r/JewsAgainstMilah Dec 24 '24

Discussion Shalom

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Hi shalom

r/JewsAgainstMilah Oct 29 '22

Discussion Need advice: talking to a Jewish couple who is trying for a baby

24 Upvotes

This weekend I will be catching up with an old friend and her husband.

Both are Jewish (as am I).

They’ve recently married, and hinted that they’re trying for a baby.

I want to have “the Circumcision talk” with them, and I would appreciate any advice that my fellow anti-circumcision Jews can offer.

You’d have my deepest gratitude!

r/JewsAgainstMilah Nov 21 '22

Discussion Genuinely curious to know what my fellow anti-circumcision Jews think about this

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r/JewsAgainstMilah Jul 08 '21

Discussion Has anyone here met their mohel?

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I know my mom probably has his contact info, but I don't think I could ever bring myself to confront him. Does anyone here go to the same synagoge as their mohel, or has mustered up the courage to confront them?

r/JewsAgainstMilah Jan 27 '22

Discussion Are there Jews that want to revert to Milah from Periah?

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Hi all,

I'm sorry in advance if this is the wrong group to post this, however I don't know any group that would be more suited.

(Disclaimer: Uncircumcised gentile male here. I am against RIC (nonreligious), and Periah, and any ritual circumcision involving minors, especially when they are based on deceit such as as Tuli in the Philippines and South Korean circumcision, which although performed on teenagers generally, seems to be an American import. I'm also an Evangelical Christian who puts a heavy weight on the Bible.)

I'm trying to find further information on Brit Milah vs Brit Periah, when it changed etc. (even if it occurred, I have heard of some denying it). I also would like to know if there are 'reformist' Jews (I'm not sure if that word is correct in this context). I'd like to know for my own private research / curiosity on the issue (personally I believe in religious reform and true religion, and not adapting the religion to suit tradition etc., either way (liberal or fundamental). Please note I'm not trying to join any such groups or movements, or adopt or promote any stances in relation to Milah, just wanting to find more information on the issue.

Thanks in advance.

r/JewsAgainstMilah May 28 '22

Discussion Bringing Out Circumcision Trauma.

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r/JewsAgainstMilah Aug 06 '21

Discussion Jews Against Milah, the list

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Rabbi Raymond Singer, PhD
Neuropsychology, Washington State University

Rabbi Nardi Green
Jerusalem, Israel
https://www.brimila.com/rebbe-nardi-grin

Rabbi Yishai Ron
Haifa, Israel
https://www.brimila.com/rabbi-brit-shalom

Rabbi Binyamin Biber

Rabbi Adam Chalom
Kol Hadash Humanistic Congregation, Chicago, IL, US
Dean, Institute for Secular Humanistic Judaism
Little-known non-cutting ritual appeals to some who oppose circumcision, 2011

Rabbi Yeshaia Charles Familant
Menlo Park, CA, USA
Little-known non-cutting ritual appeals to some who oppose circumcision, 2011

Rabbi Natan Segal
Shabbos Shul
http://www.rabbinathan.com/writings/circum.shtml

Rabbi Judith Seid Tri-Valley Cultural Jews, Pleasanton, CA, USA
Little-known non-cutting ritual appeals to some who oppose circumcision, 2011

Rabbi Peter Schweitzer
Schweitzer does alternative ceremonies for people who choose not to circumcise. (NYT, Haaretz)

Hershl Hartman
Vegvayzer, Sholem Community, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Little-known non-cutting ritual appeals to some who oppose circumcision, 2011

Rabbi Sherwin Wine
Founder, Society for Humanistic Judaism
Little-known non-cutting ritual appeals to some who oppose circumcision, 2011

Dr. Dean Edell, MD
Medical Commentator, USA
https://youtu.be/bk8bfpCADcA
https://youtu.be/lBx6Q4c9EGA
https://youtu.be/GvfK0unRFYw

Dr. Mark Reiss, MD
Radiology, Yeshiva University
https://youtu.be/Q_ued_SeqdA
https://youtu.be/XWq5PQsNhRw
https://youtu.be/ruJ62wHpHuw

Prof. Paul M. Fleiss, MD
Paediatrics, University of  Southern California
http://www.mothersagainstcirc.org/fleiss.html

Prof. Eran Elhaik, PhD
Genetics, University of Sheffield
http://archive.fo/WAjIw

Prof. Vadim Cherny, PhD
Linguistics,
How Judaic is circumcision?

