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Jewish With A Foreskin - Intactivism Among Jews in Israel and America. Intactivist Covenant Ceremonies - brit bli milah (covenant without circumcision), brit shalom (covenant of peace), brit shem (covenant of the name) or brit hayim (covenant of life).
Comments to a Jewish mother in the USA who is keeping her son intact.http://consciouswoman.org/2009/01/07/a-father-and-son-dialog....
The Case for Bris without Milah.
http://www.circumstitions.com/Jewish.html
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Brit Shalom - A Jewish Covenant of Wholeness
This ritual was developed by a Jewish parent in consultation with his rabbi.
http://www.nocirc.org/religion/Naming_ceremony.php
RABBI: We are gathered together today, in the last year of a century which has given us profound and unprecedented insight into our humanity, one hundred years in which we have learned that each of us is fully human from the moment we are born, able to feel and able to remember all the richness of each and every moment's experience.
But this century has also given us the Holocaust, a bloodletting of unprecedented proportion. Given both the insight and the brutality of our century, we are inevitably led to conclude that there must be no more bloodshed in God's name. We continue where Abraham left off: We shall do the child no harm.
- A Brit Shalom - A Jewish Covenant of Wholeness
http://www.nocirc.org/religion/Naming_ceremony.php
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Brit B'Lee Milah & Brit Shalom - A Jewish Covenant of Wholeness
'Many Jewish mothers and fathers have long recognized the painful, harmful, and dangerous aspects of the surgical procedure of circumcision. Many have wished for some alternative to traumatizing their little boy on the eighth day of his life, while still welcoming him into the Covenant of Abraham. Unlike the Bar Mitzvah, Bris Milah is not a spiritual experience for their son. Furthermore, it entails surgical pain and trauma, medical risk and long-term harm. It is a violation of their child's body and his sexual organ. In response to these concerns, several alternative Bris ceremonies have been created which fulfill the spiritual and communal obligations of Jewish circumcision without its traumatic effects or violation of rights. These ceremonies lovingly welcome a Jewish boy into the community of Jews while maintaining his bodily integrity and his human rights.' - Bris Shalom Ceremony, an alternative Bris ceremony for concerned Jewish parents
http://www.cirp.org/pages/cultural/bris_shalom.html
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A Non-Traditional 'Circumcision' Ceremony
Paula Hills, Mothering, p. 26-27, Summer 1987
http://www.noharmm.org/nontrad.htm
'As I entered my final month of pregnancy, we finally came to our decision - clear and strong. In spite of Gabriel's Jewish roots, we would not choose circumcision for him; rather, we would allow the choice to be his. We wrote to our parents, hoping that they would understand, and settled down to decide what we would do to fill the gap left by a discarded ritual.
And then his grandfather, another honored participant, held him in the chair for the remainder of the ceremony, which continued according to the traditional bris ceremony, but without cutting
In using the traditional ceremony and prayers, we omitted the word 'circumcision' and emphasized 'commitment' and 'covenant.'
- A Non-Traditional 'Circumcision' Ceremony
Paula Hills, Mothering, p. 26-27, Summer 1987
http://www.noharmm.org/nontrad.htm
* 'It's precisely because I'm so committed to Judaism that I couldn't do what feels deeply wrong. A core ritual to welcome a newborn into the Jewish world shouldn't do unnecessary violence.'
- Avi Rose, 49, of Oakland, who did not circumcise his adopted son, Oren.
* Rabbi Yeshaia Familant ( http://www.circumstitions.com/Jewish-shalom.html ), who is also a marriage and family counselor in Menlo Park, performs circumcision-free ceremonies, which are often called brit bli milah (covenant without circumcision), brit shalom (covenant of peace), brit shem (covenant of the name) or brit hayim (covenant of life).
'Sari Singerman, 37, and her husband, Moses Goldberg, 35, did not circumcise their son, Julian Zion. The couple said it's about time Jews against circumcision speak out -- even if it means stirring up controversy at the Petaluma Hebrew school where Goldberg is principal.'
- A Few Jews are Breaking with Tradition and Having Alternative Birth Rights Instead, By Lisa Fernandez, Mercury News, San Jose, California, Saturday, 12 July 2003
* 'It's a mitzvah to fight to end circumcision!'
Samuel Richmond, a Jewish intactivist living in America.
http://www.circumstitions.com/Jewish.html
* In Israel, opposition to circumcision has happened in just two decades, and now these rebels number in the tens of thousands, according to Ronit Tamir, founder of Kahal ( http://www.kahal.org ), a support group for parents who choose not to circumcise their children.
Jewish World, 3/11/10.
* Betty Katz-Sperlich is a Jewish woman living in New Mexico, USA. A registered nurse, she is co-founder of Nurses for the Rights of the Child ( http://www.Nurses.cirp.org ). She refused to circumcise her son, now aged 13.
