From the kitchen, the thud and subsequent cry I heard were uncharacteristic in our home. I ran to find our six-year-old on the landing, clutching his face. He had been running up the stone steps in socks and slipped. He not only hurt his shin, but he also landed squarely…

The day of Lucy Dee’s funeral felt like it was something out of a movie — rainy, cold, depressing. It’s what anyone would have expected growing up on Hollywood representations of such events. But it was totally out of the ordinary for this season in Israel. Passover in this region…

Brit Milah is my life. I don’t mean that it’s the only thing that brings me happiness but that it is central to who I am. I’m a rabbi and mohel here in Israel, and Milah has been my work for over a decade. During this time I’ve seen many…

I did not feel up to traveling for a Brit Milah this past Shabbat. It had been a particularly difficult week. The news here in Israel was devastating. …

“It’s forbidden to perform the Bris,” a voice said on the other end of the line. “We don’t know if the mother intends to convert,” said the man, who was a Chief Rabbi of a town here in Israel. …

I almost never turn down a Bris. But a few years ago I received a call that was met with a resounding “No!” “I have friends visiting Israel from Egypt,” a voice said in Hebrew. “They’d like to circumcise their daughter. Do you do that?” “That is beyond forbidden,” I…

“Time to go!” the Waze notification read. It was getting late. My 8:40 Bris was about an hour’s drive away and I’m meticulous about being on time. I try to leave a 30-minute buffer so I can set up without feeling rushed. As I got into my car, it looked…

The New Yorker is at it again. After running Gary Shteyngart’s botched circumcision piece last October, they just published an animated short entitled Dear Max: Contemplating Circumcision. …

This may seem ridiculous, but the other day was a significant turning point in my career. No, I didn’t perform a Brit Milah for a famous family, nor did I have five Britot in one day. The truth is, I didn’t even have a Bris. So what happened? The soap…