High Court: State must pay for circumcisions of non-Orthodox converts The justices based their decision on the need for equality and "respect for religious freedom." Dec. 13, 2023
Conservative movement to train doctors in ritual circumcision The five-day program will prepare medical professionals to become certified in performing the religious rite. May 23, 2023
Michelangelo’s ‘David,’ in part, costs Florida school principal her job Parents objected to the work’s nudity, though some say the Florentine Renaissance artist’s masterpiece has antisemitic overtones. March 28, 2023
Jewish Agency head Herzog calls out to European leaders on rising anti-Semitism Isaac Herzog, chairman of the executive of the Jewish Agency for Israel, referenced the recent ban on kosher slaughter in Belgium and similar attempts to ban circumcision in Europe. Jan. 27, 2021
Netanyahu thanks Danish premier for stance on circumcision bill Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen: Banning ritual circumcision would break Denmark’s promise to its Jews after World War II. Sept. 13, 2020
Danish Jews threatened by anti-circumcision measure, warns community leader "Denmark saved Jewish life during the Holocaust, and now it may end Jewish life in the kingdom," says Danish Jewish community president Henri Goldstein. Dan Lavie Sept. 9, 2020
Major Swedish party calls for banning circumcision in the country Both the Jewish and Muslim communities expressed outrage over the vote to promote the measure. Oct. 4, 2019
2020 presidential candidate speaks against circumcision “It’s sort of pushed on parents in many situations,” entrepreneur Andrew Yang, 44, told “The Daily Beast,” adding that it’s a “cultural onus” applied to families. March 19, 2019
Danish lawmakers set to deliberate circumcision ban The petition, citing U.N. Convention on the Rights of the Child, calls for a six-year prison sentence for those carrying out circumcisions on boys under the age of 18 unless there is a medical reason, reported AFP. June 1, 2018
