Rav Hayim Leiter https://www.jns.org/author/ray-hayim-leiter Hayim Leiter is a rabbi, mohel, wedding officiant and member of a private beit din in Israel. He founded Magen HaBrit, an organization that protects the ceremony of brit milah and the children who undergo it. He lives in Efrat and can be reached on X. en-US Sun, 22 Mar 2026 03:15:00 GMT Bomb-shelter bris https://www.jns.org/opinion/bomb-shelter-bris 0000019d-13b8-d438-a7bd-5bfc12f90000 Sun, 22 Mar 2026 03:15:00 GMT https://www.jns.org/opinion/bomb-shelter-bris A double-edged defense of ‘brit milah’ https://www.jns.org/opinion/rav-hayim-leiter/a-double-edged-defense-of-brit-milah 0000019c-c094-d325-af9e-d7f48c80006e Wed, 18 Feb 2026 05:30:00 GMT https://www.jns.org/opinion/rav-hayim-leiter/a-double-edged-defense-of-brit-milah When oversight becomes erasure https://www.jns.org/opinion/rav-hayim-leiter/when-oversight-becomes-erasure 0000019c-c094-d325-af9e-d7f488c60073 Sun, 18 Jan 2026 01:15:00 GMT https://www.jns.org/opinion/rav-hayim-leiter/when-oversight-becomes-erasure On the road to recovery as Chanukah approaches https://www.jns.org/opinion/rav-hayim-leiter/on-the-road-to-recovery-as-chanukah-approaches 0000019c-c094-d325-af9e-d7f488c50030 Thu, 11 Dec 2025 06:30:00 GMT https://www.jns.org/opinion/rav-hayim-leiter/on-the-road-to-recovery-as-chanukah-approaches On a razor’s edge https://www.jns.org/opinion/rav-hayim-leiter/on-a-razors-edge 0000019c-c094-d325-af9e-d7f488c30043 Mon, 20 Oct 2025 08:25:00 GMT https://www.jns.org/opinion/rav-hayim-leiter/on-a-razors-edge An untenable religious perspective https://www.jns.org/opinion/rav-hayim-leiter/an-untenable-religious-perspective 0000019c-c094-d325-af9e-d7f485220024 Thu, 10 Jul 2025 21:31:00 GMT https://www.jns.org/opinion/rav-hayim-leiter/an-untenable-religious-perspective Of blood, bravery and ‘brit milah’ https://www.jns.org/opinion/rav-hayim-leiter/of-blood-bravery-and-brit-milah 0000019c-c094-d325-af9e-d7f485210029 Sun, 15 Jun 2025 20:45:40 GMT https://www.jns.org/opinion/rav-hayim-leiter/of-blood-bravery-and-brit-milah Circumcising our judgment https://www.jns.org/opinion/rav-hayim-leiter/circumcising-our-judgment 0000019c-c094-d325-af9e-d7f485200037 Fri, 16 May 2025 07:31:00 GMT https://www.jns.org/opinion/rav-hayim-leiter/circumcising-our-judgment Depravity on display for the world to see https://www.jns.org/opinion/rav-hayim-leiter/depravity-on-display-for-the-world-to-see 0000019c-c094-d325-af9e-d7f4851d006f Thu, 27 Feb 2025 07:31:00 GMT https://www.jns.org/opinion/rav-hayim-leiter/depravity-on-display-for-the-world-to-see Hamas, we got your message ... https://www.jns.org/opinion/rav-hayim-leiter/hamas-we-got-your-message 0000019c-c094-d325-af9e-d7f4851d0004 Mon, 10 Feb 2025 00:33:29 GMT https://www.jns.org/opinion/rav-hayim-leiter/hamas-we-got-your-message