Bubbe Susan cradles sleeping Ryan, not yet two weeks old, in her arms and will not give him up to other relatives. The little guy is utterly and completely at peace, his mouth slack and one arm draped ...

When a Jewish couple gives birth to a Jewish baby boy, their extended family and friends used to know what to expect – a big bris! The couple would find a mohel, book a room at the synagogue or ...

In my last post, I mentioned that LDS friends of ours who had just had a boy were planning to hold a bris for him that would be conducted by a Jewish mohel. In response, I received a few inquiries ...

Drorit and Shai Raiter are expecting their first child, a boy, at the end of May. In preparation, they signed up for the requisite birthing class at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, where ...

When Naftali was born, I knew that I wanted to have him circumcised. I’m Jewish. My husband Juan, who isn’t from the tribe, was circumcised and it makes sense for a father and son to match, doesn’t it ...

Rabbi Nir Dorfman holding the baby he had saved after the Bris. A Bris Milah that took place in Bat Yam recently was nothing short of miraculous, after the mother and the baby nearly died in the ...