The Crown Heights riots, though they lasted only a few days, became a cultural touchstone in American culture. There are more than 50,000 students in Hasidic schools in New York City, according to a 2017 report by Young Advocates for Fair Education, an ultra-Orthodox advocacy group. The Cabricanecos are a group of Guatemalan construction workers campaigning to gain. “It was amazing,” one of them said of the streets and shops filled with men and. The first victim was shot in the back on Wednesday. PUBLISHED 8:30 PM ET Feb. (New York Jewish Week) — Gov. Hasidic and Orthodox Jews in New York City are the minority group most victimized by hate crimes in the city, according to a Dec. 11% Saturday, according to City Hall. Beatrice Weber is a writer and advocate for Hasidic children. Kiryas Joel (Yiddish: קרית יואל, romanized: Kiryas Yoyel, Yiddish pronunciation: [ˈkɪr. The term Haredi refers to Jews who follow strict Jewish laws and reject much of modern secular culture. FILE - Members of the ultra-Orthodox and Hasidic Jewish communities protest before a Board of Regents meeting to vote on new requirements that private schools teach English, math science and history to high school students, Sept. Responding to the radio alert. (JTA. The Hasidim have many different sects. For years, Mr. By comparison, just 4% of U. Notably, the Times piece states that some 50,000 boys attending 100-plus yeshivas in Orthodox enclaves in Brooklyn and the Lower Hudson Valley — where New York’s approximately 200,000-person. Olivia Galli for The New York Times. At the other end of the spectrum, one-in-ten U. S. Available in 3 editions. Ken Murray/New York Daily News. With his side curls grazing his shoulders, thick plastic glasses, and big black velvet yarmulke, he looked like all the other boys in. More than 100 had come from just one Borough Park clinic serving Orthodox Jews. She is the executive director of Young Advocates for Fair Education, or YAFFED. being used to improperly prevent Hasidic Jews from moving in. There is no pernicious plot against Jewish education — the idea of which is just another example of pervasive conspiracy theories. By them. 20, 2023 For years, Kiryas Joel, a bustling village north of New York City, has run one of the most unusual public school districts in America. A Hasidic Jewish woman performed a penitential ritual, meant to transfer a person’s sins to a chicken, by holding the bird over her head on Thursday. I met a boy who told me that his mother is. The neighborhood is home to one of the largest communities of Hasidic Jews outside of Israel. 3 Min Read. She and her husband, Yosef, have 10 children, ranging in age from an 8-month-old son to a 21-year-old daughter. Y. Sept. By Gideon Lewis. 30, 2022 During last year’s mayoral primary in New York City, Andrew Yang, then a leading Democratic candidate, made a calculated investment: If he could make meaningful inroads into the. But last month, she became an anomaly in Monsey by graduating from medical school. Satmar ( Yiddish: סאַטמאַר; Hebrew: סאטמר) is a Hasidic group founded in 1905 by Grand Rebbe Joel Teitelbaum, in the city of Szatmárnémeti, Hungary (now Satu Mare in Romania ). Hasidism, sometimes spelled Chassidism, and also known as Hasidic Judaism ( Ashkenazi Hebrew: חסידות Ḥăsīdus, [χasiˈdus]; originally, "piety"), is a religious movement within. Basically the title. Parents cannot be. Rockland County, 15 miles (24 kilometers) northwest of Manhattan, now has the largest Jewish population per capita of any U. The Netflix limited series “Unorthodox” follows Esty, a young Hasidic woman desperate to flee the only world she has ever known for an uncertain future halfway around. 10,. Reportedly in response to Jewish objections, Bush’s secretary of state, James Baker, was quoted as saying “F— the Jews. In an interview with the filmmakers, Ben Zion Horowitz, a Bobov Hasid, cites a Hasidic saying that non-Hasidic Jewish Orthodoxy is as different from Hasidism as "a stick from a caress. 6 percent since 2000, the Manhattan Institute found in a 2020 report. February 8, 2012, 10:50 AM. And while a quarter of currently married non-Orthodox Jews (24%) got. NEW YORK – New York Attorney General Letitia James today announced that her office has reached agreements with Orange County and the Town of Chester to end their use of. She is a direct descendant of the founder of Hasidic Judaism, the Baal Shem Tov, and compares her early life to something like being born into European royalty. Despite Mr. The New York Times published a report Sunday analyzing New York’s Hasidic Jewish religious schools that have received. “Another week, another front-page attack on Orthodox Jews – this time targeting children with special needs and their. By. town with the highest rate of people on food stamps is the all-Hasidic New York village of New Square, north of New York City, where 77 percent of residents rely on the program to. 11,144 posts. Three Rockland County Jewish congregations are suing New York state and Gov. 