 |
 |
North America
International Organization Breaks Down Barriers to Circumcision
Mar 16, 2011 2:30 PM
The International Bris Association aims to connect Jews to the essential expression of their identity, regardless of geographical, financial or knowledge-based restrictions. |
|
 |
|
Former Soviet Union
Cured of Heart Condition, 30-Year-Old Undergoes Circumcision
Oct 10, 2010 11:00 AM
According to 30-year-old Igor Bargo, who recently underwent a late-in-life circumcision at the Ohr Avner Chabad Day School in Vinnitza, Ukraine, a heart ailment miraculously disappeared after he resolved to undergo the procedure. |
|
 |
|
North America
Traditional Circumcision a First in Central Florida Town
June 6, 2010 12:45 PM
Ocala, Fla.’s first Orthodox synagogue made history once more on May 21 with the city’s first-recorded traditional circumcision, that of Menachem Mendel Hecht. |
|
 |
|
Feature
Florida Encounter Closes Circle on Life-Changing Events of 30 Years Ago
Jan 13, 2010 11:00 AM
More than 30 years after the kindnesses of a stranger enabled a Russian immigrant and her family to successfully adjust to life in the United States, a chance meeting at a Florida hotel allowed the woman to reconnect with the now 83-year-old man’s family. |
|
 |
|
Vietnam Community Celebrates First Circumcision
Sep 30, 2009 5:20 PM
Jewish residents and travelers in Ho Chi Minh City celebrated a historic occasion just days before Rosh Hashanah when a baby boy became the country’s first Jew in modern memory to be circumcised. |
|
 |
|
Siberian Jews Undergo Ritual Circumcisions
Sep 1, 2009 12:00 PM
The Jewish community in Siberia’s third-largest city had a lot to celebrate last week in the joint circumcisions of three local men and one child. |
|
 |
|
Former Soviet Union
Half-Dozen Circumcisions Take Place in Smolensk, Russia
June 1, 2009 1:30 PM
Jews in Smolensk, Russia, made history this past Shavuot with a collection of ritual circumcisions surrounding that of eight-day-old Dovid Mondshine. |
|
 |
|
Europe
Ukraine Jewish Community Opening Facility for Circumcisions
May 5, 2009 10:00 AM
The rejuvenated Jewish community of Uzhgorod is marking the 65th anniversary of its takeover by Nazi forces by opening a new center for circumcisions and lifecycle celebrations at the local Chabad House. |
|
 |
|
South America
Mountaintop Circumcision a First for Southeastern Peru
Dec 22, 2008 4:00 PM
All of eight days old, little Shalom Dovber Kripor made history as the first Jewish baby to be circumcised in the Andes mountains of southeastern Peru. |
|
 |
|
Former Soviet Union
Five Historic Circumcisions in the Former Soviet Union
Mar 21, 2008
Two babies in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, entered the Covenant of Abraham, while in Krasnodar, Russia, three adults chose to undergo ritual circumcisions as an expression of their Jewish identities. |
|
 |
|
Former Soviet Union
Circumcision Makes History in Odessa, Ukraine
Mar 13, 2008
For the first time in more than 80 years a Ukraine mayor hosted a public ceremony for his son’s circumcision. Alexander Gorvitz’s bris was presided over by Chabad-Lubavitch Rabbi Avraham Wolff and a mohel from Brit Yosef Yitzchak. |
|
 |
|
Former Soviet Union
Ukrainian Boy Follows Circumcision With His Bar Mitzvah
Mar 5, 2008
Uzhgorod, Ukraine, first celebrated the circumcision of 13-year-old Yisrael Krilati. One week later, it marked his bar mitzvah. |
|
 |
|
North America
Alaska Circumcision Requires a Mohel to be Flown-in From Florida
Nov 22, 2007
Brit Yosef Yitzchak dispatched a Florida-based mohel to perform a rare circumcision in the state of Alaska. |
|
 |
|
Former Soviet Union
Russian Industrial Town Celebrates First-Ever Bris
Sep 18, 2007
Kindergartner Sasha Lelekov took on the name Aizik in the first-ever ritual circumcision in the Russian city of Dzerzhinsk. |
|
|
|
Former Soviet Union
Russian Industrial Town Celebrates First-Ever Bris
Sep 18, 2007
Kindergartner Sasha Lelekov took on the name Aizik in the first-ever ritual circumcision in the Russian city of Dzerzhinsk. |
|
 |
|
North America
Drawing Inspiration from Abraham, Seniors Undergo Circumcision
July 25, 2007
Misha Gontcharov, 72, is not alone in getting a bris thanks to Friends of Refugees of Eastern Europe. |
|
 |
|
North America
In Abraham's Footsetps
July 25, 2007
Adults enter the covenant of Abraham with a bris milah, or ritual circumcision. |
|
LOGIN
ASK THE RABBI
