Circumcision of newborn babies is an ultra-Orthodox Jewish practice known as metzitzah b’peh that dates back more than 5,000 years. The Daily Mail reported that two more babies have been stricken with ...
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New York City's Board of Health voted Thursday to require parental consent for a form of circumcision that involves oral suction, a ritual practiced by some ultra-Orthodox Jews. The board voted 9-0 to ...
Two more infants were diagnosed with herpes in New York this month after undergoing ritual Jewish circumcisions, the Health Department says. In both cases, the infant boys were born to mothers with ...
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) — New York City's Board of Health has voted to consider Mayor Bill de Blasio's plan to resolve a dispute with the ultra-Orthodox Jewish community over a tradition known as ...
Two Jewish infants in New Jersey were recently infected with — but survived — a herpes virus attributed to their ritual circumcisers’ use of an oral suctioning technique that is said to have caused ...
NEW YORK (AP) — The city said Tuesday it has reached a tentative agreement with members of the ultra-Orthodox Jewish community over a tradition known as oral suction circumcision. Health officials ...
The Health Ministry plans to issue a detailed pamphlet on the medical pros and cons of circumcision, after years of avoiding the issue. The pamphlet, to be given to all new parents, will advise ...
Signed consent forms will no longer be required for people who perform an ultra-Orthodox Jewish tradition known as oral suction circumcision, the city Board of Health decreed Wednesday. The vote to ...