'mixture', also transliterated as eiruv or erub, plural: eruvin [(ʔ)eʁuˈvin] or eruvim) is a ritual halakhic enclosure made for the purpose of allowing activities which are normally prohibited on. 0:04. God put them there to make us question - the harder it is to have faith, the more the faith is worth. I am just wondering what New Yorkers usually think of Hasidic Jews? Are relations good, do people get along with them? Are Hasidic Jews respected or not? Based on your. NEW YORK (AP) — Eighteen private Jewish schools run by New York City’s politically powerful Hasidic community deprived. Save. Others - like Chabad - are weird but much more welcoming. The investigation took more than a year, with The New York Times reporters Eliza Shapiro and Brian Rosenthal conducting more than 275 interviews, and tackling a huge taboo: New York's Hasidic. 11 attacks and said Americans had become “servants” to. The New York State Education Department is targeting Hasidic Jews for running yeshivas it says do not equip students with the skills necessary for 21st-century life. This string is part of an eruv, a Jewish symbolic enclosure. Agudath Israel of America has put up at. In the wake of the new population study of New York Jewry, Raphael Magarik tackles Commentary's double standard on welfare: Welfare babies are a menace, unless. It. “It was amazing,” one of them said of the streets and shops filled with men and. Feb. After the Voice published its. It was a trailblazing move for a new generation in the Hasidic. NEW YORK (AP) — With a swift swipe of his scalpel, Rabbi A. Jews. Satmar. (RNS) — On Oct. Still, few were prepared for the outpouring of. Share. While. Y. The community is embroiled in the widening corruption scandal involving the New York City Police Department. Years ago, friends of mine visited the Satmar village of Kiryas Joel, established in 1977 in upstate New York. A New York City police officer stands guard as two Hasidic Jewish men go about their business in the Crown Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn, N. To prove their point, they leaked the suit to the Times as. A week later there were just over 800 confirmed coronavirus cases across New York City. "New York State declares war against its Hasidic residents. Travel vlogger Drew Binsky, left, wears Hasidic garb in a promotional still for his latest video, about the Hasidic Jewish communities of Brooklyn. FILE - Members of the ultra-Orthodox and Hasidic Jewish communities protest before a Board of Regents meeting to vote on new requirements that private schools teach English, math science and history to high school students, Sept. Life-changing doubt, the Internet, and a crisis of authority. The neighborhood wasn't always like this but there are so much Hasidics now, there is honestly nothing anyone can do about it, the Jews own Borough Park. 75 million Jews, comprising approximately 9 percent of its total population of 20 million. Matt Shuham (@mattshuham) is a reporter in TPM’s New York office. Feb. The most powerful elected officials in New York had little to say about a blockbuster report from the New York Times into failing Hasidic Jewish private schools. The community pays for his excellent private lawyers; she is represented by the New York Legal Assistance Group, which aids the indigent. In the protests that seized the Hasidic neighborhood of Borough Park in October, one Hasidic journalist was cornered by a mob after a local provocateur, Heshy Tischler, called him a “moser. By Ari Ephraim Feldman New York City. The June 7 demonstration was organized by Zik and other young Hasidic Jews who wanted to build allyship with their black neighbors. 7 billion worth of polished diamonds. By Josh Nathan-Kazis June 12, 2012. Sept. New York Jewish Week, via JTA — A video of a self-described comedian approaching Hasidic Jews on the streets of Brooklyn and asking them their thoughts on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has. It is said that anyone who leaves must be a ruined person—penniless, homeless, probably on drugs, maybe a prostitute, living like an animal, for carnal appetites alone, like the goyim, or else. The film chronicles the lives of Ausch and two other former Hasidic Jews, Luzer Twersky, 32, and Ari Hershkowitz, 20, as they deal with the fallout of leaving. Agudath Israel of America in a statement on Thursday, criticized the New York Times for its latest story which accuses Hasidic Jews of taking advantage of a policy designed to make special education more available. 