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{{Construction Site}}'''Ilene A. Gelbaum''', CNM, ({{LifeData|birth=1946|birthplace=Brooklyn, {{USSC|NY}} |birthcountry=USA|death=|deathplace=|deathcountry=}}) is a retired advanced practice certified nurse-midwife and a promoter of male infant [[circumcision]] from Anaheim, California{{USSC|CA}}.She advocates performance of non-therapeutic [[circumcision]] of infant boys by advanced practice certified nurse-midwives.<ref>{{REFbook |last=Bigelow, Ph.D |first=Jim |init= |author-link=Jim Bigelow |year=1995 |title=The Joy of Uncircumcising |url= |work= |editor= |edition=Second Edition |volume= |chapter=Psychological Factors Related to Infant Circumcision |scope= |page=95 |pages= |location=Aptos |publisher=Hourglass |ISBN=0-934061-22-X |quote= |accessdate=2023-09-27 |note=}}</ref> Gelbaum is associated with [[Kaiser Permanente]].<ref>{{REFweb |url=https://www.healthgrades.com/providers/ilene-gelbaum-3gqf6 |title=Ilene Gelbaum, CNM |last= |first= |init= |publisher= |date= |accessdate=2023-09-26}}</ref> Gelbaum also practices as a ''mohelet'' or female [[mohel]].<ref>{{REFweb |url=https://www.mohelusa.com/listings.php?param=23 |title=Mohel USA |last= |first= |init= |publisher= |date= |accessdate=2023-09-26}}</ref><ref>{{REFweb |url=https://jwa.org/blog/mohelet-and-brit-milah |title=Mohelot and Brit Milah: Does it matter if a woman wields the knife? |last=Hekman |first=Alma |init= |publisher=Jewish Women's Archive |date=2010-08-16 |accessdate=2023-09-26}}</ref> She apparently believed that she was doing good work as she stated, "it really is a touching, moving, spine-tingling thing that I participate in as a service to the community."<ref>{{REFconference |last=Gelbaum |first=Ilene |author-link=Ilene Gelbaum |coauthors= |coauthors-link= |title=Newborn Circumcision: the Nurse-Midwifery Model |trans-title= |language= |url= |archived= |place=35th Annual Meeting of the American College of Nurse-Midwives |publisher= |source= |date=1990-05 |datefrom= |dateto= |accessdate=2023-09-27}}</ref> == Videos ===== Peace Corps in Sri Lanka ===<youtube>v=q13RqXBJFes</youtube> === Celebrating Hanukkah in Sri Lanka ===<youtube>v=0-5lTTzOxYw</youtube>

|title=Circumcision. To educate, not indoctrinate--a indoctrinate—a mandate for certified nurse-midwives

|url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1016/0091-2182%2892%2990013-S

|url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/009121829390093V