committing bodily harm against a local rabbi, in the first known case to arise from an anti-circumcision ruling in May.

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