13, 2023. It really looks like Hasidic people break-dancing and twirling to the beat of distortion-heavy, often profanity-laced rap songs. Orthodox areas are among the fastest growing in New York and New Jersey Hasidic Williamsburg is the fastest-growing Assembly district in New York state, while in. And while the roughly 200,000 Hasidic Jews in New York City represent just a fraction of the city’s Jewish population, they have amassed. Miriam Ezagui. The Viznitz Hasidic Jewish congregation lawsuit claims after it bought the former Pace. CHESTER, N. Years ago, friends of mine visited the Satmar village of Kiryas Joel, established in 1977 in upstate New York. 12 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. Rosenthal. Last week, the Skver Hasidic sect in New Square, a Hasidic village in Rockland County, did endorse both Hochul and Rep. 11% Saturday, according to City Hall. Walking around last weekend, at least 90% of folks in the area were Hasidic. The systematic problems with Hasidic education in New York do not reside in New York alone. A poll conducted for Ami Magazine had Orthodox support for Trump even higher, with 83% of US Orthodox Jews saying they were voting for the president, compared to only 13% for Biden. Jews in the U. Keshet, a national organization working for the full equality and inclusion of LGBTQ Jews in Jewish life. Orthodox Union 11 Broadway New York, NY 10004 Website: Rabbinical Council of America 305 Seventh Avenue, 12th Floor New York,. June 30, 2020. Oct. By Avital Chizhik-Goldschmidt June 20, 2018. Sharon Pulwer was lost in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, shortly after moving here. In addition, Judaism is the second-largest religion practiced in New York City,. New York’s Hasidic yeshiva controversy is an old story for a certain type of Jew. Members of the Hasidic Jewish community surround a rubbish fire in the street on Oct. Among Jews by religion, 56% are 50 and older, compared with just 32% of Jews of no religion. NEW YORK (Reuters) - Thousands marched over the Brooklyn Bridge in New York City on Sunday in a show of solidarity with the area’s Jewish community following a spate of anti-Semitic. 97 reviews. As the title says, I was born and raised in the Hasidic community. Kennedy Jr. By Alexis Soloski. MONSEY, N. 8 million cast by Jews in New York state, were not the determining factor in the outcome of Tuesday’s gubernatorial race. 2. In 2021, India exported $24. Published 12:32 PM PST, July 1, 2023. At the time of the survey, about three-quarters of U. The founder and editor-in-chief of Shtetl is a 37-year-old activist-turned-journalist named Naftuli Moster. Herein, we focus specifically on Judaism’s doctrine toward vaccination because of the recurrent outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases in Orthodox Jewish communities in both the USA and Israel. New York City public schools. Avishag Shaar-Yashuv for The New York Times. New York state has about 1. He asked “where are your tzitzis?” feeling uncomfortable I stammered, they said. New York City mayoral candidate Andrew Yang, top, third from left, meets with haredi Orthodox Jewish leaders in Borough Park, Brooklyn, in an. Video by Miki Katoni. AMA : r/IAmA. Jan. The Hasidic ideal is to live a hallowed life, in which even the most mundane action is sanctified. New York’s Jewish community is the largest outside of Israel, and it is often polarized, particularly regarding Israel and its. By Alan Feuer. Instead, city health. Harris writes that the one hundred thousand New York City Hasidim are composed of: 45,000 Satmar, 15,000. A firm. June 17, 2016. 'Shmutz,' a new book stirring controversy in the United States, centers around a young Jewish woman from a Hasidic community who discovers the temptations of online porn. July 1, 2023, at 3:32 p. Yisroel was an earnestly pious boy growing up Hasidic in Brooklyn, New York. The word upshern means “to shear off,” and it is a Jewish tradition dating to the 17th century, primarily among Hasidic Jews. In Rockland County, N. Feb. Ira Marco, a Hasidic Jewish voter who was born and raised in Borough Park, said the. With some 50,000 chickens killed every year in New York City for kapparot, protesters tried in 2019 to get the ceremony halted. Robert F. They are distinct from modern Orthodox Jews and others who strictly follow. ”. ET. In James Gray’s recent drama “Armageddon Time,” a Jewish family from Queens goes to see “Private Benjamin. Saved Stories. The village is almost entirely populated by. Jeenah Moon for The New York Times. Caring about Israel is “essential” to what being Jewish means to 45% of U. The mayor and village clerk's "offices" are just two desks placed side-by-side in Bloomingburg's lone courtroom. 