The idea that a grown man would put his mouth on an infant's penis is rather disturbing under pretty much any circumstance. Yet according to an understanding of Jewish law that has more than a little ...

Laura Dimon is the Africa Studies intern at the Council on Foreign Relations. Previously, she worked for the Clinton Health Access Initiative in Pretoria, South Africa. She has entered the Columbia ...

Circumcision substantially decreases a man’s risk of becoming infected with the AIDS virus by a woman, but acceptance of the procedure has been slow in Africa, where it would do the most good. There’s ...