“[Metzitzah b'peh, the direct mouth-to-bleeding penis sucking done by many haredi mohels after removing a baby's foreskin] is
not an issue that should be discussed in a non-Jewish paper. It’s
something to be discussed by rabbis.”
The mohel at the Teichtal brit milah (circumcision) earlier this year touches his mouth a moment before beginning the brit milah. His performance of metzitzah b'peh has sparked a lawsuit against Teichtal for endangering his child.
The Forward reports:
…[T]he Rabbinical Center of Europe, a Brussels-based organization founded by Chabad to rival the Conference of European Rabbis, has strongly backed [Chabad's emissary in Berlin Rabbi Yehuda] Teichtal. In an April 18 editorial in the newspaper Frankfurter Rundschau, the center’s general director, Menachem Margolin, criticized [Rabbi Pinchas] Goldschmidt [the Chief Rabbi of Moscow and the President of the Conference of European Rabbis, the primary Orthodox rabbinical organization in Europe after World War II] and others for “aligning themselves with those who are working against Jewish interests.” He said that such misguided efforts could lead to governments once again “accusing Europe’s Jews of inhuman and uncultured practices.”In an interview with the Forward, [Chabad's] Margolin cited a long list of commentary and rabbinical debates regarding MBP. “There are many things in each generation that Jewish leaders are trying to change and improve,” he said, but warned, “this is not an issue that should be discussed in a non-Jewish paper. It’s something to be discussed by rabbis.”… [emphasis added]