The Haredi PR Problem: Bad For (All) The Jews
by Ezer Smith
There has been some outrage recently over an Orthodox custom known as metzitzah b’peh, and justifiably so: The custom,...
28
Jun
16
Nov
Cutting Arguments
By Steven Philp
It looks like Bay Area Jews may one day have to leave the city to perform brit milah for their male children; a new me...
20
Nov
This Week's Links: Is it Summer yet? Edition
By Benjamin Schuman-Stoler
SPAM is back!
A nice summary of the basic problems and solutions related to bringing kids to synagogue...
01
Aug
Ouch!
Brace yourselves.
The BBC reports on a circumcision gone awry. Terribly, terribly awry:
A sixteen-year-old Kenyan boy is being treated...