Thursday, February 13, 2014 | return to: views, opinions TweetShare by lisa braver moss Follow j. on and How can synagogues make their members — and prospective members — feel more welcome? Some synagogues send a message of inclusion, stating…
A Jewish Perspective on Circumcision: SF Weekly Talks to Cut Director Eli Ungar-Sargon
http://blogs.sfweekly.com/thesnitch/2011/09/eli_ungar-sargon_cut_circumcision.php Religion By Ellen Huet Thu., Sep. 22 2011 at 7:30 AM Categories: Religion Eliyahu Ungar-Sargon Eli Ungar-Sargon was raised in an Orthodox household, with rabbis in the family and a Talmudic scholar father. But Ungar-Sargon, who dropped out of medical school…
Jewish Intactivist Writers Published In Israel
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…
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…
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…
Jewish Intactivism – A Male Human Rights Movement!
Jewish Intactivism – A Male Human Rights Movement!”All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident.” – Arthur Schopenhauer Kahal Feel free to share!
New Article Finds Fault With Pediatric Organization’s Support for Circumcision, Provoking a Formal Response
Human rights attorney J. Steven Svoboda and pediatrician Robert S. Van Howe, M.D. have published a new article in one of the world’s leading journals on medical ethics arguing that the American Academy of Pediatrics’ (AAP’s) position regarding male circumcision…