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'''Bruchim''' is an American Jewish group organization that wants to normalize [[Intact|non-circumcision]] in American synagogues. ''Bruchim'' means ''Blessed'' and ''Welcome''.<ref name="harris2011">{{REFnews
|title=New US Jewish group aims to normalize not circumcising, wants synagogues to help
|url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/new-us-jewish-group-aims-to-normalize-not-circumcising-wants-synagogues-to-help/
}}</ref>
Bruchim was founded by [[Lisa Braver Moss]] and [[Rebecca Wald]]. Elana Johnson; is social media director.<ref name="harris2011"/>
The organization has a four[https://www.bruchim.online/rabbinic-advisory-council/ seven-member rabbinical advisory group].<ref name="harris2011"/>
{{SEEALSO}}
* [[Abrahamic covenant]]
* [[Beyond the Bris]]
* [[Brit Shalom]]
* [[Israel]]
* [[Jews Against Circumcision (J.A.C.)]]
* [[Pain]]
* [[Trauma]]
* [[United States of America]]
{{LINKS}}
* {{URLwebsite|https://www.bruchim.online/|2021-12-22}}
* {{REFnews
|title=Activists Up Efforts To Cut Circumcision Out of Bris Ritual
|url=https://www.cirp.org/news/2007/2007-07-18_forward.php
|last=Victor
|first=Jacob
|init=
|author-link=
|publisher=Forward
|website=
|date=2007-07-18
|accessdate=2024-07-28
|format=
|quote=Mark Reiss, a retired diagnostic radiologist, is executive vice president of External link Doctors Opposing Circumcision and a strong advocate of the brit shalom ceremony. Reiss, who is a member of a Conservative congregation in San Francisco, believes that the time has come for Jews to abandon the practice. "A lot of scholars feel that circumcision was an atavistic cultural remnant from the days when pagans sacrificed their boys to the gods,"
}}
{{LINKS}}
* {{REFnews
|title=Experts Who Shaped U.S. Circumcision Policy Now Voice Doubts
|url=https://natlawreview.com/press-releases/experts-who-shaped-us-circumcision-policy-now-voice-doubts
|last=Anonymous
|first=
|init=
|author-link=
|last2=
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|author2-link=
|publisher=National Law Review
|website=
|date=2025-10-24
|accessdate=2025-10-24
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}}
{{REF}}
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