Update on the Jewish Intactivist Movement in Israel Kahal, a community group for Israeli parents with intact sons is active and counts thousands of Israeli Jews among it’s members. Intactivism—the movement to end circumcision—continues to win social acceptance worldwide, including…
Jewish Mom Makes Intactivist Case in Israel
“Help! I’m asking for the help of the public! I am a mother to a baby. The Rabbinical Court is forcing me to cut my year old son against my will (circumcise him) while subjecting me to heavy financial…
It cuts both ways: A Jew argues for child rights over religious circumcision
http://www.haaretz.com/jewish-world/the-jewish-thinker/.premium-1.560244 It cuts both ways: A Jew argues for child rights over religious circumcision Censuring circumcision in Europe is about child protection, not anti-Semitism. By Dr. Rebecca Steinfeld / Jewish World blogger | Nov. 26, 2013 | 12:45 PM | 48 Circumcision without…
Stand up for your son: Say ‘no’ to ritual circumcision
http://972mag.com/stand-up-for-your-son-say-no-to-ritual-circumcision/49669/ By Larry Derfner |Published June 29, 2012 Stand up for your son: Say ‘no’ to ritual circumcision Even if criminalization is impractical, this week’s German court ruling against circumcision on children, except for medical purposes, sent a much-needed message. I’ve been an…
Russell: Circumcision: an unnecessary, brutal practice for those who can’t consent
Posted: Thursday, November 21, 2013 6:54 pm Natalie Russell / Columnist | 0 comments “Here’s this little bundle … First let’s find a sharp stone or knife and start hacking at the genitalia,” begins journalist Christopher Hitchens, setting up a scenario that about 58 percent…
Intaction Anti-Circumcision Activists Picket Home of Leading Pediatrician
http://www.prweb.com/releases/2013/11/prweb11342384.htm On Saturday November 16, members of the anti-circumcision activist group INTACTION http://www.intaction.org picketed outside the home of Susan Blank, M.D., chairperson of the American Academy of Pediatrics Task Force on Circumcision. Intaction anti-circumcision members march to protest AAP…
Circumcision and human rights
The Guardian, Tuesday 15 October 2013 16.00 EDT “[Tanya Gold] is quite wrong to say all Jews agree on circumcision. Many secular Jews take pride in where we come from, but also have the confidence to explore an identity…
What is a Jewish Brit Shalom (Covenant Without Cutting)?
A ‘Bloodless Bris’ is Becoming Popular Among American Jews ARTICLE | AUGUST 13, 2013 – 9:37AM At this Bris Shalom, the parents washed their son’s feet (Brit Rechitzah) as a symbolic sign of Jewish covenant and welcoming, rather than circumcising him.…
Intactivism Spreads in Israel. This Time by Jews.
Intactivist Media Initiative Comes to the Holy Land Article | July 15, 2013 – 6:30pm Eran Sadeh holds up a photo of a Jewish circumcisionat a human rights panel in Germany addressing circumcision as a human rights violation. Here is…
A Jew Against Circumcision
Jul 31, 2013 A Jew Against Circumcision By Scott Raab at 1:30PM I’m not a circumcision fan, not as a Jew, not as a man. I belong to a branch of Judaism — Reconstructionist — that considers itself enlightened and…