Infant Circumcision Information for Parents

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CircInfoSite.info is a non-profit, humanitarian organization dedicated to providing quality circumcision resources for expecting and future parents. The information on this site is intended for research purposes and should not replace the advice of medically trained personnel. We believe…

Circumcision Sensitivity

Does circumcision remove the most pleasurably sensitive part of the penis (prepuce)? Yes, scientific method already proves that: http://www.cirp.org/library/anatomy/taylor/ http://www.cirp.org/library/anatomy/sorrells_2007/ Circumcision and Sex The human foreskin is highly innervated,5 21 29 and vascularized29 sensitive erogenous tissue.6 29 It plays an important role in normal human sexual…

The Vulnerability of Men

The Vulnerability of Men By Vincent Bach I have been gathering my thoughts on what I think is the primary force behind circumcision in our culture – circumcised men. I’m not discounting secondary forces such as Medicaid and other health insurance…

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…

By admin | October 16, 2013 | Human Rights, Jewish Intactivism |

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.…

By admin | August 24, 2013 | Human Rights, Jewish Intactivism |

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…

By admin | August 24, 2013 | Human Rights, Jewish Intactivism, News |

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…

By admin | August 24, 2013 | Human Rights, Jewish Intactivism, News |

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!

By admin | July 14, 2013 | Human Rights, Jewish Intactivism, News |

“It’s a boy”

““It’s a boy,” my husband said quietly as he lifted the baby onto my chest. I didn’t believe him. I sobbed with joy at the tiny baby in my arms who looked up at me curiously and didn’t cry. We…

By admin | July 2, 2013 | Human Rights |

Gonnen, an Israeli Intactivist group, has produced stickers and postcards in Hebrew

http://www.gonnen.org 1. (card, front) A WORD ON BRIT [a double entendre in Hebrew] CIRCUMCISION SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCES THE SENSITIVITY OF THE PENIS. On normal skin the size of the foreskin there are 50 nerve endings. In the foreskin,…

By admin | May 27, 2013 | Human Rights |

Can you give me back my foreskin?

Open letter to Bent Lexner, Chief Rabbi of Denmark By Leo Milgrom (Milgroms translation of his original piece published in Danish daily Politiken ‘Kan du give mig min forhud tilbage?‘ 07/28/2012 and first covered by this blog here.) March 1980: a…

By admin | May 4, 2013 | Human Rights |

Humanistic Judaism Increasingly Critical of Child Circumcision

“The Humanistic Jewish movement is a quickly growing denomination in Judaism and the furthest from practicing circumcision. The movement contains over 30,000 members and has over 50 active synagogues in the United States and Israel. There are a variety of…

By admin | April 22, 2013 | Human Rights |

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…

By admin | March 23, 2013 | News |