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* The Influence of Intactivist Jews in Israel *

* The Influence of Intactivist Jews in Israel *




The Israeli Society to Abolish Genital Mutilation. (in Hebrew)
http://www.britmila.org.il
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Israel's Protect the Child Organization. (in Hebrew)
http://www.gonen.us
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Intact Israelis' Parents' Rights Group. (in Hebrew)
http://www.kahal.org
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Comments to a Jewish mother in America who is keeping her Jewish son intact.
http://consciouswoman.org/2009/01/07/a-father-and-son-dialog....

“As the mother of two intact Jewish boys who also blazed a trail in their family, I applaud you for that…”

“My daughter and husband listened to the new evidence and their boys are intact.”

“…As a Jewish mother who also did not circumcise her son, I am thrilled for you and your precious angel, that he, indeed, your whole family, remains intact, un-traumatized and whole.”

“I am so happy about your decision to keep your boy intact. You guys have guts (and lots of smarts too, obviously).”

The fact that already other baby boys are being spared the scalpel because of your stance is so inspiring. Each time someone finds the courage to think for themselves, it creates a
ripple of strength for others to follow.

Kudos to you for throwing off the shackles of tradition and allowing your son(s) his(their) birthright(s) to a whole body.

A dear friend of mine was wise enough to leave his two sons intact and, like you, has a right to be proud of his decision for following in the Jewish tradition of thought, the golden rule, and questioning dogma.

The Israeli departure from the public exhibition of the Brit Milah is an important first step in the abandonment of this outdated and barbaric tradition.
http://consciouswoman.org/2009/01/07/a-father-and-son-dialog....
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* Tens of Thousands of Israeli Jews are Keeping Their Sons Intact *
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, a support group for parents who choose not to circumcise their children. Jewish World, 3/11/10.
- NOCIRC Annual Newsletter 2011, Vol 25
http://www.nocirc.org/publish/2011newsletter-web.pdf
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* Jerusalem Post: A movement to ban circumcision includes many Jews. *
AS AN INCREASING NUMBER OF AMERICANS – including a sizable number of American Jews – question the act of male circumcision, a group of San Francisco activists are advocating to ban circumcision, or what they call male genital mutilation... Many of the leading activists against circumcision around the country are Jewish....Opponents of male circumcision believe that circumcision not only inflicts tremendous pain on babies, but also causes psychological damage to men, including feelings of anger, distrust and grief. They believe circumcision hinders full sexual satisfaction since the foreskin that is removed during circumcision includes thousands of sensitive nerve endings.
- Jerusalem Post, Challenging the Circumcision Myth, 04/10/2011
http://mgmbill.org/hearing.htm
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* Tens of Thousands of Israeli Jews are Rejecting Circumcision, and Keeping Their Sons Intact *
A marginal but growing number of Jewish Israelis choose not to circumcise their children, settled a breach of a millenary tradition which places them outside the social consensus and confronts them with their families.
However, in Israel the 'rebels' have happened in two decades of virtual absence to be counted in tens of thousands, said Ronit Tamir, a founder of Kahal, a support group for parents who choose not to circumcise their children. ( http://www.kahal.org )
Danii Amir was not so clear from the beginning. Circumcised her first son from a previous marriage and was an experience as 'weird and traumatic,' he decided that would be the last.
'I do not think God would create man with something to be settled after eight days,' explains the musician, who is an atmosphere around the circumcision 'very different from twenty years ago.'
His current wife, Ruth, feels even greater rejection of what he defines as a 'barbaric and primitive stronghold of times.'
'The Brit Milah is a very chauvinistic, very ‘so says the tribe.’ The last thing my maternal instinct tells me is to my newborn son to a man with a knife,' he argues.
New father a few months ago, Ofir also spent the eighth day after birth at home with his girlfriend, away from sharp utensils and blessings of the mohel.
Sadeh lived on the other hand were really painful. The night before the circumcision ceremony came almost by chance on Internet forums about the Brit Milah and decided to cancel the appointment.
Now he feels he made the right decision: to make his son 'his own body, so it has created a virtual forum,' Gonen Al Hayeled 'to shed light on the Brit Milah.'( http://www.gonen.us )
- Jewish World - March 11, 2010
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* The Influence of Intactivist Jews in America and Israel *