* 'I've been called anti-Semitic by non-Jewish people. But as a Jew, how could I not speak up against Jewish circumcision? I would be letting Jewish babies down.'
* Jenny Goodman ( http://www.nocirc.org/symposia/fourth/goodman.html ), from north London, also refused to circumcise her son. She is a doctor and a psychotherapist as well as a Jewish feminist. 'I know at least a dozen non-circumcised boys whose parents are identified as Jews,' she says. She adamantly opposes circumcision, claiming that it is physically and psychologically damaging to the child and violates human rights: 'It also violates the most important of medical ethics, above all do no harm.' ( http://www.cirp.org/library/cultural/goodman1999/ )
* Opposition to male circumcision in the UK had its first big breakthrough 18 months ago with the controversial Channel 4 documentary It's a Boy!, by Jewish director Victor Schonfeld. It slammed the practice of Jewish circumcision as unnecessary and barbaric, with potentially horrific consequences. Mr. Schonfeld claims that public consensus against it in the UK is growing.
Nursing Times, p. 12-13, February 19, 1997
* 'I don't see any reason why I should cut my son's genitals. There is no reason and I don't think I have the right, even as a parent, to cut a normal part of his body....Eventually I think religious people, too, will stop doing it.' - Kasher
* According to modern scholars, circumcision is not even mentioned in the either the earliest, 'J', version of Bereshth ('Genesis') nor the next three rewrites by other authors. Most importantly, the story of Abram is there in its entirety, except the part about the Covenant being 'sealed' with circumcision. The parallel Covenant story of 'a smoking kiln and its blazing torch' passing between the halves of animals and birds sacrificed by Abram is in J. Many biblical scholars agree on this point, and it is in accord with the mitzvot against desecrating the body.... It has even been suggested that early Judaism forbad circumcision!'
Case for Bris without Milah.
http://www.circumstitions.com/Jewish.html
* AS AN INCREASING NUMBER OF AMERICANS - including a sizable number of American Jews - question the act of male circumcision ( http://www.circumstitions.com/Jewish.html ) , a group of San Francisco activists are advocating to ban circumcision, or what they call male genital mutilation ( http://www.mgmbill.org/hearing.htm )... Many of the leading activists against circumcision around the country are Jewish ( http://consciouswoman.org/2009/01/07/a-father-and-son-dialog.... ).
Jerusalem Post, Challenging the Circumcision Myth, 04/10/2011
* 'A web-based multimedia project that puts real faces and voices to the current Jewish movement against circumcision. This dynamic site is being created by, for, and about Jewish people. We each hold our own ideas about life and our Jewish heritage. We won't always agree. But we're united by this principle: the genital cutting of infants and children is wrong and must stop, no matter their religion or gender.'
- http://www.beyondthebris.com/
* I should like to suggest to my fellow Jews that perhaps the time has come to redeem the foreskin itself, rather than sacrifice it. Surely some substitute might be found for this rite, ... that would be preferable to this assault upon and mutilation of a newborn infant...'
Professor George Wald, M.D
Harvard University Professor, Nobel Laureate in Physiology and Medicine
* 'I am a 72 year old retired physician, a Jew who is an active member of a Conservative synagogue, and a grandfather. Growing numbers of American Jews ( http://www.beyondthebris.com/ ) are now leaving their sons intact as they view circumcision as a part of Jewish law that they can no longer accept. Alternative brit bli milah ( http://www.noharmm.org/nontrad.htm ) or brit shalom ( http://www.nocirc.org/religion/Naming_ceremony.php ) ceremonies (ritual naming ceremony without cutting) are being performed by some rabbis. Increasing numbers of intact boys are going to religious school, having bar mitzvahs, and taking their place as young adults in the Jewish community.
* As a Jewish grandfather, I want to assure young couples about to bring a child into the world, that there are other members of the Jewish older generation ( http://www.noharmm.org/pollack.htm ), including other Jewish physicians ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acc70D2ApFg ), and even some rabbis ( http://www.rabbinathan.com/writings/circum.shtml ), who feel as I do. If your heart and instincts tell you to leave your son intact, listen!'
- Mark D. Reiss, M.D.
* INTACTIVIST JEWISH RITES *
* 'Nothing is more powerful than an idea whose time has come; it is time to stop circumcision whatever have been the reasons and/or distresses that have perpetuated it.' - Moshe Rothenberg, http://www.nocirc.org/symposia/second/rothenberg.html
Moshe Rothenberg received his MSW in Social Group Work at Yeshiva University - Wurzweiler School of Social Work (1973) and did post-graduate work in group and family therapy at Albert Einstein School of Medicine. Mr. Rothenberg initiated and coordinated two parent groups providing advocacy and counseling services for the Miskon-Jewish Board of Family and Children's Services in New York. He is an educator on the subject of Brit B'lee Milah both within and outside of the Jewish community in which he lives.
Quotes from Jewish Parents, Rabbis, Doctors, Nurses and Israelis about abolishing circumcision.