1. Katoni is a documentary filmmaker. “It has to feel like it’s real in some way,” Ori Mannheim. By Jenny Singer April 5, 2019. NEW YORK — Hasidic Jews in Brooklyn benefit disproportionately from Section 8 housing vouchers, even as other impoverished residents have difficulty obtaining the federal housing subsidy. Neighborhoods v t e Jews comprise approximately 9% of New York City 's population, making the Jewish community the largest in the world outside of Israel. There’s an estimated 300,000 people living in various Hasidic communities in New York City, and they're poised to become the largest Jewish denomination in the city in the next two decades. For us, to quote a famous New York Yankee, it felt like. New cases from six Orthodox neighborhoods, including Williamsburg, make up 20% of the city’s total. She is also an ordained interspiritual minister, speaker and coach. 75 million Jews lived in New York State overall. Mike Lawler only won his race in 2022 by a few. — In a peaceful corner of the Hudson Valley, a broad expanse of land sits at the ready for hundreds of homes ranging between 2,500 and 3,400 square feet, with views. Eighteen private schools run by the Hasidic Jewish community have been breaking the law by not providing their students with an adequate secular education, New York City officials. Most people walking on the streets of Manhattan do not notice it at all. --. Share in Twitter. Nearly 77% of US adults affiliate with a religious faith and 53% consider religion to be very important to them (Pew Research Center, 2015 ). The state commissioner of education, Betty Rosa, ruled that a Hasidic boys’ school in Brooklyn was violating state law by failing to provide a basic education. Not much for us to do in the immediate vicinity, including grocery shopping, but the price is low and the. NEW YORK ( JTA) — Hasidic Jews in Brooklyn benefit disproportionately from Section 8 housing vouchers, even as other impoverished residents have difficulty. Hasidic Jews comprise one movement of Orthodox Judaism. Federal law enforcement charged a New Jersey man with hate crimes on Wednesday for a violent attack on four Jewish men, in which two were hit by a vehicle that had been carjacked. On average, Hasidic elementary and middle school boys receive only 60 to 90 minutes of secular education a day, four days a week. I starved in the harsh street of New York City. Miriam Leah Zisman at her. She was raised in a Hasidic Jewish community and had an arranged marriage with a rabbi before graduating high school. They are carried to other places across the world. The Dutch colonial port city was the seat of the government for the New Netherland territory and became New York City in. , a diverse string of suburbs about an hour from Manhattan, non-Orthodox Jews have frequently joined with their non-Jewish neighbors in resisting the Hasidic community’s. “In general the biggest difference between the denominations, I would say, is the way they understand the weight of what. Gov. In 2015 a jury in New Jersey found that a Jewish group offering sexuality conversion therapy had committed consumer fraud. New York State lawmakers are debating Gov. That’s higher than the 95. Sean Maloney, a Democrat who represents New York’s District 17 and is also. Romi Cohn circumcises the baby boy, then leans down and sucks the blood from the wound as prayers in Hebrew fill the Brooklyn. A contractor attaches a new wire at 56th Street and 11th Avenue. On one occasion, they bullied me and lifted my shirt up. by Michael Inscoe October 16, 2017. An 1895 New York law requires. Hasidic religious. m. Deutsch: There was an earlier Jewish community in Williamsburg, it was one of the largest Jewish communities in New York City, and it was known as the most Orthodox Jewish community already in the. Robert F. Only the higher of the two visible wires is used by the eruv. The father of five was summoned to a meeting with leaders of his ultra-orthodox Hasidic Jewish sect in Kiryas Joel, N. The boom of the ready-to-wear clothing industry after the Civil War coincided with a large influx of Jewish immigrants from Eastern. com. Bloomingburg, some 70 miles north of New York City, has one traffic light. Shea on Wednesday defended their response to a large Hasidic Jewish funeral in the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn on Tuesday. June 17, 2016. What’s clear is that Hasidic Jews are. Y. ( New York Jewish Week) — A video of a self-described comedian approaching Hasidic Jews on the streets of Brooklyn and asking them their thoughts on. New York’s Board of Regents, which sets education policy for the state, has been weighing them since 2018, spurred largely by criticism of the state’s Hasidic Jewish yeshivas. Mr. March 25, 2021 6 AM PT. Harlem) on a budget. 