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Michael Ingber has six grandsons, four of which are circumcised, but two - because of the decision of Ingber daughter and her husband - are not. When this daughter's first son was not circumcised, Ingber was still of the opinion that how should a boy be a Jew when he was not circumcised; on the second grandson he could agree with his daughter fully, when she rejected [[circumcision]] after realizing: ''"How could I do this to my child as mother?"'' | Michael Ingber has six grandsons, four of which are circumcised, but two - because of the decision of Ingber daughter and her husband - are not. When this daughter's first son was not circumcised, Ingber was still of the opinion that how should a boy be a Jew when he was not circumcised; on the second grandson he could agree with his daughter fully, when she rejected [[circumcision]] after realizing: ''"How could I do this to my child as mother?"'' | ||
At the meeting of the Federal Men Forum in June 2013, Michael Ingber said about himself as someone who has radically changed his views on [[circumcision]] after thorough review and analysis (historical and religious aspects as well as the views of Maimonides): ''"In my life I have made a long way, from a very Jewish-ethnocentric position in my attitude or belief to what I would call a more open, universal belief. And I am still on my way ..."'' A way which - if you hear the statements of Michael Ingbers on other occasions as well - is oriented in the human rights and not in formalisms and rituals."<ref>http://hpd.de/artikel/11514</ref> | At the meeting of the Federal Men Forum in June 2013, Michael Ingber said about himself as someone who has radically changed his views on [[circumcision]] after thorough review and analysis (historical and religious aspects as well as the views of Maimonides): ''"In my life I have made a long way, from a very Jewish-ethnocentric position in my attitude or belief to what I would call a more open, universal belief. And I am still on my way ..."'' A way which - if you hear the statements of Michael Ingbers on other occasions as well - is oriented in the [[human rights]] and not in formalisms and rituals."<ref>http://hpd.de/artikel/11514</ref> | ||
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