Rabbi Who Botched Circumcision Sued For Negligence; Continues Performing Procedure Even After Severing Boy's Penis

No regulation or medical training for mohels, “There’s virtually no regulation of this any place in the United States that I know of. I think the government probably should require some sort of training if this is going to be done.” What is this child now facing in terms of lifetime care and needs? All for religion,,,

It’s every baby boy’s worst nightmare before they even know what a nightmare is. In April, a Pittsburgh rabbi cut too far during a baby’s bris ceremony, severing the newborn baby’s penis. Eight months later, the baby boy’s parents are suing the rabbi for the botched circumcision on the grounds that he acted “with total disregard,” and accusing him of negligence.

Rabbi Mordechai Rosenberg, who is also an Orthodox mohel — or ritual circumciser — performed the circumcision at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Squirrel Hill neighborhood of Pittsburgh when he severed the boy’s penis — a “catastrophic and life-changing injury,” the civil suit alleges, according to The Huffington Post.


Rabbi Who Botched Circumcision Sued For Negligence; Continues Performing Procedure Even After Severing Boy's Penis