The Obama administration’s anti-Semitism monitor has added an issue to his office’s portfolio: defending circumcision in Europe. Circumcision has become a top focus for Ira Forman, the State ...

The Council of Europe will not ban Jewish ritual circumcision of boys, Council Secretary General Thorbjorn Jagland assured members of the Conference of European ...

Against the backdrop of rising fears that Jewish circumcision practices may be outlawed in Europe, European Jewish organizations have launched a new medical certification program for Jewish ...

The language was added and then removed in committee to legislation targeting female genital mutilation. In explaining her position on a custom that most of the country seems to oppose, Mette ...

BERLIN (AP) — A group of Orthodox rabbis warned Wednesday that the ancient Jewish practice of infant male circumcision could face further restrictions in Europe after some hospitals in Austria and ...

“To somehow label male circumcision, a tradition practiced by Jewish and Muslim communities for thousands of years, a ‘human rights violation’ is ludicrous and offensive. “Even more disconcerting is ...

Zev Stub is the Times of Israel's Diaspora Affairs correspondent. Against the backdrop of rising fears that Jewish circumcision practices may be outlawed in Europe, European Jewish organizations have ...