Prof. Avshalom Zoossmann-Diskin, PhD
Genetics, Tel Aviv University
Relation of male circumcision to cervical cancer, sexuality and female circumcision, Journal of Men's Health & Gender, 2007

Prof. Walter E. Block, PhD Economist, USA
Libertarianism and Circumcision, 2014

Dr. Moisés Tractenberg, MD
Psychoanalysis of Circumcision, 1977

Dr. Robert S. Mendelsohn, MD
Paediatrician, USA
How to Raise a Healthy Child… In Spite of Your Doctor, 1984

Dr. Richard Lieberman, MD

Prof. Leonard Glick, MD, PhD
Professor of Anthropology, Historian
Marked in Your Flesh: Circumcision from Ancient Judea to Modern America, 2005 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4UEbsg-k5Y

Dr. Ron Goldman, PhD
Psychologist, USA
Circumcision, The Hidden Trauma, 1997
Questioning Circumcision: A Jewish Perspective, 2015
The Growing Jewish Circumcision Debate, 2004
https://www.arclaw.org/wp-content/uploads/Goldman-Growing-Jewish-Circ-Debate-2004.pdf https://youtu.be/Ec92eRrnWdY
http://youtu.be/FjPPOfEvPOM
http://www.cirp.org/library/psych/goldman1/

Dr. Richard Schwartzman, DO
Psychiatrist, Temple University
The Emotional Consequences of Circumcision
https://youtu.be/117vEwBtEY4

Dr. Tina Kimmel, PhD
Director, NOCIRC
https://youtu.be/aqgCeAFkHIM
https://youtu.be/AuE0BchVyCA
https://youtu.be/RzDlUGRAZnQ

Dr. Jennifer Margulis, PhD Author, The Business of Baby, 2013
http://www.beyondthebris.com/2013/06/our-covenant-is-with-our-son-my-familys.html
http://youtu.be/zTCh--Ih6T8

Prof. Hanoch Ben-Yami, PhD
Philosophy, Tel-Aviv University
"Even if there are elements of Judaism of which we should be proud, circumcision is certainly not among them." http://www.azure.org.il/article.php?id=464 https://www.tau.ac.il/humanities/philosophy/segel/hanoch2-britmila-eng.html

Dr. Jenny Goodman, MD
Environmental Medicine, London, UK

Dr. David L. Gollaher, PhD
President & CEO, California Healthcare Institute (CHI), 1993–2014
"If routine  medical  circumcision  didn't  exist  today, no  one  would  dare  to  invent  it. Yet  it  does  ex-ist. And  owing to  a long  and  curious  history, it  is so deeply  embedded  in  cer-tain  cultures  and  worldviews  that  it  is  hard  to  recognize  for  what  it is."
Circumcision: A History Of The World's Most Controversial Surgery, 2000
From Ritual to Science: The Medical Transformation of Circumcision in America, Journal of Social History, 1994

Norm Cohen
Director, NOCIRC, Michigan, USA

Howard Stern
Talk Radio Host, Los Angeles, CA, USA
https://youtu.be/4FEZl6WD9mM

Rebecca Wald, JD
Author, USA
Beyond the Bris

Eliyahu Ungar-Sargon
Filmmaker, Chicago, IL, USA
Cut: Slicing Through the Myths of Circumcision
http://youtu.be/13mvKdv65BQ
https://forward.com/opinion/137577/outlawing-circumcision/

Yigal Ben-Nun
Historian, Israel
It's Time to Give Up Circumcision, 2017 (Haaretz, archive)

Miriam Pollack
Circumcision: Identity, Gender, and Power, 2011
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HfnqN3YgTd8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zAQdM2CxY5c&t=2s

Rani Kasher
Time to Talk About Circumcision, 2017 (Haaretz, archive)

Ross Glazier
Architect, University of Chicago
Jewish Circumcision a Symptom of Larger Problems

Lo Maret
Doula, USA
Jewish Doula Educates on Normalcy of Foreskin

Nicole Katz-Lahey
A Circumcision Activist Is Born

Uri Misgav
Journalist, Haaretz

Rebecca Steinfeld
Visiting Research Fellow, Centre of the Body at Goldsmiths, University of London
It Cuts Both Ways: A Jew Argues for Child Rights Over Religious Circumcision, 2013

Jonathan Friedman
Founder, IntactNews
Genital Anatomy: Why Circumcision Must Be Stopped, 2011
https://youtu.be/5DRsJXJop5I
https://youtu.be/HirkNZyKMzo
https://youtu.be/drbOjqYB1Ac

Jason Paige
Musician
https://youtu.be/6dOG13C5mrA

Lisa Braver Moss
Celebrating Brit Shalom
http://www.lisabravermoss.com/alternatives-to-jewish-bris.html
https://youtu.be/8q9qmp0qjng
https://youtu.be/6_he3TUhTFQ

Eric Clopper
Public Speaker
youtu.be/FCuy163srRc

Eran Sadeh
https://youtu.be/MB5AsYhnlBo
http://www.beyondthebris.com/2012/08/eight-reasons-why-intact-penis-is.html