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Israeli Related Links: (In Hebrew)
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> Kahal / Jewish Intact Israelis' Parents' Rights Group (Israel, in Hebrew) <
> http://www.kahal.org <
> Israeli/Jewish Association Against Genital Mutilation (Israel, in Hebrew) <
> http://www.britmila.org.il <
> Gonen Al Hayeled / Israel's Protect the Child (Israel, in Hebrew) <
> http://www.gonen.us <
> Af-Milah - Second Thoughts on Brit Milah <
> The Israeli Newsletter Against Circumcision (in Hebrew) P.O. Box 207, Rosh-Pinah 12000, Israel <
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Related Links: (In English)
Conservative, Hassidic, Orthodox, Israeli, Traditional, International Reform Jews and more...
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> Jews Opposing Circumcision: Conservative, Orthodox, Reform and More (Isreal, UK, USA, International) <
> http://www.jewsagainstcircumcision.org <
> Ending Circumcision In The Jewish Community By Moshe Rothenberg, CSW. (Israel, UK, USA, International) <
> http://www.nocirc.org/symposia/second/rothenberg.html <
> Brit Shalom - A Jewish Covenant of Wholeness Text (Israel, UK, USA) <
> http://www.nocirc.org/religion/Naming_ceremony.php <
> Bris B'lee Milah & Bris Shalom Ceremony Text (International) <
> http://www.noharmm.org/nontrad.htm <
> Brit B'lee Milah & Bris Shalom Ceremony Text (Israel, UK, USA, International) <
> http://www.cirp.org/pages/cultural/bris_shalom.html <
> List of Brit B'lee Milah & Bris Shalom Rabbis by Dr. Mark D. Reiss, M.D. (International) <
> http://www.circumstitions.com/Jewish-shalom.html <
> A Jewish Rabbi Speaks Out Against Circumcision, 2007 (Israel, UK, CA, International) <
> http://www.rabbinathan.com/writings/circum.shtml <
> My Son: The Little Jew with a Foreskin, By Stacey Greenberg, 2004. (Israel, UK, USA, International) <
> http://www.mothering.com/10-0-0/html/10-1-0/little-jew.shtml.... <
> Women's Perspectives: Dr. Ron Goldman's Website (Israel, UK, USA) <
> http://www.jewishcircumcision.org/women.htm <
> The Case Against Circumcision by Dr. Paul M. Fleiss, MD. (USA, UK, International) <
> http://www.mothersagainstcirc.org/fleiss.html <
> Jewish Roots of Anti-Circumcision Arguments by Lisa Braver Moss (UK, USA)<
> http://www.nocirc.org/symposia/second/moss.html <
> A Jewish Woman Denounces Circumcision by Laura Shanley. (Israel, UK, International) <
> http://www.unassistedchildbirth.com/miscarticles/circarticle.... <
> Dr. Ron Goldman's Site <
> http://www.circumcision.org <
> Jewish Women Speak Out: Miriam Pollack (UK) <
> http://www.noharmm.org/pollack.htm <
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'while maintaining his bodily integrity and his human rights'
'Many Jewish mothers and fathers have long recognized the painful, harmful, and dangerous aspects of the surgical procedure of circumcision. Many have wished for some alternative to traumatizing their little boy on the eighth day of his life, while still welcoming him into the Covenant of Abraham. Unlike the Bar Mitzvah, Bris Milah is not a spiritual experience for their son. Furthermore, it entails surgical pain and trauma, medical risk and long-term harm. It is a violation of their child's body and his sexual organ. In response to these concerns, several alternative Bris ceremonies have been created which fulfill the spiritual and communal obligations of Jewish circumcision without its traumatic effects or violation of rights. These ceremonies lovingly welcome a Jewish boy into the community of Jews while maintaining his bodily integrity and his human rights... The covenant between God and the Jewish people will continue after the symbolic tokencircumcision, is abandoned. ' - Bris Shalom Ceremony, an alternative Bris ceremony for concerned Jewish parents
http://www.cirp.org/pages/cultural/bris_shalom.html
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'circumcision of infants is unethical and should therefore be abandoned'
'...support can be found from many Jewish sources for the view that circumcision of infants is unethical and should therefore be abandoned...in the final analysis, circumcision is not symbolic for the baby: it is horribly real. Now is the time to lay the knife aside and to move forward into the 21st century with a form of ritual that is truly welcoming and that is truly purely symbolic.'
- Dr. Jenny Goodman
http://www.cirp.org/library/cultural/goodman1999/
Jewish circumcision: an alternative perspective. BJU Int 1999; 83 Suppl 1:22-27.
http://www.cirp.org/library/cultural/goodman1999/
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'I am a 72 year old retired physician, a Jew who is an active member of a Conservative synagogue, and a grandfather. Three years ago, as I was about to become a grandfather for the first time, my interest in the subject became more focused.
