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'''{{FULLPAGENAME}}''' is a London-based Jewish rabbi and [[mohel]]. He is a member of the [http://www.initiationsociety.net/ Initiation Society], which trains mohels to perform [[Brit Milah| ritual circumcision]].<ref name="pope2024">{{REFnews | '''{{FULLPAGENAME}}''' is a London-based Jewish rabbi and [[mohel]]. He is a member of the [http://www.initiationsociety.net/ Initiation Society], which trains mohels to perform [[Brit Milah| ritual circumcision]].<ref name="pope2024">{{REFnews | ||
|title=London rabbi arrested in Ireland over ‘illegal’ circumcision of non-Jewish babies | |title=London rabbi arrested in Ireland over ‘illegal’ circumcision of non-Jewish babies | ||
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| − | + | ==Alleged criminal act== | |
Rabbi Abraham went to Dublin, Ireland where he allegedly performed a [[circumcision]] on a non-Jewish infant boy on or about 1 August 2024.<ref name="pope2024" /> | Rabbi Abraham went to Dublin, Ireland where he allegedly performed a [[circumcision]] on a non-Jewish infant boy on or about 1 August 2024.<ref name="pope2024" /> | ||
| − | According to the Jewish Chronicle: | + | According to the ''Jewish Chronicle'': |
<blockquote> | <blockquote> | ||
Officers saw "a very young child on the changing pad naked” and another child who had already been circumcised.<ref name="pope2024" /> | Officers saw "a very young child on the changing pad naked” and another child who had already been circumcised.<ref name="pope2024" /> | ||
</blockquote> | </blockquote> | ||
| − | This is alleged to be a violation of the Medical Practitioners Act (2007), which allows Jewish boys to have a less rigorous standard of safety in circumcision surgical [[amputation]] than other boys.<ref name="pope2024" /> | + | This is alleged to be a violation of the [https://revisedacts.lawreform.ie/eli/2007/act/25/revised/en/html Medical Practitioners Act (2007)], which allows Jewish boys to have a less rigorous standard of safety in circumcision surgical [[amputation]] than other boys.<ref name="pope2024" /> |
Abraham has posted €60,000 bail and is now allowed to return to his home in London while awaiting his trial in Dublin.<ref name="tuite2024" /> | Abraham has posted €60,000 bail and is now allowed to return to his home in London while awaiting his trial in Dublin.<ref name="tuite2024" /> | ||
| + | ==Irish precedent== | ||
| + | In 2015, a father-of-six, Philip Ogbewe, from Nigeria but living in Ireland 20 years and residing at Green Lanes, Drogheda, Co Louth, used a blade on the infant during a crude cultural circumcision. Ogbewe pleaded guilty to reckless endangerment of life by performing the circumcision on the baby which led to serious haemorrhaging which created a substantial risk of death or serious harm, at the infant’s home in a midlands town on December 4th, 2015.<ref name="tuite2020">{{REFnews | ||
| + | |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/courts/circuit-court/man-jailed-for-three-years-for-barbaric-circumcision-without-anaesthetic-1.4261959 | ||
| + | |title=Man jailed for three years for ‘barbaric’ circumcision without anaesthetic | ||
| + | |first=Tom | ||
| + | |last=Tuite | ||
| + | |publisher=The Irish Times | ||
| + | |date=2020-05-25 | ||
| + | |accessdate=2024-11-09 | ||
| + | }}</ref> | ||
| + | |||
| + | ==Legal commentary== | ||
| + | * {{REFjournal | ||
| + | |last=Adler | ||
| + | |first=Peter W. | ||
| + | |init=PW | ||
| + | |author-link=Peter W. Adler | ||
| + | |title=Is circumcision legal? | ||
| + | |journal=Richmond Journal of Law and the Public Interest | ||
| + | |date=2013 | ||
| + | |volume=16 | ||
| + | |issue=3 | ||
| + | |pages=439-86 | ||
| + | |url=https://scholarship.richmond.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1265&context=jolpi | ||
| + | |format=PDF | ||
| + | |accessdate=2024-11-09 | ||
| + | }} | ||
| + | * {{REFjournal | ||
| + | |last=Geisheker | ||
| + | |init=JV | ||
| + | |author-link= | ||
| + | |url=https://www.newmalestudies.com/OJS/index.php/nms/article/view/60 | ||
| + | |title=The Completely Unregulated Practice of Male Circumcision: Human Rights’ Abuse Enshrined in Law? | ||
| + | |journal=New Male Studies | ||
| + | |date=2013 | ||
| + | |volume=2 | ||
| + | |issue=1 | ||
| + | |pages=18-45 | ||
| + | |format=PDF | ||
| + | |accessdate=2023-11-09 | ||
| + | }} | ||
| + | * {{REFjournal | ||