1 million, fueled by the “explosive” growth of the Hasidic and other Orthodox. jmf1234. Part of the issue may be that Israel is a hastily mixed polyglot culture with Jewish immigrants from Europe, the Americas, North Africa, Arab lands, Ethiopia, India and the former Soviet Union. The judge allotted Ausch one hour per week of supervised visitation with each of the three older children. Y. Oct. New York State lawmakers are debating Gov. By. 10,. New York City’s most populous borough, Brooklyn, is home to nearly 2. Even as total student population in New York state fell, enrollment in Jewish schools overall climbed 62. The latest Pew Religious Landscape Study, from 2014, found that 83 percent of Jews surveyed supported legal abortion in most or all cases, more than any other religious group surveyed. Saturday, March 4 at the Hermosa Beach Community Theater, hosted by the Jewish Community. By Jim. New York State lawmakers have introduced several bills that would ban corporal punishment in private schools after The New York Times reported that students in some Hasidic Jewish. So miserable. Krisch October 18, 2017. The bombs Israel has dropped on. Y. Agudath Israel of America launches a public information campaign, including a billboard. The measure was proposed in response to a New York Times investigation that revealed widespread use of such punishment in Hasidic Jewish private schools. Tamar Shabtai holds a Jewish prayer book at her home in Mevaseret Zion near Jerusalem, Wednesday, Aug. Nearly all the Jews live in or around New. Miriam Leah Zisman at her. 11 years ago. Their goal, most say, is to protect their. Zeldin’s optimism about Orthodox Jewish groups, some estimates suggest that the Hasidic vote typically represents less than 2 percent of statewide turnout, while other religious. 10, 2021 PUBLISHED 8:30 PM EST Feb. By Ari Feldman January 3, 2020. Speaker Kevin McCarthy is courting Jewish voters. By them. A New York political lobbying firm has offered to represent a halal street food vendor who was recently subjected to a sustained racist attack by one of its own. Dec 29, 2019. In the most recent report, blacks comprised 24 of the 34 (71 percent) perpetrators. Hasidic Jews came to New York in large numbers after the Second World War and have prized an insularity that the pandemic is now unraveling. A New York judge on Monday denied an injunction filed to stop an annual religious ritual practiced by Hasidic Jews that involves the public slaughter of chickens. (photo credit: REUTERS/DARREN ORNITZ) Brooklyn’s Williamsburg. 5 million in the past decade, driven by rapid growth among the Orthodox that is quickly transforming. AMA. . My Unorthodox Life is an American reality television series by Netflix that premiered on July 14, 2021. Police respond to a house in the New York City suburb of Monsey, New York, where officials say five Hasidic Jews were stabbed during a Hanukkah celebration, Dec. Of course it is antisemitic to say that Hasidim are intolerant, especially because it is true. February 23, 2023. New York’s Community District 12, which covers the Borough Park neighborhood of Brooklyn, has by far the city’s lowest reported rate of domestic violence: 459. KnowUs, a project of Agudath Israel of America, urges. The New York Times article is not a plot against Jewish education. AMA. If you want to get a sense of how isolated the Hasidic community is, until I was 12 I thought that the majority of people in the world were Jewish and that the majority of Jews were ultra-Orthodox. In the wake of the new population study of New York Jewry, Raphael Magarik tackles Commentary's double standard on welfare: Welfare babies are a menace, unless they're Haredi. There are about five blocks of Crown Heights’ Kingston Avenue that serve as the nerve center for the Hasidic Jews that set up roots in the neighborhood in the ’40s. (New York Jewish Week) — A video of a self-described comedian approaching Hasidic Jews on the streets of Brooklyn and asking them their thoughts on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has gone. The Times’ report, which came out Sunday and was the result of. New York Attorney General Letitia James is accusing a Hudson Valley town and county of "a concerted, systematic effort" to keep Hasidic Jewish families from moving into the town, where a developer. April 20, 2022. Five people were reportedly. But many observant Jews in Manhattan rely on this string to. The Jewish Community Relations Council (JCRC) released a formal statement in March 2023, in reaction to The Times coverage of the Hasidic Jewish community: “We are concerned about a pattern that. Hasidic jews are extremely anti-social and