Ilene Gelbaum
Ilene A. Gelbaum, CNM, (born 1946 in Brooklyn, NY, USA) is a retired certified advanced practice nurse-midwife and a promoter of male infant circumcision from Anaheim, California.
Gelbaum is associated with Kaiser Permanente.[1]
Gelbaum also practices as a mohelet or female mohel.[2] [3]
She apparently believed that she was doing good work as she stated, "it really is a touching, moving, spine-tingling thing that I participate in as a service to the community."[4]
Video
Peace Corps in Sri Lanka
Celebrating Hanukkah in Sri Lanka
Publications
Gelbaum I. Circumcision. To educate, not indoctrinate—a mandate for certified nurse-midwives. J Nurse Midwifery. March 1992; 37(3 (2 Suppl)): 97S-113-S. PMID. DOI. Retrieved 26 September 2023.- Gelbaum I. Circumcision. Refining a traditional surgical technique. J Nurse Midwifery. March 1993; (38 (2 Suppl)): 18S-30S. PMID. DOI. Retrieved 26 September 2023.
References
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Ilene Gelbaum, CNM
. Retrieved 26 September 2023. - ↑
Mohel USA
. Retrieved 26 September 2023. - ↑ Hekman, Alma (16 August 2010).
Mohelot and Brit Milah: Does it matter if a woman wields the knife?
, Jewish Women's Archive. Retrieved 26 September 2023. - ↑
Gelbaum, Ilene: Newborn Circumcision: the Nurse-Midwifery Model, 35th Annual Meeting of the American College of Nurse-Midwives. (May 1990) Retrieved 27 September 2023.
