JEWISH CHRONICLE
Rabbi arrested in Ireland over ‘illegal’ circumcision granted bail
Felix Pope
August 22, 2024

A British rabbi detained in Ireland and accused of performing illegal circumcisions has been granted bail and permission to return to the UK. Rabbi Jonathan Abraham, 47, was arrested late last month when police officers found him scalpel in hand at a property in Dublin. He was charged with performing a surgical procedure, a circumcision on a male child, without being a registered medical practitioner. The Golders Green rabbi’s bail has now been set at €60,000 with €50,000 set to be put up by his solicitor and the remaining €10,000 by the chief rabbi of Ireland, Yoni Wieder…Were Rabbi Abraham to be convicted of breaching the Medical Practitioners Act 2007, he could face a maximum fine of €130,000 and five years’ imprisonment. READ MORE