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	I am a Jew and I question circumcision. I have been questioning circumcision ever since I learned of the rite as a girl. At that time I questioned circumcision because it seemed wrong to cause pain to infants and because it seemed strange to surgically alter a healthy God-given part of the body. As I grew into adulthood I added questions. I continue to add them. I question circumcision because of its risks. I question it because it is seen by many as a perfunctory act rather than a spiritual one. I question it because it seems to require parents to take advantage of their infant's dependence and weakness. I also question it because of the paradox that those who support infant circumcision often cringe at the idea of circumcision of an older child as a puberty rite. I am sure all of these concerns are familiar to health professionals, who also question circumcision.		I am a Jew and I question circumcision. I have been questioning circumcision ever since I learned of the rite as a girl. At that time I questioned circumcision because it seemed wrong to cause pain to infants and because it seemed strange to surgically alter a healthy God-given part of the body. As I grew into adulthood I added questions. I continue to add them. I question circumcision because of its risks. I question it because it is seen by many as a perfunctory act rather than a spiritual one. I question it because it seems to require parents to take advantage of their infant's dependence and weakness. I also question it because of the paradox that those who support infant circumcision often cringe at the idea of circumcision of an older child as a [[puberty]] rite. I am sure all of these concerns are familiar to health professionals, who also question circumcision.

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	Jewish Professor [[Leonard Glick]] (2005) ~~observes~~ that Genesis contains two covenants between God and Abraham. The first is in Genesis 15:18-21. It does not mention circumcision. The second covenant in Genesis 17 is a later addition by Judean priests.<ref name="glick2005">{{REFbook		Jewish Professor [[Leonard Glick]] (2005) observed that Genesis contains two covenants between God and Abraham. The first is in Genesis 15:18-21. It does not mention circumcision. The second covenant in Genesis 17 is a later addition by Judean priests.<ref name="glick2005">{{REFbook
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	* [[Jewish circumcision]]		* [[Jewish circumcision]]
	* [[Judaism]]		* [[Judaism]]
			* [[Israel]]
	* [[Marked in Your Flesh]]		* [[Marked in Your Flesh]]
	* [[Pain]]		* [[Pain]]

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	}}</ref> Child circumcision did not become firmly established in Israel until after [[Gilgal]] in 1604 {{#tip-text:BCE\|Before Common Era, an alternative to BC}}, more than two centuries after the death of Abraham. According to Glick, the priests gained control after the Babylonian captivity, which ended in 538 {{#tip-text:BCE\|Before Common Era, an alternative to BC}} and at that time the changes were made to Genesis Chapter Seventeen. Glick suggests that the choice to require [[circumcision]] of infant boys may have been because the boys cannot put up resistance.<ref name="glick2005"/> It is clear that the alleged covenant that required circumcision of male infants on the eighth day was a later fabrication by [[circumcised]] Judean priests and did not come from God.		}}</ref> Child circumcision did not become firmly established in [[Israel]] until after [[Gilgal]] in 1604 {{#tip-text:BCE\|Before Common Era, an alternative to BC}}, more than two centuries after the death of Abraham. According to Glick, the priests gained control after the Babylonian captivity, which ended in 538 {{#tip-text:BCE\|Before Common Era, an alternative to BC}} and at that time the changes were made to Genesis Chapter Seventeen. Glick suggests that the choice to require [[circumcision]] of infant boys may have been because the boys cannot put up resistance.<ref name="glick2005"/> It is clear that the alleged covenant that required circumcision of male infants on the eighth day was a later fabrication by [[circumcised]] Judean priests and did not come from God.

	Modern psychology offers an explanation for such behavior by the [[circumcised]] priests. Male [[circumcision]] is a highly traumatic surgical amputation that affects its victims for life.<ref>{{REFjournal		Modern psychology offers an explanation for such behavior by the [[circumcised]] priests. Male [[circumcision]] is a highly traumatic surgical amputation that affects its victims for life.<ref>{{REFjournal

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			* [[Association of Humanistic Rabbis]]
	* [[Leonard B. Glick]]		* [[Leonard B. Glick]]
	* [[Jewish circumcision]]		* [[Jewish circumcision]]

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 }}</ref> [[Bessel van der Kolk|Van der Kolk]] (1989) has shown that traumatized persons are compelled to repeat their [[trauma]] on themselves or others.<ref name="vanderkolk1989">{{VanderKolkBA 1989}}</ref> The compulsion of [[circumcised]] men to repeat the [[Psychiatrist Discusses the Lasting Trauma of Circumcision| trauma of circumcision]] is seen in the huge numbers of men with [[adamant father syndrome]]. It appears that the circumcised priests ascribed their compulsion to an edict of God.
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	\|title=Justifying the ~~Unjustifable~~: Rite v. Wrong		\|title=Justifying the Unjustifiable: Rite v. Wrong
	\|journal=Buffalo Law Review		\|journal=Buffalo Law Review
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	{{SEEALSO}}		{{SEEALSO}}
	* [[Marked in Your Flesh]]
	* [[Leonard B. Glick]]		* [[Leonard B. Glick]]
	* [[Jewish circumcision]]		* [[Jewish circumcision]]
	* [[Judaism]]		* [[Judaism]]
			* [[Marked in Your Flesh]]
			* [[Pain]]
			* [[Trauma]]

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