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| + | |title=Activists Up Efforts To Cut Circumcision Out of Bris Ritual | ||
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| + | |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," | ||
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Latest revision as of 16:54, 28 July 2024
Bruchim is an American Jewish group that wants to normalize non-circumcision in American synagogues. Bruchim means Blessed and Welcome.[1]
Bruchim was founded by Lisa Braver Moss and Rebecca Wald. Elana Johnson is social media director.[1]
The organization has a seven-member rabbinical advisory group.[1]
See also
- Abrahamic covenant
- Association of Humanistic Rabbis
- Beyond the Bris
- Brit Shalom
- Israel
- Jews Against Circumcision (J.A.C.)
- United States of America
External links
Official website. Retrieved 22 December 2021
Victor, Jacob (18 July 2007)."Activists Up Efforts To Cut Circumcision Out of Bris Ritual", Forward. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
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,"
References
- ↑ a b c Harris, Ben (11 October 2021)."New US Jewish group aims to normalize not circumcising, wants synagogues to help", The Times of Israel. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
Quote:Families who are making this decision shouldn’t feel marginalized and they shouldn’t feel like they have to be secret about it.