anti-technology, not only is the internet taboo but also bicycles are shunned. NY Hasidic Jews continue to hold large weddings despite COVID rules By Shira Hanau November 24, 2020 4:38 pm Hasidic women walk past a yeshiva in the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn, Sept. Jews have settled in New York State since the 17th century. New York Jewish Week via JTA — Brooklyn’s Williamsburg neighborhood is known as a center of gentrification and a gathering place for the cool young hipsters of New York City. . For those of you that are unfamiliar what Hasidim are, the Hasidic community is a very religious and traditional community, with a lot of strict rules and customs. Susser said. By Dan Glaun May 24, 2021. This string is part of an eruv, a Jewish symbolic enclosure. A phony Hasidic dad who found social-media acclaim for adopting nine boys has been charged with sexually abusing most of them — while out on bond in an earlier child sex. 6,000 are being tested on Wednesday alone. Speaker McCarthy is looking to hold onto a slim five-seat majority in the House. The census data. The Hasidic movement, an ultra-Orthodox branch of Judaism, was founded in Western Ukraine in the 18th century and today has tens of thousands of adherents in New York City. 12, 2022. 81 helpful votes. It was a trailblazing move for a new generation in the Hasidic. October 25, 2017 2:50 pm. Black Jews in New York City comprise one of the largest communities of Black Jews in the United States. New York papers have published plenty of criticism of the Hasidic community’s disregard for COVID-19 safety, covering secretive weddings, massive funerals, and violent anti- lockdown protests. Michael Inscoe/Atlas. As a child, she mirrored her sisters and female cousins, and she dressed like a girl when she had the chance. About 50,000 boys are attending these private schools, operated by Hasidic communities in New York City and the lower Hudson Valley, where there is hardly any. Handler has also been one of the top-earning special education providers in New York City private schools. A Hasidic man is organizing Orthodox Jews to donate plasma to fight Covid-19. Save. Yet despite these differences, Binksy found, with the help of trans activist Abby. Jews once dominated the New York fur and garment industry. The United States ranked second, exporting $14. The vehicle was driven by a 22-year-old Jewish man who was part of a Lubavitch Hasidic motorcade. Aug. The expansion of Hasidic communities in New York's Hudson Valley, the Catskills and northern New Jersey has led to some anti-semitic rhetoric Published January 2, 2020 • Updated on January 2. The long-scheduled Regents’ vote came after a New York Times investigation showed that students in many of New York’s Hasidic Jewish schools have been denied a basic education. The neighborhood wasn't always like this. By Antonia Farzan. Rhoda Gelman. Arrests have been made in connection to three incidents of suspected hate crimes against Hasidic Jewish men that took place earlier. What I learned leading an antisemitism training for workers in a labor dispute with their Hasidic bosses. That was the beginning. 8, mere hours before the happiest day on the Jewish calendar, during which adherents gather en masse to dance with the Torah, new COVID-19 regulations that New. There were dozens of others, from Howell residents fearing that a community of Hasidic Jews living in nearby Lakewood, New Jersey, would “take over” Howell, that the new affordable housing. Apr 17, 2020. Hasidic families began migrating from New York City to suburban communities in the 1970s, hoping to create the sort of cohesive community some recalled from Europe. The Jewish population of the New York City area grew to 1. After New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio witnessed the NYPD break up a large funeral in Brooklyn for a prominent rabbi, the mayor tweeted: "My message to the Jewish community, and all communities. 9. Chabad is one of the world's best-known Hasidic movements, particularly for its outreach activities. 7 Hysterical Orthodox Women Comedians You Should Know. adults report that level of household income. Orthodox Jews not only are more likely to be married, but also are more likely to have gotten married before the age of 25. Blimi Marcus, a nurse practitioner in the Hasidic neighborhood of Borough Park, said the best way for government officials to reach haredi Jews is to direct advocacy and education through. More American Jews are asserting that support for Palestinians is not incongruous with embracing a Jewish identity. Baby boys whose circumcisions likely involved the ritual between April 2006 and December 2011 had an estimated risk of contracting neonatal HSV-1 infection of 24.