- The baby was born in November and showed signs of herpes infection on the penis shortly after being circumcised but has since recovered
- The method of circumcision in question ends with the man performing the ceremony, a mohel, sucking blood from the baby's foreskin
- This is the 17th recorded case of herpes in babies from a circumcision since 2000
- Circumcision: A fourth baby (not pictured) has contracted herpes in New York this year following a controversial circumcision called metzizah b'peh
"Someone who does not know the difference between good and evil is worth nothing." – Miecyslaw Kasprzyk, Polish rescuer of Jews during the Holocaust, New York Times, Jan. 30, 2005
Saturday, December 27, 2014
Fourth New York Jewish baby this year treated for herpes after controversial Orthodox circumcision method
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