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== Circumcision in Israel ==
=== Circumcision in the news ===
<i>The Jerusalem Post</i> (2006) reported that haredi extremists had formed a "circumcision ring" to carry out illegal circumcisions on Russian teenagers who had not been [[circumcised]].<ref>{{REFnews
|title=Wanted haredi extremists flee country
}}</ref>
The ''Forward'' (2018) reported that circumcision rates are slipping as more secular parents favor "[[intactness]]".<refname="gradstein2018">{{REFnews
|title=Circumcision Rates Are Slipping — Even In Israel
|url=https://forward.com/israel/391496/circumcision-rates-are-slipping-even-in-israel/
|accessdate=2024-04-10
|format=
|quote=Those making this decision are still in the minority and said they came under tremendous pressure from their families to have the baby [[circumcised ]] for reasons of tradition, if not religion.
}}</ref>
''Haaretz'' (2019) reported that Jewish men from Russia who were [[circumcised]] in Israel now [[Regret men| regret their decision]] to be [[circumcised]].<ref>{{REFnews
|title=They Felt Pressured to Get Circumcised After Moving to Israel. They Now Regret It
|url=https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2019-12-07/ty-article-magazine/.premium/they-felt-pressured-to-get-circumcised-after-moving-to-israel-they-now-regret-it/0000017f-f16f-d8a1-a5ff-f1efdbad0000
}}</ref> Remennick (2021) reported lingering [[trauma]] among former Soviet Jews who were [[circumcised]] in Israel and who now regret their decision for both aesthetic and sexual reasons.<ref>{{REFjournal
|last=Remennick
|first=Larissa
|init=L
|author-link=