By Eric Berger, Staff Writer
• Published March 29, 2018
Rabbi Mike Rovinsky, a mohel, tells a couple after a circumcision in January to use antibiotic ointment and a gauze pad on the site at every diaper change for the next two days. He then offers a warning: The 11-day-old baby, Hezekiyah, likely won’t...
NEW YORK -- A newborn baby died last fall in Brooklyn from herpes following a controversial circumcision-related rite, a newspaper reported. The unidentified infant died at Brooklyn’s Maimonides Medical Center on Sept. 28, 2011, the New York Daily...
By Jonah Lowenfeld, Jewish Journal
• Published August 10, 2011
LOS ANGELES - In the same week in which a San Francisco judge struck from the city's November ballot a controversial measure aiming to ban circumcision of any male younger than 18, two reputable media sources reported on a relatively new, little-known...
Can We Talk? series draws responsesIn the op-ed piece by Karen Aroesty (June 8), she concludes, "Terrorism can never be justified, even when cloaked in the respectability of artistic license." I absolutely agree.However, after seeing the dress rehearsal...
At first, reactions to the San Francisco ballot initiative to outlaw circumcision of boys under the age of 18 seemed to fall into the "Are you serious?" category. But sometimes, truth is in fact stranger than fiction, and yes, a small band of thoughtless...
By Sue Fishkoff, JTA, SAN FRANCISCO
• Published June 1, 2011
In November, San Franciscans will vote on a ballot measure that would outlaw circumcision on boys under the age of 18.Although experts say it is highly unlikely the measure will pass-very few state propositions pass, much less one this controversial-the...
