An Unconventional Covenant
News flash: progressives and the covenant are at odds with each other. That’s right, Israel’s traditionalists are not submitting to the...
The 24-hour Bris
Europe is so different from Israel. Beyond the fact that the region I visited only had two hours of dark each night in the summer, there...
Following Tradition To a Fault
Another baby almost died as a result of his Brit Milah. The article in Yeshiva World News recently reported: “‘Three days following the...
'Thank You' Doesn't Seem Enough
Iceland nearly banned circumcision this year. It all began last February when MP Silja Dögg Gunnarsdóttir of the Progressive party...
Half Off On Circumcisions
Philip Veerman gives only half the story in his recent blog post, ‘Law proposal in Iceland heats up: Children’s rights debate on...
A Mohel Reflects: Blood on All Our Hands
Last week, a baby almost died as a result of his brit mila. As one news report described, just after the brit ended in Kfar Yona, the...
Should We Stay or Should We Go?
The Jews of Iceland should get out now. I posed this as a question on Facebook last week when the Icelandic legislation to ban...
The Bris of Silence
What do you expect on Yom HaShoah? But it didn’t begin that way. In truth, it was a Simcha of diametric opposites. The anticipation of a...
The Mother of All Lies
The newest voice in the anti-circumcision movement comes from a very unlikely place. A 29-year-old mother from Nottingham is seeking...
Ban Together
European Jewry is in serious trouble. For those of you who don’t get Google Alerts on circumcision, let me bring you up to speed. Almost...
