Intactivism Spreads in Israel. This Time by Jews. – Infant Circumcision Information for Parents

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 another sign that Intactivisim is gaining social acceptance, even in Israel. Gonnen Al Ha-Yeled (Protect the Child) and Ben Shalem (The Israeli Association for the Abolition of Circumcision), two Israeli Intactivist groups, have just produced stickers and ads in Hebrew. Eran Sadeh, the Jewish and Israeli founder of Protect the Child spoke at a Human Rights forum last year calling for laws protecting all children from the mutilation of circumcision.

Translation from Hebrew by Eliyahu Ungar-Sargon.

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, there are 10,000 nerve endings.		THE FORESKIN IS IMPORTANT AND HAS MANY FUNCTIONS. There are risks and complications in the cutting of the foreskin. Some of the problems are only revealed in adolescence. Some people are not aware that they were damaged and think it’s normal.
SOMEONE BORN TO A JEWISH MOTHER IS JEWISH WITH OR WITHOUT A FORESKIN
Removal of the foreskin is no guarantee for social acceptance.

1. (card, back)

	“In the natural state, the corona within the foreskin is protected as an internal organ, moist like the eye. In infancy, the foreskin is connected to the organ and protects it. An organ without the foreskin is exposed to infection.
		Many of the circumcised require corrective surgery to widen the urethral opening under full anesthetic.
	THE MOHEL PARES AND REMOVES AROUND 1/3 OF THE SKIN OF THE PENIS!
	RECOVERY FROM THE CIRCUMCISION WOUND IS SIMILAR IN SEVERITY AND RISKS TO RECOVERY FROM A THIRD DEGREE BURN. (A LIMB WITHOUT SKIN)
	Following the removal of the foreskin, the psychology of sexual relations is changed. Sexual intercourse with a foreskin is gentler, more sensitive, and more satisfying.
	For additional details, visit ‘Gonen on the child’ www.gonnen.org and in the forum ‘Passing on Brit Milah’ on Tapuz.