Israeli woman fined $140 per day for refusing to circumcise her son

Source : Reuters / Ronen Zvulun

An Israeli woman has been sentenced to paying $140 per day for refusing to circumcise her one year old son until the boy undergoes the procedure as required by Jewish law.

“The baby was born with a medical problem, so we couldn’t circumcise him on the eighth day as is customary,” Haaretz has quoted the boy’s mother Elinor as saying.

The boy is now over one year old.

“As time went on, I started reading about what actually happens in circumcision, and I realized that I couldn’t do that to my son. He’s perfect just as he is,” the mother said.

However, Jerusalem court judges suspected that the mother could be withholding the procedure “as a tool to make headway in [her] divorce struggle,” according to the newspaper. The case has also shed light on what judges say is widespread discrimination against the Jewish custom.

From RT