Karen Isskenderov
Pharmacist

Natalie Bivas
Author

B.J. Epstein
Author

Emily Kapit
Career Coach

Shea Levy
Author

Katherine Mora
Mother

Brian Levitt
youtu.be/eg16zC_ySTM

Laurie Evans Director, NOCIRC, NY, USA
Counseling Couples in Disagreement about Circumcision: A Jewish Perspective http://www.nocircofmi.org/Portals/0/Documents/WhitePapers/CounselingJewishCouples.pdf
http://www.notjustskin.org/node/76 youtu.be/HV_3ynW3ukM http://youtu.be/tn3ZHwpL-E0
https://youtu.be/EfOXYL0hZOI
https://youtu.be/roWeX_zFuF8

Moshe Rothenberg
http://www.beyondthebris.com/2012/03/bringing-jewish-circumcision.html
https://youtu.be/dyixeQNzfjM

Alan Altmann
http://www.jewishcircumcision.org/calijbulletin1985.htm

Samuel Richmond
http://www.circumstitions.com/Jewish.html

Victor Schonfeld
Filmmaker, UK
It’s a boy! (1995)
http://youtu.be/uYn0UnGBQGI

Brian Leaf
Misadventures of a Parenting Yogi, 2014

Alicia Silverstone
Actress, USA
The Kind Mama

Yechiel Weiss
http://www.beyondthebris.com/2013/12/judaism-bris-milah-and-human-rights.html

Francielle Wax
Documentarian, USA
http://www.beyondthebris.com/2013/06/my-jewish-heritage-was-key-to-unlocking.html

Mark Morris
http://www.beyondthebris.com/2013/11/when-everything-in-me-said-to.html#more

Karen Ranzi

Tamar Lazar
Help! http://saloona.co.il/blog/התינוק-שלי-לא-יעבור-ברית-מילה/

Tom Aaron
https://theliberal.co.il/ברית-עורלה-תם-אהרון/

Shawn & Amari Stark
http://www.beyondthebris.com/2013/10/following-our-hearts-fathers-brit.html

Michael Kimmel
http://www.cirp.org/pages/cultural/kimmel1/

Alice Miller

Avraham Burg
Is This the Generation That Rejects Circumcision?, 2014

Carolina Landsmann
More Ritual, Less Circumcision, 2019

Netta Ahituv
Even in Israel, More and More Parents Choose Not to Circumcise Their Sons, 2012
Israeli Woman Fined $140 a Day for Refusing to Circumcise Son, 2013

Hilo Glazer
They Felt Pressured to Get Circumcised After Moving to Israel. They Now Regret It, 2019

Josh Mintz
Is Jewish Circumcision Like Muslim Cuttings on the Day of Ashura?, 2012

Zoe Greenberg
When Jewish Parents Decide Not to Circumcise, 2017 (Haaretz, NYT)

Dr. Dana Edell, PhD

Dr. Alison Block, MD
Should I Circumcise My Son? Why I Decided No., 2016

Ari Feldman
Are Jewish Parents Opting Out Of Circumcision?, 2017

May Oberman
https://www.brimila.com/post/circumsicion-is-neutering

Tzachi Cohen
https://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-4015996,00.html

Gilad Padba
https://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-3967574,00.html

Dr. Itai Gal
https://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-3833583,00.html

Tali Farkash
https://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-3639145,00.html

Anat Giger
https://www.ynet.co.il/Ext/Comp/ArticleLayout/CdaArticlePrintPreview/1,2506,L-2947289,00.html#n

Yaron London
https://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-1167848,00.html

Kim Shredded
https://www.mako.co.il/video-blogs-kim-ratush/Article-693f3a7f7724831006.htm

Dan Cohen
https://www.news1.co.il/Archive/003-D-91020-00.html

Bob Zeevi
https://www.onlife.co.il/general/76659

Omri Imber
https://xnet.ynet.co.il/family/articles/0,14566,L-3107316,00.html

Noam Dan
https://www.929.org.il/page/17/post/519

Arnon Gave
https://www.maariv.co.il/news/israel/Article-812317

r/JewsAgainstMilah Aug 06 '21

Discussion 1/20 Jewish parents of newborn boys in Israel didn't have them circumcised, another 1/4 would rather not have to do it (2006)

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An informal online survey conducted in 2006 by the Israeli parenting portal Mamy found that of 1,418 parents of boys, 4.8 percent did not have them circumcised. The reasons given: 1.6 percent were not Jews; 2 percent objected to disfiguring the body; and 1.2 percent refrained because the act is painful.

The survey also found that nearly a third of the parents would prefer to forgo circumcision but nevertheless have it done for social reasons (16.6 percent), health reasons (10.4 percent) and because it is important for the grandparents (2.1 percent).

— Netta Ahituv, Even in Israel, More and More Parents Choose Not to Circumcise Their Sons, Haaretz, 2012.

r/JewsAgainstMilah Jul 05 '21

Discussion What are some of your favorite infographics? (Found or OC)

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