Growing numbers of American Jews are now leaving their sons intact as they view circumcision as a part of Jewish law that they can no longer accept. Alternative brit bli milah or brit shalom ceremonies (ritual naming ceremony without cutting) are being performed by some rabbis. Increasing numbers of intact boys are going to religious school, having bar mitzvahs, and taking their place as young adults in the Jewish community.
As a Jewish grandfather, I want to assure young couples about to bring a child into the world, that there are other members of the Jewish older generation, including other Jewish physicians, and even some rabbis, who feel as I do. If your heart and instincts tell you to leave your son intact, listen!'
- Dr. Mark D. Reiss, M.D.
http://www.doctorsopposingcircumcision.org
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An Orthodox Rabbi Speaks Out Against Circumcision Surgery
'I believe circumcision is a major mistake...The code of the Jewish law is called 'halacha' (the way). Within the Code, there is a provision that if a mother looses a son because of circumcision, she is NOT obligated to circumcise her next son. I extrapolate from this, the inter-connection of my human family, that enough deaths and maiming have occured because of circumcision. Therefore - circumcision is no longer a requisite! Just as we no longer practice the animal sacrifices in the traditional temple, so let us not sacrifice an important piece of our mammal in the temple of tradition.'
- Rabbi Natan Segal, 2007
Rabbi Natan Segal, Rabbi of Shabbos Shul, the Shul of Marin County, Marin County, California, U.S.A.
Ordination: 1977 Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi Yeshiva B'nai Or Philadelphia, Pa.
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Ynet Jewish World, 2008
'Yes to a party, but no to a brit.'
Yes to a party, but no to a brit....the decision to give it a pass is becoming increasingly trendy in Israel.
'I've managed to stand up to the religious, overbearing establishment,' is an old, familiar motto. Only this time, instead of getting married in Cyprus or holding a non-religious funeral at a kibbutz, we've decided to keep the boy in one piece, without performing 'barbaric' incisions in his body. What's wrong with that? We have here caring, well-informed parents who are unwilling to swallow every nonsensical argument that an over-zealous circumciser tries to shove down their throat at the neonatal ward.
And even I, a mitzvah observing person, don't have a problem with the ever-rising number of uncircumcised Israelis.
- Tali Farkash. It just doesn't cut it. YNET Jewish World, 2008.
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UK, USA, & International Jews Stop Circumcising
'I am confident that my people have such an abundance of life-enhancing, life-affirming and mind-opening traditions, that our identity and sense of cultural self-heed will happily survive our outgrowing of circumcision, a cruel relic which has always felt to me like an aberration at the heart of my religion.'
- Dr. Jenny Goodman
Challenging Circumcision: A Jewish Perspective
http://www.cirp.org/pages/cultural/goodman.html
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Jews Opposing Circumcision: Conservative, Orthodox, Reform and More (Israel, Uk, USA)
'Judaism is a fluid religion that has been subject to change as it meets challenges and reaches new and better understandings. This is shown with the advent of non-traditional ceremonies, like Bat Mitzvah, and other significant changes to advance the roles of females including the ordination of women rabbis, chazzans and shamases.'
- Jews Against Circumcision (USA, International)
http://www.jewsagainstcircumcision.org
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Jewish 'intactivists' in U.S. stop circumcising
'NEW YORK (Reuters) - In most respects, Michelle Chernikoff Anderson is a rabbi's dream congregant....like an increasing number of Jews in the United States, she has decided not to circumcise her son, rejecting the traditional notion... 'I see circumcision as a blood ritual that I can let go of,' said Anderson, who lives in Southern California.... At the Jewish Circumcision Resource Center in Boston, director [Dr.] Ron Goldman maintains a list of 400 names of Jews who refuse to circumcise their sons.'
- Jewish 'intactivists' in U.S. stop circumcising, REUTERS, 2007.
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'no one will ever take a knife to this baby's flesh in the name of religion'
'I am calm and comfortable in the knowledge that no one will ever take a knife to this baby's flesh in the name of religion, and that my child will be every bit as Jewish as I am, or as Jewish as s/he chooses to be, with no mutilating mark upon the body. I am confident that my people have such an abundance of life-enhancing, life-affirming and mind-opening traditions, that our identity and sense of cultural self-heed will happily survive our outgrowing of circumcision, a cruel relic which has always felt to me like an aberration at the heart of my religion.'
- Dr. Jenny Goodman
Challenging Circumcision: A Jewish Perspective
http://www.nocirc.org/symposia/fourth/goodman.html
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An Orthodox Rabbi Speaks Out Against Circumcision Surgery
'Circumcision is not a guarantee of Jewishness. And yes, you can be Jewish with a foreskin.'
- Rabbi Natan Segal
Rabbi Natan Segal, Rabbi of Shabbos Shul, the Shul of Marin County, Marin County, California, U.S.A.
Ordination: 1977 Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi Yeshiva B'nai Or Philadelphia, Pa.