| + | |last=Fox | ||
| + | |first=Marie | ||
| + | |init=M | ||
| + | |author-link= | ||
| + | |last2=Thomson | ||
| + | |first2=Michael | ||
| + | |init2=M | ||
| + | |author2-link= | ||
| + | |etal=so | ||
| + | |title=Bodily Integrity, Embodiment and the Regulation of Parental Choice | ||
| + | |journal=Journal of Law and Society | ||
| + | |location= | ||
| + | |date=2017 | ||
| + | |volume=44 | ||
| + | |issue=4 | ||
| + | |pages=501-31 | ||
| + | |url=http://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/122232/3/Fox_Thomson_Bod_Int_revised%206March17.pdf | ||
| + | |archived= | ||
| + | |quote= | ||
| + | |pubmedID= | ||
| + | |pubmedCID= | ||
| + | |DOI= | ||
| + | |accessdate=2020-09-08 | ||
| + | }} | ||
| + | * {{REFjournal | ||
| + | |last=Möller | ||
| + | |first=Kai | ||
| + | |init=K | ||
| + | |author-link= | ||
| + | |title=Male and Female Genital Cutting: Between the Best Interest of the Child and Genital Mutilation | ||
| + | |journal=Oxford Journal of Legal Studies | ||
| + | |date=2024-11-09 | ||
| + | |volume= | ||
| + | |issue= | ||
| + | |pages= | ||
| + | |url=https://academic.oup.com/ojls/advance-article/doi/10.1093/ojls/gqaa001/5862902 | ||
| + | |DOI=10.1093/ojls/gqaa001 | ||
| + | |accessdate=2024-11-09 | ||
| + | }} | ||
| + | |||
| + | {{SEEALSO}} | ||
| + | * [[Re B and G (children) (No 2) EWFC 3]] | ||
| + | * [[Mohammad Siddiqui]] | ||
{{REF}} | {{REF}} | ||
| + | |||
| + | {{DEFAULTSORT:Abraham Jonathan}} | ||
[[Category:Person]] | [[Category:Person]] | ||
[[Category:Male]] | [[Category:Male]] | ||
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[[Category:Jewish]] | [[Category:Jewish]] | ||
[[Category:Criminal circumcision]] | [[Category:Criminal circumcision]] | ||
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[[Category:Ireland]] | [[Category:Ireland]] | ||
[[Category:UK]] | [[Category:UK]] | ||
Latest revision as of 14:39, 11 November 2024
Jonathan Abraham is a London-based Jewish rabbi and mohel. He is a member of the Initiation Society, which trains mohels to perform ritual circumcision.[1] He is not a registered medical practitioner.[2]
Alleged criminal act
Rabbi Abraham went to Dublin, Ireland where he allegedly performed a circumcision on a non-Jewish infant boy on or about 1 August 2024.[1]
According to the Jewish Chronicle:
Officers saw "a very young child on the changing pad naked” and another child who had already been circumcised.[1]
This is alleged to be a violation of the Medical Practitioners Act (2007), which allows Jewish boys to have a less rigorous standard of safety in circumcision surgical amputation than other boys.[1]
Abraham has posted €60,000 bail and is now allowed to return to his home in London while awaiting his trial in Dublin.[2]
Irish precedent
In 2015, a father-of-six, Philip Ogbewe, from Nigeria but living in Ireland 20 years and residing at Green Lanes, Drogheda, Co Louth, used a blade on the infant during a crude cultural circumcision. Ogbewe pleaded guilty to reckless endangerment of life by performing the circumcision on the baby which led to serious haemorrhaging which created a substantial risk of death or serious harm, at the infant’s home in a midlands town on December 4th, 2015.[3]
Legal commentary
Adler PW. Is circumcision legal? 
. Richmond Journal of Law and the Public Interest. 2013; 16(3): 439-86. Retrieved 9 November 2024.- Geisheker JV. The Completely Unregulated Practice of Male Circumcision: Human Rights’ Abuse Enshrined in Law? . New Male Studies. 2013; 2(1): 18-45. Retrieved 9 November 2023.
- Fox M, Thomson M. Bodily Integrity, Embodiment and the Regulation of Parental Choice. Journal of Law and Society. 2017; 44(4): 501-31. Retrieved 8 September 2020.
- Möller K. Male and Female Genital Cutting: Between the Best Interest of the Child and Genital Mutilation. Oxford Journal of Legal Studies. 9 November 2024; DOI. Retrieved 9 November 2024.
See also
References
- ↑ a b c d
Pope, Felix (2 August 2024)."London rabbi arrested in Ireland over ‘illegal’ circumcision of non-Jewish babies", Jewish Chronicle. Retrieved 9 November 2024.
- ↑ a b Tuite, Tom (22 August 2024)."Rabbi charged with performing illegal circumcision on baby boy allowed to return to London on €60,000 bail", The Irish Times. Retrieved 8 November 2024.
- ↑ Tuite, Tom (25 May 2020)."Man jailed for three years for ‘barbaric’ circumcision without anaesthetic", The Irish Times. Retrieved 9 November 2024.
