Fulfilling the commandment of circumcision means taking the ordinary body of a human being and transforming it into something holy that has been brought into the covenant/treaty of Hashem’s people.

Rabbi Jonathan Abraham was arrested for performing a circumcision in Ireland. Rabbi Jonathan Abraham, a 47-year-old rabbi, mohel (one who performs a brit milah, or Jewish circumcision), and father of ...

Ritual purity and impurity dominate this week’s Torah portion of Tazria, but after the destruction of the Second Temple these religious institutions have been discontinued in Jewish life. Nor do many ...

My first real experience of the patriarch Abraham’s crossover appeal came on the splendid sun-spangled day in June when I took a crosstown cab to arrange my son’s circumcision. Jews have circumcised ...

Across Jewish culture, customs vary greatly—but not regarding circumcision. The ritual, which forms the covenant between infant Jewish boys and God, is essentially the same everywhere: Eight days ...

For many couples, having a baby is a spiritual experience. For Jews, there's another, religious, element that is intrinsic to the Jewish identity. Nearly all Jewish parents have their baby boys ...

Abraham H. Foxman is the national director of the Anti-Defamation League. July 10, 2012 For Jews throughout the world, there is no “room for debate” on the issue of ritual circumcision, a fundamental ...