Since the brit milah fell on Friday, I would be required to stay through Shabbat. Although that posed challenges for my family life and the work I do in Israel, the duration of the stay would ...

❤️ This Man Was Just Named Kfir Ariel, After The Two Bibas Brothers.This man, a Jew from Ukraine, never had a Jewish name. Today, after his brit in Netanya, he took the name Kfir ArielHe's named for ...

FALLS CHURCH, Va. (JTA) — It comes, Sara Imershein says, when the folks are noshing after the deed is done — once she has performed a brit milah, a ritual circumcision. “Someone will say ...

Dr. Gerson is a mohelet certified by the Brit Milah program of the Reform movement and is a member of the National Organization of American Mohalim/ot. As a mom and a surgeon she is extremely ...

A Jewish ritual circumcision, or brit milah, takes place eight days after a boy is born. Muslim circumcisions of boys occurs later in life but typically before the boy turns 10. In 2012 ...

Different religions will have slightly different names and traditions for these ceremonies based on their beliefs and practices.

Indeed, in light of this tragic backdrop of October 7 and its aftermath, it is truly striking that Israel has experienced a “wartime baby boom,” defying rational expectations, according to an article ...

The practice is known as brit milah (Covenant of Circumcision) and it is performed on the eighth day after the birth of a baby boy, as instructed in the book of Leviticus. It is regarded as a sign ...

A mohel’s journey to Nairobi reveals a thriving yet fragile Jewish community, deep ties to Israel, and the challenge of sustaining Jewish life in Kenya.