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Leiter here compares a ban on genital mutilation of minors which has been reality on several periods of time in Jewish history with the organized industrialized murder of millions of Jews during the Nazi era. To our knowledge, there is no evidence that the Nazis prohibited [[circumcision]] of Jewish boys. On the contrary, they used the visibility of [[circumcised]] penises to prove that people were Jewish.
==Current events==
A non-cutting alternative to [[Brit Milah]], usually called [[Brit Shalom]], is gaining in popularity in Israel.<ref name="ahituv2021">{{REFnews
|title=Even in Israel, More and More Parents Choose Not to Circumcise Their Sons
|url=https://www.haaretz.com/even-in-israel-more-and-more-parents-choose-not-to-circumcise-1.5178506
|last=Ahituv
|first=Netta
|coauthors=
|publisher=Haaretz
|website=
|date=2021-06-14
|accessdate=2022-07-02
|quote=The survey also found that nearly a third of the parents would prefer to forgo circumcision but nevertheless have it done for social reasons (16.6 percent), health reasons (10.4 percent) and because it is important for the grandparents (2.1 percent).
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