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'the circumcision of helpless, non-consenting babies becomes forbidden'
'Jewish law is an evolving process that has always taken into account new developments in science and understanding, and attempted to integrate them. Given what is known about life-threatening complications of neonatal circumcision, there is an argument from within Judaism to adapt Jewish law, so that the circumcision of helpless, non-consenting babies becomes forbidden, not demanded.'
- Dr. Jenny Goodman
Jewish circumcision: an alternative perspective. BJU Int 1999; 83 Suppl 1:22-27.
http://www.cirp.org/library/cultural/goodman1999/
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'a barbarous and primitive act that must be banished foreverand quickly.'
'This phenomenon is getting public attention, perhaps for the first time, after the establishment of the Association Against Genital Mutilation ( http://www.britmila.org.il ). The organization was founded by human rights activists who see the Brit Milah as a barbarous and primitive act that must be banished foreverand quickly.
Movements against circumcision have appeared recently in the US and in Europe, claiming that it must be banned not only because it is barbaric, but also because it is harmful to health. One study found that the pain treshold of baby boys who underwent circumcision was lower than that of boys who were not circumcised. Many more boys die from circumcision than from genital infections, claims one of the organizations founders, Rafi Rozen from Eilat.
The organization counts in its midtst tens of activists, among them parents who chose not to circumcise their sons. The members meet every other week and exchange ideas and opinions. They plan to be more active in the future, going to centers for natural birth to try to convince parents not to circumcise their sons.
Jonathan and Limor Enosh from Tel Aviv have been convinced already. They gave birth three months ago to their son Tzof and decided to spare him from Brit Milah. For a long time my wife and I were opposed to circumcision, thinking it was a cruel and painful act, says Jonathan.
I told our families that whoever believes that the Brit makes a child Jewish is wrong, tells a woman from Jerusalem whose two sons, ages 7 and 14, were not circumcised. There is no need to cut off anything to be Jewish. I decided not to take part in a deed that could lead to long-term mental trauma and physical harm, as well as reducing their pleasure in bed.
- Itamar Eichner, Yediot (Israel) - May 6, 1997
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Israeli Related Links: (In Hebrew)
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> Kahal / Intact Israelis' Parents' Rights Group (Israel, in Hebrew) <
> http://www.kahal.org <
> Israeli/Jewish Association Against Genital Mutilation (Israel, in Hebrew) <
> http://www.britmila.org.il <
> Gonen Al Hayeled / Isreal's Protect the Child (Israel, in Hebrew) <
> http://www.gonen.us <
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Related Links: (In English)
Conservative, Hassidic, Orthodox, Israeli, Traditional, International Reform Jews and more...
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> Jews Opposing Circumcision: Conservative, Orthodox, Reform and More (Isreal, UK, USA, International) <
> http://www.jewsagainstcircumcision.org <
> Ending Circumcision In The Jewish Community By Moshe Rothenberg, CSW. (Israel, UK, USA, International) <
> http://www.nocirc.org/symposia/second/rothenberg.html <
> Orthodox Brit Shalom - Covenant of Wholeness Text (Israel, UK, USA) <
> http://www.nocirc.org/religion/Naming_ceremony.php <
> Conservative Bris B'lee Milah & Bris Shalom Ceremony Text (International) <
> http://www.noharmm.org/nontrad.htm <
> General Brit B'lee Milah & Bris Shalom Ceremony Text (Israel, UK, USA, International) <
> http://www.cirp.org/pages/cultural/bris_shalom.html <
> List of Brit B'lee Milah & Bris Shalom Rabbis by Dr. Mark D. Reiss, M.D. (International) <
> http://www.circumstitions.com/Jewish-shalom.html <
> A Rabbi Speaks Out Against Circumcision, 2007 (Israel, UK, CA, International) <
> http://www.rabbinathan.com/writings/circum.shtml <
> My Son: The Little Jew with a Foreskin, By Stacey Greenberg, 2004. (Israel, UK, USA, International) <
> http://www.mothering.com/10-0-0/html/10-1-0/little-jew.shtml.... <
> Women's Perspectives: Dr. Ron Goldman's Website (Israel, UK, USA) <
> http://www.jewishcircumcision.org/women.htm <
> The Case Against Circumcision by Dr. Paul M. Fleiss, MD. (USA, UK, International) <
> http://www.mothersagainstcirc.org/fleiss.html <
> Jewish Roots of Anti-Circumcision Arguments by Lisa Braver Moss (UK, USA)<
> http://www.nocirc.org/symposia/second/moss.html <
> A Jewish Woman Denounces Circumcision by Laura Shanley. (Israel, UK, International) <
> http://www.unassistedchildbirth.com/miscarticles/circarticle.... <
> Dr. Ron Goldman's Site <
> http://www.circumcision.org <
> Jewish Women Speak Out: Miriam Pollack (UK) <
> http://www.noharmm.org/pollack.htm <
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Israeli Related Links: (In Hebrew)
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> Kahal / Jewish Intact Israelis' Parents' Rights Group (Israel, in Hebrew) <
> http://www.kahal.org <
> Israeli/Jewish Association Against Genital Mutilation (Israel, in Hebrew) <
> http://www.britmila.org.il <
> Gonen Al Hayeled / Israel's Protect the Child (Israel, in Hebrew) <
> http://www.gonen.us <
> Af-Milah - Second Thoughts on Brit Milah <
> The Israeli Newsletter Against Circumcision (in Hebrew) P.O. Box 207, Rosh-Pinah 12000, Israel <
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Related Links: (In English)
Conservative, Hassidic, Orthodox, Israeli, Traditional, International Reform Jews and more...
