Federal appeals court calls for review of NYC metzitzah b’peh law A New York City health law designed to regulate the controversial metzitzah b’peh ritual circumcision practice must pass stricter scrutiny, a federal appeals court ruled.
N.Y. newborn contracts herpes from controversial circumcision rite A newborn in New York contracted herpes from a controversial Jewish ritual circumcision rite.
Israel’s Chief Rabbinate backs metzitzah b’peh rite for bris Israel’s Chief Rabbinate issued a letter to Berlin’s Chabad rabbi upholding the importance of a controversial circumcision rite, metzitzah b’peh.
