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'''The Measure of His Grief''' is a novel by [[Lisa Braver Moss]], published in 2010. It was the first novel ever to explore [[Brit Milah|Jewish circumcision]]. | '''The Measure of His Grief''' is a novel by [[Lisa Braver Moss]], published in 2010. It was the first novel ever to explore [[Brit Milah|Jewish circumcision]]. | ||
{{BookInfo | |||
| Author=Lisa Braver Moss | |||
| Title=The Measure of His Grief | |||
| Pages=352 | |||
| Format=5.25 x 8 " | |||
| Edition=Notim Press | |||
| FirstEdition=November 1, 2010 | |||
| ISBN=ISBN 978-1453720257 | |||
}} | |||
==Abstract== | ==Abstract== | ||
The novel weaves medical and religious information into the compelling story of Dr. Sandy Waldman, a Jewish physician in Berkeley who finds himself waging a campaign against the one [[Brit Milah|Jewish tradition]] that’s still observed even in the most iconoclastic of towns and among the most assimilated of Jews: [[circumcision]]. | The novel weaves medical and religious information into the compelling story of Dr. Sandy Waldman, a Jewish physician in Berkeley who finds himself waging a campaign against the one [[Brit Milah|Jewish tradition]] that’s still observed even in the most iconoclastic of towns and among the most assimilated of Jews: [[circumcision]]. | ||
The son of Holocaust survivors, Sandy cannot turn his back on his heritage; he must find a way to reconcile his anti-circumcision stand with his Jewish identity. But the more Sandy learns, the more startled he is by what he finds: the [[foreskin|tissue]] lost to [[circumcision]] is highly erogenous; circumcisions as practiced today are far more radical than they were in Biblical times; and around the world, tens of thousands of men are currently engaged in the astonishing, but under-reported, enterprise of foreskin "[[restoration]]". | The son of Holocaust survivors, Sandy cannot turn his back on his heritage; he must find a way to reconcile his anti-circumcision stand with his Jewish identity. But the more Sandy learns, the more startled he is by what he finds: the [[foreskin|tissue]] lost to [[circumcision]] is highly erogenous; circumcisions as practiced today are far more radical than they were in Biblical times; and around the world, tens of thousands of men are currently engaged in the astonishing, but under-reported, enterprise of foreskin "[[restoration]]". | ||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
* [http://www.lisabravermoss.com/the-measure-of-his-grief.html Book information on Author's website] | * [http://www.lisabravermoss.com/the-measure-of-his-grief.html Book information on Author's website] | ||
