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-'''Bruchim''' is an American Jewish group that wants to normalize non-circumcision in American synagogues. ''Bruchim'' means ''Blessed'' and ''Welcome''.<ref name="harris2011">{{REFnews
+'''Bruchim''' is an American Jewish 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/
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   |date=2021-10-11
   |accessdate=2021-10-11
-  |quote=
+  |quote=Families who are making this decision shouldn’t feel marginalized and they shouldn’t feel like they have to be secret about it.
 }}</ref>
-Bruchim was founded by [[Lisa Braver Moss]] and [[Rebecca Wald]]. Elana Johnson; is social media director.<ref name="harris2011" />
+Bruchim was founded by [[Lisa Braver Moss]] and [[Rebecca Wald]]. Elana Johnson is social media director.<ref name="harris2011"/>
-The organization has a four-member rabbinical advisory group.<ref name="harris2011" />
+The organization has a [https://www.bruchim.online/rabbinic-advisory-council/ seven-member rabbinical advisory group].<ref name="harris2011"/>
+==Podcast==
+===Foreskin Fears and Fantasies===
+<youtube>v=bt_c0XetzfA</youtube>
 {{SEEALSO}}
 * [[Abrahamic covenant]]
+* [[Association of Humanistic Rabbis]]
 * [[Beyond the Bris]]
 * [[Brit Shalom]]
+* [[Intactness]]
+* [[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,"
+}}
+* {{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=
+ |init2=
+ |author2-link=
+ |publisher=National Law Review
+ |website=
+ |date=2025-10-24
+ |accessdate=2025-10-24
+ |format=
+ |quote=
+}}
+* {{REFnews
+ |title=U.S. Circumcision Lawsuit Advances as Doctors Behind Policy Backtrack
+ |url=https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/u-s-circumcision-lawsuit-advances-as-doctors-behind-policy-backtrack/
+ |last=Wald
+ |first=Rebecca
+ |init=
+ |author-link=Rebecca Wald
+ |publisher=The Times of Israel
+ |website=
+ |date=2025-10-28
+ |accessdate=2026-04-10
+ |format=
+ |quote=At issue is whether gender-specific protections against genital cutting can withstand constitutional scrutiny in an era of increasing legal and ethical focus on bodily autonomy.
+}}
+{{REF}}
-{{REF}}
+[[Category:Judaism]]
+[[Category:Jewish]]
+[[Category:Israel]]
 [[Category:USA]]
-[[Category:Judaism]]
+[[de:Bruchim]]