The Jewish Society to Abolish Genital Mutilation in the USA.
http://www.jewsagainstcircumcision.org
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The Influence of Jewish Intactivism in the USA and Israel. (Worldwide).
This dynamic site is being created by, for, and about Jewish people. 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. - by Rebecca Wald, JD.
http://www.beyondthebris.com/
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* Circumcision is Profoundly Wrong, Says an Influential Rabbi. *
'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 of Shabbos Shul, Marin County, California, U.S.A.
Ordination: 1977 Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi Yeshiva B'nai Or Philadelphia, Pa.
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* Jewish Nurses Who Refuse to Circumcise *
'...as a Jew, how could I not speak up against Jewish circumcision? I would be letting Jewish babies down.'
- Betty Katz-Sperlich, RN., Founder of Nurses for the Rights of the Child, the largest organization of nurses who refuse to circumcise, and who are working to ban genital mutilation in the medical profession.
http://www.noharmm.org/cuttingedge.htm
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Rabbi Steven Blane, Another Intactivst Moyel and Rabbi. (America).
http://www.officiant.org/brit-shalom
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A Jewish Community Intactivst Forum (Worldwide).
http://www.beyondthebris.com/
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Jewish Families in Israel are Keeping their Sons Intact!
http://consciouswoman.org/2009/01/07/a-father-and-son-dialog....
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* Profound Moral and Ethical Reasons to Abolish Circumcision. *
' the genital cutting of infants and children is wrong and must stop, no matter their religion or gender.'

Jewish values have always placed ethics above doctrine. This is why so many laws set forth in the Torah have been completely abandoned (or have never been followed in a literal sense). According to the Torah, cheating on one’s husband, fornicating if you are female, homosexuality, blasphemy, insulting one’s parents and disobeying one’s parents are all punishable by death. We certainly don’t kill people today for such infractions.
There are a great many examples of how infant circumcision violates traditional Jewish law, values, and ethics and I can’t possibly address all of these here. However I do want to point out a few:
* It is an essential characteristic of Jewish law to explain, interpret, and reinterpret the Torah in ways that are fair, righteous and ethical from a human standpoint.
*Hillel the elder (a famous Jewish religious leader and one of the most important figures in Jewish history) formulated the golden rule of Jewish ethics which is: “What is hateful to you, do not do unto others. That is the whole Torah; the rest is the explanation; go and learn.”
* According to Jewish law, the human body must not be altered or marked.
* The Torah prohibits causing pain to any living creature.
* According to historians, it was not always traditional Jewish practice to circumcise. The earliest versions of the Torah mention the covenant between God, Abraham and the Jewish people but don’t mention circumcision, indicating that it was not always a requirement. Even after circumcision became the rule, for about 2000 years only the tip of the foreskin was removed. It was during the Hellenic period that rabbis changed the requirements of the procedure to remove the entire foreskin.
- Rebecca Wald, J.D., Intactivist Writer
http://www.beyondthebris.com/
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.
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*Profound Moral Reasons for Jewish Intactivism. *
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... 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 (UK)
http://www.nocirc.org/symposia/fourth/goodman.html
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Surprise! The Value of the Foreskin in it's Intact State.
http://www.mothersagainstcirc.org/fleiss.html
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An Influential Rabbi says Circumcision is Profoundly Wrong!
http://www.officiant.org/brit-shalom
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Judaism is ready to abolish circumcision. (International)
http://www.jewsagainstcircumcision.org
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Circumcision is Medically Wrong, Says an Influential Jewish Scholar. (Worldwide)
Leonard Glick, MD, Phd, on the Questionable History of Circumcision.
http://www.historyofcircumcision.net/index.php?option=conten....
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Organization of Intactivist Medical Doctors. (USA, UK, Israel, & International)
http://www.doctorsopposingcircumcision.com
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Nurses For the Rights of the Child (Intactivst Organization Created by a Jewish Woman).
http://www.Nurses.cirp.org
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The Jewish History of Circumcision.
http://www.historyofcircumcision.net/index.php?option=conten....
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Intact State of the Foreskin. (USA & International)
http://www.wholebabyrevolution.com/
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The Whole Network.
Intact State of the Foreskin. (International)
http://www.thewholenetwork.org
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Intact America. (USA)
http://www.intactamerica.com
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Intactivisit Mommies. (America)
http://www.mothersagainstcirc.org
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Real Laws for Male Protection. (USA)
http://mgmbill.org/hearing.htm
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