NEW YORK (AP) — A group of rabbis is clashing with New York City health officials over the safety of an ancient circumcision ritual. Three rabbis and three Jewish groups asked a federal court Thursday ...

The controversial summer Ulwaluko rite, carried out by the Xhosa people in South Africa, has concluded for 2025, leaving 39 boys dead. The traditional ceremony, in which initiates are circumcised, ...

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The annual tribal "initiation ceremony" where teenage males in South Africa undergo painful circumcision has begun - despite it ending in 93 horrific deaths last year. Gruesome injuries also led to a ...

A report by South African-based NGO, Sonke Gender Justice, claiming 42 youths passed away as a result of customary illegal circumcisions has been rehashed. The figures come in the wake of pledges by ...

Haredi Orthodox rabbis in New York are accusing the city’s Department of Health of “spreading lies” in order to pass a law mandating that parents sign a consent waiver in order to use a controversial ...

During the ritual, the person performing the circumcision attempts to cleanse the wound by sucking blood from the cut and spitting it aside. New York City's Health Department says the saliva contact ...