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Protesting the CPSM Proposal

In a strongly worded letter, B’nai Brith demanded that the College of Physicians & Surgeons of Manitoba (CPSM) drop its proposal that would ban CPSM members from performing circumcisions outside of a medical clinic or hospital. If enacted, this would constitute a significant infringement on the important Jewish lifecycle event of Brit Milah. Jewish circumcisions …

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Iceland’s Proposed Circumcision Ban Draws B’nai Brith Concern

By Aidan Fishman Interim National Director of the League for Human Rights B’nai Brith Canada Feb. 28, 2018 OTTAWA – B’nai Brith Canada has conveyed its dismay to the Embassy of Iceland in Canada in light of a proposed ban on male circumcision. The proposal is working its way this week through the parliament of this …

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