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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

VIENNA, July 25 (Reuters) - Jewish religious leaders in Europe will fight a creeping movement to ban the circumcision of infant boys that has spread to Austria and Switzerland after a regional court ...

Dubbed the world’s “oldest planned surgical procedure” by 20th century anthropologist Sir Grafton Elliot Smith, circumcision’s roots can be traced to religious and cultural traditions dating back ...

Avi Feldman landed in the Nordic island nation weeks after its parliament began reviewing the first legislation to ban the rite since World War II. One of the ruling party politicians said the move ...