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circumcision

(From left) Steven Skybell, Jonah Weinstein, Yair Ben-Dor, Lori Wilner and Suzanne Toren in "The Eighth Day." (Courtesy)
Posted inOpinion

The circumcision debate can be messy. In our film, we wanted to make it funny.

Jonah Weinstein by Jonah Weinstein July 12, 2024July 12, 2024

J. is a media sponsor of the San Francisco Jewish Film Festival. See full coverage here. To circumcise, or not to circumcise — that is the question. For many Jews and […]

A selection of Ben & Jerry's ice cream in Israel. (Photo/JTA-Linda Gradstein)
Posted inLetters

‘Moral blindness’ around Israel; Big news about circumcision; No sympathy for Chesa Boudin; etc.

by J. Readers December 13, 2021December 13, 2021
Antisemitic flyers stuck to menorah
Posted inLetters

OU goes too far on Impossible Pork; No such thing as messianic ‘synagogue’; We all need ‘Fiddler’; etc.

by J. Readers November 9, 2021
Members and supporters of the United Teachers of Los Angeles union wave and cheer in a downtown Los Angeles park at the end of a strike, Jan. 22, 2019. (Photo/JTA-Scott Heins-Getty Images)
Posted inLetters

Ethnic studies ‘guardrails’ aren’t enough; Circumcision, for and against; Etc.

by J. Readers November 1, 2021
A New Yorker article about circumcision features an illustration by Javier Jaén. (Photo/Jewish Week)
Posted inOpinion

We may be talking about Gary Shteyngart’s botched circumcision for a long time

by Andrew Silow-Carroll and JTA October 12, 2021
Rabbi Shira Stutman discusses circumcision during a class for converts to Judaism at the Sixth and I Synagogue in Washington, DC on December 5, 2013.. (Photo/JTA-Linda Davidson-The Washington Post via Getty Images)
Posted inReligion

These Jews want to normalize not circumcising — and they want synagogues to help

by Ben Harris and JTA October 8, 2021December 7, 2021
"The Circumcision of Isaac," Regensburg Pentateuch, ca. 1300
Posted inTorah

In this week’s Torah portion, an exhortation to breathe deep and take a leap of faith

Rabbi Shana Chandler Leon by Rabbi Shana Chandler Leon August 7, 2020August 6, 2020
a man with a beard wearing scrubs stands with four men in their 20s
Posted inWorld

Need an adult circumcision in Russia? There’s only one man for the job.

Cnaan Liphshiz, Netherlands-based Europe Correspondent for JTA by Cnaan Liphshiz and JTA August 6, 2020
A mohel performs a circumcision during a bris (or brit milah) ceremony. (Cheskel Dovid/Wikimedia CC BY 3.0)
Posted inMixed & Matched

Circumcision is still a volatile topic. Can the divide be bridged?

Dawn Kepler by Dawn Kepler January 28, 2020
Dr. Sara Imershein in the abortion clinic where she works in Falls Church, Va., July 2, 2019 (Photo/JTA-Ron Kampeas)
Posted inUncategorized

This doctor provides abortions and brit milahs. She says her Jewish values drive both practices.

by JTA and Ron Kampeas July 11, 2019July 11, 2019

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