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== Social developments == | |||
Jewish families increasingly are questioning the practice of male circumcision. The Israeli newspaper, Haaretz, reported that many Jewish families are rejecting ritual circumcision.<ref name="ahituv2021">{{REFnews | |||
|title=Even in Israel, More and More Parents Choose Not to Circumcise Their Sons | |||
|url=https://www.haaretz.com/even-in-israel-more-and-more-parents-choose-not-to-circumcise-1.5178506 | |||
|last=Ahituv | |||
|first=Netta | |||
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|publisher=Haaretz | |||
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|date=2021-06-14 | |||
|accessdate=2023-12-27 | |||
|quote=The survey also found that nearly a third of the parents would prefer to forgo circumcision but nevertheless have it done for social reasons (16.6 percent), health reasons (10.4 percent) and because it is important for the grandparents (2.1 percent). | |||
}}</ref> In the [[United States]], a new organization, [[Bruchim]], seeks to make non-circumcision acceptable in synagogues. | |||
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* [[Abrahamic covenant]] | * [[Abrahamic covenant]] | ||
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* [[Penile herpes simplex virus type 1 infection (after Jewish ritual circumcision)]] | * [[Penile herpes simplex virus type 1 infection (after Jewish ritual circumcision)]] | ||
* [[Periah]] | * [[Periah]] | ||
* [[Trauma]] | |||
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