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The American Academy of Pediatric's 1975 circumcision promotional statement was now getting long in the tooth and a newer statement was desired. The AAP appointed the late [[Edgar J. Schoen]], M.D., of Oakland, California, who had written a poem about circumcision as the chairman of a new task force on circumcision. The task force had six members of whom 5 (83%), including Schoen were believed to be Jewish.
The American Academy of Pediatric's 1975 circumcision promotional statement<ref name="aap1975" /> was now getting long in the tooth so a newer statement was desired. The AAP appointed the late [[Edgar J. Schoen]], M.D., of Oakland, California, who had written a poem about circumcision as the chairman of a new task force on circumcision. The task force had six members of whom five (83%), including Schoen, were believed to be Jewish, although Jews constitute only 1.9 percent of the population.


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