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> Jews Opposing Circumcision: Conservative, Orthodox, Reform and More (Isreal, UK, USA, International) <
> http://www.jewsagainstcircumcision.org <
> Ending Circumcision In The Jewish Community By Moshe Rothenberg, CSW. (Israel, UK, USA, International) <
> http://www.nocirc.org/symposia/second/rothenberg.html <
> Brit Shalom - A Jewish Covenant of Wholeness Text (Israel, UK, USA) <
> http://www.nocirc.org/religion/Naming_ceremony.php <
> Bris B'lee Milah & Bris Shalom Ceremony Text (International) <
> http://www.noharmm.org/nontrad.htm <
> Brit B'lee Milah & Bris Shalom Ceremony Text (Israel, UK, USA, International) <
> http://www.cirp.org/pages/cultural/bris_shalom.html <
> List of Brit B'lee Milah & Bris Shalom Rabbis by Dr. Mark D. Reiss, M.D. (International) <
> http://www.circumstitions.com/Jewish-shalom.html <
> A Jewish Rabbi Speaks Out Against Circumcision, 2007 (Israel, UK, CA, International) <
> http://www.rabbinathan.com/writings/circum.shtml <
> My Son: The Little Jew with a Foreskin, By Stacey Greenberg, 2004. (Israel, UK, USA, International) <
> http://www.mothering.com/10-0-0/html/10-1-0/little-jew.shtml.... <
> Women's Perspectives: Dr. Ron Goldman's Website (Israel, UK, USA) <
> http://www.jewishcircumcision.org/women.htm <
> The Case Against Circumcision by Dr. Paul M. Fleiss, MD. (USA, UK, International) <
> http://www.mothersagainstcirc.org/fleiss.html <
> Jewish Roots of Anti-Circumcision Arguments by Lisa Braver Moss (UK, USA)<
> http://www.nocirc.org/symposia/second/moss.html <
> A Jewish Woman Denounces Circumcision by Laura Shanley. (Israel, UK, International) <
> http://www.unassistedchildbirth.com/miscarticles/circarticle.... <
> Dr. Ron Goldman's Site <
> http://www.circumcision.org <
> Jewish Women Speak Out: Miriam Pollack (UK) <
> http://www.noharmm.org/pollack.htm <
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'while maintaining his bodily integrity and his human rights'
'Many Jewish mothers and fathers have long recognized the painful, harmful, and dangerous aspects of the surgical procedure of circumcision. Many have wished for some alternative to traumatizing their little boy on the eighth day of his life, while still welcoming him into the Covenant of Abraham. Unlike the Bar Mitzvah, Bris Milah is not a spiritual experience for their son. Furthermore, it entails surgical pain and trauma, medical risk and long-term harm. It is a violation of their child's body and his sexual organ. In response to these concerns, several alternative Bris ceremonies have been created which fulfill the spiritual and communal obligations of Jewish circumcision without its traumatic effects or violation of rights. These ceremonies lovingly welcome a Jewish boy into the community of Jews while maintaining his bodily integrity and his human rights... The covenant between God and the Jewish people will continue after the symbolic tokencircumcision, is abandoned. ' - Bris Shalom Ceremony, an alternative Bris ceremony for concerned Jewish parents
http://www.cirp.org/pages/cultural/bris_shalom.html
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'circumcision of infants is unethical and should therefore be abandoned'
'...support can be found from many Jewish sources for the view that circumcision of infants is unethical and should therefore be abandoned...in the final analysis, circumcision is not symbolic for the baby: it is horribly real. Now is the time to lay the knife aside and to move forward into the 21st century with a form of ritual that is truly welcoming and that is truly purely symbolic.'
- Dr. Jenny Goodman
http://www.cirp.org/library/cultural/goodman1999/
Jewish circumcision: an alternative perspective. BJU Int 1999; 83 Suppl 1:22-27.
http://www.cirp.org/library/cultural/goodman1999/
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'I am a 72 year old retired physician, a Jew who is an active member of a Conservative synagogue, and a grandfather. Three years ago, as I was about to become a grandfather for the first time, my interest in the subject became more focused.
