5/5 (2) Original article available above. Rani Kasher decided not to circumcise his third son after conducting research; he is now an anti-circumcision activist and plans on writing a book on it. by Adi Reshef Why do we circumcise our baby … Read More
Tom Farley at City Hall in 2009. (AP Photo/Richard Drew) Former city health commissioner Tom Farley thinks it was a mistake for the current board of health to repeal consent forms that had been required before metzitzah b’peh, the controversial circumcision … Read More
Pan-European body maintains position that a brit milah violates children’s rights BY JTA October 10, 2015, 5:55 am 24 Illustrative photo of Jews performing a religious circumcision. (Serge Attal/Flash90) The Council of Europe is maintaining its position that non-medical circumcision … Read More
by Lisa Braver Moss Posted on Jul. 8, 2015 at 10:52 am Lisa Braver Moss Though the prospect of circumcising a baby boy typically causes some anxiety, Jewish parents most often to go through with it. Circumcision is a concrete symbol … Read More
Abstract The Bible portrays circumcision as having an important role in Israelite culture. Consequently, circumcision has received a great deal of scholarly attention. Some have viewed it as having an “internal” role, for example, for rites of fertility and marriage, … Read More
4/5 (1) By Rabbi Benjamin Shalva It looks as if 4-year-old Chase Ryan Nebus-Hironimus is about to go under the knife. As a rabbi who has officiated at numerous circumcisions and as a father who, back in the day, held … Read More
March 3, 2014 by Anna Baron. Published in Amicus (Yale’s Undergraduate Law Magazine) “Banning mila[1] was the route chosen by two of the worst enemies the Jewish people ever had, the Seleucid ruler Antiochus IV and the Roman emperor Hadrian, both of whom set … Read More
by LILIANE MAURY PASQUIER 12/26/2013 Stuff.co.nz (Originally posted on 25 December 2013 for The Washington Post at http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/circumcision-of-young-boys-is-not-a-right/2013/12/25/62f8aed0-5c3e-11e3-be07-006c776266ed_story.html) OPINION: For the past two months, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) has been vilified as “anti-Semitic,” “anti-religious” and “insane” and has been … Read More
Shemuel Toviah Garber, Wesleyan University Read the full text in PDF format. Publication Date: 5-23-2013 Recommended Citation: Garber, Shemuel Toviah, “The Circular Cut: Problematizing the Longevity of Civilization’s Most Aggressively Defended Amputation” (2013). Honors Theses – All. Paper 1137. http://wesscholar.wesleyan.edu/etd_hon_theses/1137 Rate this article's … Read More
4.12/5 (25) What the Bible Really Says About Routine Infant Circumcision Laura Jezek, 2013 Congratulations! You’re expecting a baby! Nothing could be more joyful and exciting. Did you know that one of the most important things you can do for … Read More