A very small percentage of Jews in Israel are choosing to not circumcise their sons because of the nature of secularism in Israel. Many secular Jews in Israel are militantly so and a percentage of these people refuse to participate in any Jewish rituals whatsoever.
Because circumcision reduces sexual pleasure, disfigures the penis and is assaulting a child, forcing them to be associated with a religion they may not choose.Jewish AnswerOnly a very small percentage of Jews are choosing to not circumcise their sons. Their reasoning for this follows the same reasoning espoused by the anti-abortion movement.
In general, modern Jews still believe and practice circumcision.
Italian Jews get circumcised.
When he killed them.
No they are not and these days more and more Jews are under the impression that this as a harmful procedure. If you would like to see more information on some the jews that dont believe in circumcision go to the Related link below "Jews against circumcision".
Only among Greek Jews.
It depends on how religious the particular Israeli Jew is. Most Israeli Jews are Secular Jews and therefore rarely go to synagogue more than a few times a year if that. However, a quarter of Israeli Jews are Orthodox and go to synagogue every morning and often throughout the day.
No. The Sefardic Jews are a slight minority in Israel.
They have the same religion, but another nationality!
Of course Non-Jews are permitted to join the Israeli Defense Forces; Non-Jews have been part of the IDF since its inception. The mandatory draft was extended to the Druze in 1956 and Druze, Bedouins, and Circassians have volunteered in high numbers for positions in the Israeli Defense Forces since Israeli Independence in 1948. Ethnic-Palestinian Israeli citizens are also permitted to join the Israeli Defense Forces, but rarely do since many Ethnic-Palestinians Israeli citizens do not want to open fire on other Palestinians.
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Israel is the Jewish State and approximately 80% of its population is Jewish. This is the primary way that Jews are involved with the Arab-Israeli War. Additionally, Jews outside of Israel often finance or support Israel in its mission to be a place for Jews.