Several Jewish leaders are suing New York City to block a new rule regulating a circumcision ritual known as metzitzah b'peh. City health... New York, Orthodox Jews Clash Over Circumcision An ancient ...
New York Daily News: Here’s a brief history of the rise and fall of metzitzah b’peh — the blood-sucking circumcision ritual
Here’s a brief history of the controversy surrounding metzitzah b’peh: * Metzitzah b’peh, which literally means oral suction, is first mentioned in the Babylonian Talmud in tractate Shabbos, which ...
Here’s a brief history of the rise and fall of metzitzah b’peh — the blood-sucking circumcision ritual
The city's Board of Health today relaxed the rules surrounding the controversial ultra-Orthodox Jewish practice of metzitzah b'peh. New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and Dr. Mary Bassett, ...
At least four babies in NYC have been infected with herpes from mohels performing the metzitzah b’peh ritual since September 2019. According to a report from the CDC, three of those babies have been ...
MANHATTAN (CN) - Orthodox rabbis cannot perform a certain form of ritualistic circumcision without warning parents about the possibility of transmitting herpes, a federal judge ruled. Metzitzah b'peh ...
Jewish Press: Report: 6 Infant Herpes Cases Since De Blasio’s Metzitzah B’peh Compromise
NY City health officials on Wednesday announced that six cases of infant herpes tied to the practice of metzitzah b’peh (oral suction) in the Jewish circumcision ritual have been reported in the city ...
Jewish Telegraphic Agency: Israel’s Chief Rabbinate backs metzitzah b’peh rite for bris
Israel’s Chief Rabbinate issued a letter to Berlin’s Chabad rabbi upholding the importance of a controversial circumcision rite, metzitzah b’peh. BERLIN (JTA) — Israel’s Chief Rabbinate issued a ...