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A bris between missile alerts was the ultimate show of Jewish defiance against a tyrannical enemy

As we finished Parashat Zachor — the command to both remember and eradicate our biblical arch nemesis Amalek — the cantor ...
Sun Sentinel

Mohel: Commemorating Oct. 7 was challenging | Commentary

For the past year, I’ve worried about what I would do if air-raid sirens sounded while I was performing a brit milah, a ritual circumcision. Would I halt the proceedings and send everyone to the bomb ...
Jewish Telegraphic Agency

I realized the depth of my Israeli trauma after a rocket exploded while I was circumcising a baby

EFRAT, West Bank — For the past year, I’ve worried about what I would do if air-raid sirens sounded while I was performing a brit milah, a ritual circumcision. Would I halt the proceedings and send ...
The Forward

I’m a traveling mohel. My colleague’s unprecedented arrest in Ireland has shaken me to my core.

(JTA) — “What are these for?” the security guard at the Dubai airport asked as three others inspected my bris kit — the bag of supplies I carry when I perform circumcisions on Jewish baby boys.