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Two Jewish Journalists in New York have independently published articles that are very critical of medically-unnecessary [[ritual circumcision]].
Two Jewish Journalists in New York have independently published articles that are very critical of medically-unnecessary [[ritual circumcision]].


[[Gary Shteyngart]] published an article in <i>The New Yorker</i>.<ref>{{REFnews
[[Gary Shteyngart]] (2021) published an article critical of the practice in <i>The New Yorker</i>.<ref name="shteyngart2021">{{REFnews
  |title=A botched circumcision and its aftermath
  |title=A botched circumcision and its aftermath
  |url=https://archive.md/u323b
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  |quote=After the infection had subsided, the shaft of my [[penis]] was crowded by a skyline of redundant [[foreskin]] that included, on the underside, a thick attachment of skin stretching from the head to the shaft of the genital, a result of improper healing that is called a [[skin bridge]]. A small gap could be seen between this skin bridge and the penis proper.  
  |quote=After the infection had subsided, the shaft of my [[penis]] was crowded by a skyline of redundant [[foreskin]] that included, on the underside, a thick attachment of skin stretching from the head to the shaft of the genital, a result of improper healing that is called a [[skin bridge]]. A small gap could be seen between this skin bridge and the penis proper.  
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[[Scott Raab]] (2025) published an article in <i>Esquire Magazine</i>.<ref name="raab2025">{{REFweb
|url=https://www.esquire.com/lifestyle/health/a64713883/is-circumcision-good-bad/
|title=The Case Against Circumcision
|last=Raab
|first=Scott
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|author-link=Scott Raab
|publisher=Esquire
|date=2025-05-12
|accessdate=2025-05-19
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Jewish journalists have published several articles in the press in [[Israel]] that are [[Israel#Circumcision_loses_popularity_in_Israel| critical of the practice]] of [[ritual circumcision]].


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