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For the past year, I’ve worried about what I would do if air-raid sirens sounded while I was performing a brit milah, a ritual circumcision. Would I halt the proceedings and send everyone to the bomb ...

There are several branches of the Jewish faith, all of which celebrate the brit milah, commonly called a bris, or circumcision ceremony for newborn boys. The bris takes place eight days after birth if ...

I often feel like the “A-team” of rabbis: “If you have a problem and you can find me, maybe I can help.” I don’t operate out of a synagogue; I’m a spiritual freelancer in Israel — officiating weddings ...