Becoming Jewish: It’s not easy to convert, but it happens in Utah more than most places

Note to readers • This the first story in a special Salt Lake Tribune series about how and why Utahns convert to various ...
World Jewish Congress

Swedish lawmakers propose religious circumcision ban

Two members of Sweden’s legislature, the Riksdag, have presented a motion to ban the circumcision of male minors not carried out for medical reasons. Based on the ban of female genital mutilation, ...
Arutz Sheva

Rare Jewish ceremonial chair returned to Damascus synagogue

A historic ceremonial chair stolen from a synagogue in Damascus' Old City's Jewish Quarter has been recovered, according to Syrian-American Jew Joseph Jajati, who credited local residents with helping ...
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135 CE. The Aftermath: Rebuilding Jerusalem as Aelia Capitolina

Rebuilding Jerusalem as Aelia Capitolina. In 135 CE, following the defeat of the Bar Kokhba revolt, Emperor Hadrian tr ...
europesays

Jewish Leaders, EU Officials, Medical Experts Rally Against Belgium’s Circumcision Prosecution

Jewish leaders, senior European officials, and medical experts gathered in Brussels on Wednesday to warn against Belgium’s prosecution of Jewish circumcisers, arguing it could set a dangerous ...
Sun Sentinel

Jewish leaders say Belgium’s prosecution of circumcision is antisemitic

Dozens of European Jewish leaders, joined by Israeli and American diplomats, decried Antwerp prosecutors who plan to charge two Jewish men with performing illegal circumcisions. In an open letter on ...
World Jewish Congress

New York circumcision controversy to be handled by Jewish court

The City of New York has agreed to allow a Jewish court to handle the case of a ritual circumcision practice which may have caused an infant’s death. Metzitzah b’peh, a circumcision method used only ...
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Jewish leaders from across Europe urge political leaders to act against Belgian prosecutor’s attempt to criminalise circumcision

“We urge them and the Belgian government to stop this madness and protect our Freedom of Religion. Circumcision is not a crime,” the 46 Jewish community leaders wrote in an open letter to European, EU ...
Jewish Telegraphic Agency

Israel, US condemn Belgium over planned prosecutions tied to Jewish circumcisions

Belgian prosecutors intend to charge two Jewish men linked to ritual circumcisions, drawing accusations of targeting Jews from Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar and U.S. Ambassador Bill White. A ...