A mohel’s journey to Nairobi reveals a thriving yet fragile Jewish community, deep ties to Israel, and the challenge of sustaining Jewish life in Kenya. THE WRITER conducts the circumcision as ...

Borenstein also is a longtime mohel, the Hebrew word for one who performs ritual circumcisions. Mohels typically do not use anesthetic. Many, including Borenstein, offer the babies a few drops of ...

In 2011, he was cast in “Our Idiot Brother,” the Paul Rudd vehicle. “I played a mohel, but the scene was cut,” Sherman told JTA. “How ironic.” He played a character billed as “Aliyah ...

I’m used to being in the minority whenever I leave Israel, which happens often as a mohel (ritual circumciser). Wearing a kippah outs you in that way. But this was different. Seeing women in ...