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Circumcision, no fine: on why mandating religious behavior backfires

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I’m circumcised. My two sons are circumcised. Pretty much every other male I know is, too (not that I check). But a ruling last week by the Supreme Rabbinical Court for Appeals in Jerusalem that essentially mandates circumcision by law, with a severe financial penalty for parents who choose not to participate in this most ancient of Jewish rituals, goes too far.

 

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