Growing numbers of American Jews are now leaving their sons intact as they view circumcision as a part of Jewish law that they can no longer accept. Alternative brit bli milah or brit shalom ceremonies (ritual naming ceremony without cutting) are being performed by some rabbis. Increasing numbers of intact boys are going to religious school, having bar mitzvahs, and taking their place as young adults in the Jewish community.
As a Jewish grandfather, I want to assure young couples about to bring a child into the world, that there are other members of the Jewish older generation, including other Jewish physicians, and even some rabbis, who feel as I do. If your heart and instincts tell you to leave your son intact, listen!'
- Dr. Mark D. Reiss, M.D.
http://www.doctorsopposingcircumcision.org
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An Orthodox Rabbi Speaks Out Against Circumcision Surgery
'I believe circumcision is a major mistake...The code of the Jewish law is called 'halacha' (the way). Within the Code, there is a provision that if a mother looses a son because of circumcision, she is NOT obligated to circumcise her next son. I extrapolate from this, the inter-connection of my human family, that enough deaths and maiming have occured because of circumcision. Therefore - circumcision is no longer a requisite! Just as we no longer practice the animal sacrifices in the traditional temple, so let us not sacrifice an important piece of our mammal in the temple of tradition.'
- Rabbi Natan Segal, 2007
Rabbi Natan Segal, Rabbi of Shabbos Shul, the Shul of Marin County, Marin County, California, U.S.A.
Ordination: 1977 Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi Yeshiva B'nai Or Philadelphia, Pa.
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Ynet Jewish World, 2008
'Yes to a party, but no to a brit.'
Yes to a party, but no to a brit....the decision to give it a pass is becoming increasingly trendy in Israel.
'I've managed to stand up to the religious, overbearing establishment,' is an old, familiar motto. Only this time, instead of getting married in Cyprus or holding a non-religious funeral at a kibbutz, we've decided to keep the boy in one piece, without performing 'barbaric' incisions in his body. What's wrong with that? We have here caring, well-informed parents who are unwilling to swallow every nonsensical argument that an over-zealous circumciser tries to shove down their throat at the neonatal ward.
And even I, a mitzvah observing person, don't have a problem with the ever-rising number of uncircumcised Israelis.
- Tali Farkash. It just doesn't cut it. YNET Jewish World, 2008.
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UK, USA, & International Jews Stop Circumcising
'I am confident that my people have such an abundance of life-enhancing, life-affirming and mind-opening traditions, that our identity and sense of cultural self-heed will happily survive our outgrowing of circumcision, a cruel relic which has always felt to me like an aberration at the heart of my religion.'
- Dr. Jenny Goodman
Challenging Circumcision: A Jewish Perspective
http://www.cirp.org/pages/cultural/goodman.html
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Jews Opposing Circumcision: Conservative, Orthodox, Reform and More (Israel, Uk, USA)
'Judaism is a fluid religion that has been subject to change as it meets challenges and reaches new and better understandings. This is shown with the advent of non-traditional ceremonies, like Bat Mitzvah, and other significant changes to advance the roles of females including the ordination of women rabbis, chazzans and shamases.'
- Jews Against Circumcision (USA, International)
http://www.jewsagainstcircumcision.org
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Jewish 'intactivists' in U.S. stop circumcising
'NEW YORK (Reuters) - In most respects, Michelle Chernikoff Anderson is a rabbi's dream congregant....like an increasing number of Jews in the United States, she has decided not to circumcise her son, rejecting the traditional notion... 'I see circumcision as a blood ritual that I can let go of,' said Anderson, who lives in Southern California.... At the Jewish Circumcision Resource Center in Boston, director [Dr.] Ron Goldman maintains a list of 400 names of Jews who refuse to circumcise their sons.'
- Jewish 'intactivists' in U.S. stop circumcising, REUTERS, 2007.
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'no one will ever take a knife to this baby's flesh in the name of religion'
'I am calm and comfortable in the knowledge that no one will ever take a knife to this baby's flesh in the name of religion, and that my child will be every bit as Jewish as I am, or as Jewish as s/he chooses to be, with no mutilating mark upon the body. I am confident that my people have such an abundance of life-enhancing, life-affirming and mind-opening traditions, that our identity and sense of cultural self-heed will happily survive our outgrowing of circumcision, a cruel relic which has always felt to me like an aberration at the heart of my religion.'
- Dr. Jenny Goodman
Challenging Circumcision: A Jewish Perspective
http://www.nocirc.org/symposia/fourth/goodman.html
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An Orthodox Rabbi Speaks Out Against Circumcision Surgery
'Circumcision is not a guarantee of Jewishness. And yes, you can be Jewish with a foreskin.'
- Rabbi Natan Segal
Rabbi Natan Segal, Rabbi of Shabbos Shul, the Shul of Marin County, Marin County, California, U.S.A.
Ordination: 1977 Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi Yeshiva B'nai Or Philadelphia, Pa.
