circumcision

Norwegian paper’s cartoon suggests circumcision akin to pedophilia, insanity

Dagbladet was accused of promoting anti-Semitism in 2013 with a caricature showing Orthodox Jews cutting limbs off a bloody baby while demanding an apology from police.

NYC to automatically ban mohels linked to newborn herpes cases

Under the previous policy, mohels who performed the controversial practice of oral suction would be banned only if medical testing showed the custom likely resulted in an infection.

NYC Board of Health reports new case of herpes resulting from circumcision rite

Metzitzah b’peh, a controversial practice in which blood is sucked directly from a circumcision wound, is believed responsible for 24 cases of herpes reported since 2000, according to the city health officials.

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