Ronald Goldman Testifies On Circumcision Trauma At Historic PACE Hearing

“	Circumcision is a trauma. – Ronald Goldman, Psychologist

Psychologist Ronald Goldman, PhD, testifies at the historic Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) hearing on January 28, 2014, an unprecedented debate on baby circumcision...

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As a Jew and a psychologist, I understand the stress that religious communities feel in connection with questioning of circumcision... I raise these questions out of deep caring and compassion, for our community generally, and our male infants in particular. We are inflicting, generally, unrecognized harm with circumcision, and the perpetuation of this harm is far greater a concern than the discomfort that comes from confronting the advisability of this practice. Many Jews who do not circumcise in North America, South America, Europe, and Israel support this view. – Ronald Goldman, PhD, author

External links

• http://www.circumcision.org/cht.htm