Mayor Bill De Blasio’s opposition helped strengthen him electorally in ultra-Orthodox communities when he ran for mayor in 2013.

Bromberg asked, “Can we protect people from themselves?”

He has called for an end to anti-Semitism in Europe; attended the wedding of the grandson of a chasidic leader; addressed a meeting of AIPAC, the pro-Israel lobby in the U.S.; met Avigdor Lieberman when he was Israel’s hard-line foreign minister, and fulfilled a campaign pledge to black-hat and chasidic Jews to rescind regulations that might have limited a controversial form of circumcision.
Despite all of that, new polling numbers show de Blasio’s support among Jews — who elected him with 53 percent of their vote — to be among the lowest in the city at just 28 percent. In fact, his support in the black community — which elected him with a whopping 96 percent of their votes — is now down to 57 percent.

“These numbers are distressing for him,” said Ester Fuchs, a professor of public policy at Columbia University, who noted that de Blasio needs the white vote should he seek reelection.

Ten infected babies were hospitalized, and one died.

At a recent fundraiser for the Bobov Hasidic group attended by New York City mayor Bill de Blasio, City Council member David Greenfield told the crowd that de Blasio “did not forget his friends.”

Allure’s CEO, Solomon Rubin, is a prominent member of the Boro Park-based Bobov Hasidic group, one of the city’s largest ultra-Orthodox sects. The Bobov enjoy a particularly close relationship with de Blasio, who represented Boro Park in the City Council from 2001 to 2009.

Speaking from the Bobov dais, New York City Councilman Greenfield praised the mayor, lauding de Blasio for rolling backrestrictions on the controversial metzitzah b’peh circumcision rite.

Chronicle schrieb:

The state Senate on Wednesday unanimously passed the proposal, which would make it a misdemeanor to intentionally facilitate the circumcision or alteration of a child's female genitalia,

...which would make it a misdemeanor to intentionally facilitate the circumcision or alteration of a child's female genitalia,

...welcher es eine Ordnungswidrigkeit machen würde die "circumcision" oder Änderung eines Kindes weiblicher Genitalien zu ermöglichen

Selbstbestimmung schrieb:

Merkt ihr was?

...which would make it a misdemeanor to intentionally facilitate the circumcision or alteration of a child's genitalia,

De Blasio’s fundraising ties to BK landlord date back to 2013
Then-mayoral candidate promised Moishe Indig he'd intervene on circumcision regulation: report

Selbstbestimmung schrieb:

Eine Hand wäscht die andere...

New case of neonatal herpes caused by Jewish circumcision

There have been six cases of infant herpes believed to be tied to a
controversial ultra-Orthodox Jewish circumcision practice since the de
Blasio administration announced a new policy with the community, city
health officials said Wednesday.

The names of the rabbis involved in the cases — except for two instances — remain a mystery despite the community’s vow to share that information as part of a deal with the de Blasio administration in February 2015.

Since 2000, health officials have reported 24 cases of babies contracting herpes following metzitzeh b’peh, according to the health department.Two of those infants died, two suffered brain damage and several others developed other long-term health problems.

(Health officials would not say whether the mohels in the 2016 cases were tested, Politico reported.)

City Council vows action on controversial circumcision

“This is something that is a concern to a lot of people,”

The ritual, which involves a mohel sucking the blood from the incision on an infant’s penis,

The ritual, which involves a mohel sucking an infant’s penis.

“We tried a new policy. It didn’t work either — which I’m very unhappy about,”...
So now we’re going in a different direction

Asked directly if it was ever appropriate for an adult to suck the penis of an infant, the mayor demurred.
“This is religious tradition and look I’m keenly aware of our Constitution,” he said.

The mohels could face a $2,000 fine for violating the ban, but officials said the department does not expect to proactively check to see if they're obeying.

New York Post schrieb:

City’s $2K circumcision fine ‘is like nothing’ for mohels

Mohels can rake in up to $1,500 per bris — the Jewish circumcision ritual — and often perform as many as 10 a week — turning the monetary penalty into chump change, experts said.
“A $2,000 fine is like nothing,” fumed Dr. Jeffrey Mazlin, an ­OB-GYN and part-time mohel. “Some of these Orthodox mohelim are doing 10 in a week — they’re full-time mohels — so $2,000 is a slap on the wrist. They could be making loads of money.

“It’s not a lot at all, given the damage that occurs,” she said. “It’s safer for these babies if this practice is ended.”

Mohels can rake in up to $1,500 per bris — the Jewish circumcision ritual — and often perform as many as 10 a week — turning the monetary penalty into chump change, experts said.

“Theoretically, someone can hang out a shingle and say, ‘OK. I’m a mohel.’ Anyone who ­decides to be a mohel can be a mohel,” said Sherman.

City health officials had known about the dangers of a controversial circumcision ritual since 1999 but did practically nothing to publicly warn unsuspecting Jewish parents until a baby died six years later, records show.

A Health Department investigation into who infected four infant boys with herpes during Orthodox Jewish circumcision ceremonies has been thwarted because the community — including the children's parents — refuses to cooperate, the city said....
"Unfortunately, some in the community are resistant to sharing the name of the mohels," Miller said.

Rabbiner Nuchem Rosenberg schrieb:

Der einzige Grund, warum sie nichts sagen, ist, dass sie bedroht und geächtet werden«, sagte er: »Man kann sich nicht vorstellen, welche Art von Einschüchterung in dieser Gemeinschaft herrscht.«

TRENTON, N.J. — Potentially thousands of male newborns in a New Jersey community may be exposed each year to a deadly form of herpes from an ultra-Orthodox circumcision ritual that mandates rabbis use their mouths to suck blood from the fresh cut.
But there is no safety protocol in place to assess and mitigate risks associated with the mouth-to-genital contact — despite four deaths statewide of infants between 1999 and 2015 where herpes simplex virus was found as an underlying cause, an Asbury Park Press investigation found.
The ritual is prevalent among the booming Orthodox population in Lakewood, N.J. There were 4,464 births to township women in 2015 — a birth rate that is four times higher than the state rate.

Schnall, from Agudath Israel of America, said testing mohels "risks encroaching the separation of church and state."

The demand among Lakewood residents for the oral suction circumcision for their babies is high, said Dr. Jeffrey Mazlin, an ­OB-GYN and part-time mohel based in New York.

Neonatal Herpes due to Jewish Circumcision reported in NYC

In 2015 he eased regulations on a risky circumcision practice known as metzitzah b’peh...