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 ...

The leading association for mohelim who practice a risky oral blood suctioning technique in their circumcisions has vowed not to cooperate with New York City’s new health regulations governing use of ...

MANHATTAN (CN) - New York City's regulation of ritual circumcision - the tradition in Hasidic Jewish communities of sucking a baby's circumcision wound - may amount to discrimination, the 2nd Circuit ...

The city has ordered two Orthodox Jewish men to stop performing a religious form of circumcision after babies in the community were infected with herpes. The process requires the mohel, who performs ...

The New York City board of health has voted unanimously to require parents to sign a consent form before allowing a mohel to perform metztizah b’peh, direct oral-genital suction during circumcision.

The New York City Board of Health unanimously passed a regulation on Thursday that will require consent from parents before an infant can have a form of Jewish ritual circumcision, prevalent in parts ...

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 ...

With handcuffs on her wrists and tears rolling down her cheeks, Heather Hironimus looked up to the courtroom ceiling, briefly clasped her hands together in prayer, and finally picked up her attorney’s ...

Heather Hironimus and Dennis Nebus are fixated on their son’s foreskin. It is an obsession that has bound them together long beyond the end of their relationship. Nebus believes their 4 1/2-year-old ...

The Florida mother in circumcision case has signed a consent form to allow her son to be circumcised.Heather Hironimus was warned by a judge she faced imprisonment if she ignored his orders.Watch the ...

The recent report by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention should quell the unfounded arguments that male circumcision is no better than or different from female circumcision, also known ...