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'the circumcision of helpless, non-consenting babies becomes forbidden'
'Jewish law is an evolving process that has always taken into account new developments in science and understanding, and attempted to integrate them. Given what is known about life-threatening complications of neonatal circumcision, there is an argument from within Judaism to adapt Jewish law, so that the circumcision of helpless, non-consenting babies becomes forbidden, not demanded.'
- Dr. Jenny Goodman
Jewish circumcision: an alternative perspective. BJU Int 1999; 83 Suppl 1:22-27.
http://www.cirp.org/library/cultural/goodman1999/
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'a barbarous and primitive act that must be banished foreverand quickly.'
'This phenomenon is getting public attention, perhaps for the first time, after the establishment of the Association Against Genital Mutilation ( http://www.britmila.org.il ). The organization was founded by human rights activists who see the Brit Milah as a barbarous and primitive act that must be banished foreverand quickly.
Movements against circumcision have appeared recently in the US and in Europe, claiming that it must be banned not only because it is barbaric, but also because it is harmful to health. One study found that the pain treshold of baby boys who underwent circumcision was lower than that of boys who were not circumcised. Many more boys die from circumcision than from genital infections, claims one of the organizations founders, Rafi Rozen from Eilat.
The organization counts in its midtst tens of activists, among them parents who chose not to circumcise their sons. The members meet every other week and exchange ideas and opinions. They plan to be more active in the future, going to centers for natural birth to try to convince parents not to circumcise their sons.
Jonathan and Limor Enosh from Tel Aviv have been convinced already. They gave birth three months ago to their son Tzof and decided to spare him from Brit Milah. For a long time my wife and I were opposed to circumcision, thinking it was a cruel and painful act, says Jonathan.
I told our families that whoever believes that the Brit makes a child Jewish is wrong, tells a woman from Jerusalem whose two sons, ages 7 and 14, were not circumcised. There is no need to cut off anything to be Jewish. I decided not to take part in a deed that could lead to long-term mental trauma and physical harm, as well as reducing their pleasure in bed.
- Itamar Eichner, Yediot (Israel) - May 6, 1997
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Israeli Related Links: (In Hebrew)
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> Kahal / Intact Israelis' Parents' Rights Group (Israel, in Hebrew) <
> http://www.kahal.org <
> Israeli/Jewish Association Against Genital Mutilation (Israel, in Hebrew) <
> http://www.britmila.org.il <
> Gonen Al Hayeled / Isreal's Protect the Child (Israel, in Hebrew) <
> http://www.gonen.us <
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Related Links: (In English)
Conservative, Hassidic, Orthodox, Israeli, Traditional, International Reform Jews and more...
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> Jews Opposing Circumcision: Conservative, Orthodox, Reform and More (Isreal, UK, USA, International) <
> http://www.jewsagainstcircumcision.org <
> Ending Circumcision In The Jewish Community By Moshe Rothenberg, CSW. (Israel, UK, USA, International) <
> http://www.nocirc.org/symposia/second/rothenberg.html <
> Orthodox Brit Shalom - Covenant of Wholeness Text (Israel, UK, USA) <
> http://www.nocirc.org/religion/Naming_ceremony.php <
> Conservative Bris B'lee Milah & Bris Shalom Ceremony Text (International) <
> http://www.noharmm.org/nontrad.htm <
> General Brit B'lee Milah & Bris Shalom Ceremony Text (Israel, UK, USA, International) <
> http://www.cirp.org/pages/cultural/bris_shalom.html <
> List of Brit B'lee Milah & Bris Shalom Rabbis by Dr. Mark D. Reiss, M.D. (International) <
> http://www.circumstitions.com/Jewish-shalom.html <
> A Rabbi Speaks Out Against Circumcision, 2007 (Israel, UK, CA, International) <
> http://www.rabbinathan.com/writings/circum.shtml <
> My Son: The Little Jew with a Foreskin, By Stacey Greenberg, 2004. (Israel, UK, USA, International) <
> http://www.mothering.com/10-0-0/html/10-1-0/little-jew.shtml.... <
> Women's Perspectives: Dr. Ron Goldman's Website (Israel, UK, USA) <
> http://www.jewishcircumcision.org/women.htm <
> The Case Against Circumcision by Dr. Paul M. Fleiss, MD. (USA, UK, International) <
> http://www.mothersagainstcirc.org/fleiss.html <
> Jewish Roots of Anti-Circumcision Arguments by Lisa Braver Moss (UK, USA)<
> http://www.nocirc.org/symposia/second/moss.html <
> A Jewish Woman Denounces Circumcision by Laura Shanley. (Israel, UK, International) <
> http://www.unassistedchildbirth.com/miscarticles/circarticle.... <
> Dr. Ron Goldman's Site <
> http://www.circumcision.org <
> Jewish Women Speak Out: Miriam Pollack (UK) <
> http://www.noharmm.org/pollack.htm <
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