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== History ==
Mintz started off as a doctor, but he became a ritual circumcisor when he [[circumcised ]] a son of wife's cousin in 1979 who lived in BeumontBeaumont, Texas 90 miles east of Houston, Texas, and the only three mohels in Houston at the time were already booked.<ref name="HoustonChronicle"/>
Mintz began to keep count of his circumcisions shortly after beginning his mohel career.<ref name="HoustonChronicle"/> According to his own estimations, Mintz has circumcised 9,700 babies during the past 30 years<ref name="HoustonChronicle"/>, and he aims to make this number an even 10,000 by the end of 2012.<ref name="HoustonChronicle"/> His five grandsons are included in that number.<ref name="HoustonChronicle"/>
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A panel was supposed to engage in "multidimensional discussion" of the ethical questions raised by the practice of [[circumcision]], the wide array of varied views and circumcision and the supposed "social and cultural contexts that shape those views." The audience was invited to participate in discussion.<ref name="UTMB"/>
Max Mintz was one of the panelists, and he spoke from the perspective of Jewish tradition,<ref name="UTMB"/> as well as he shared the reasons for circumcising non-Jewish babies as part of his [[mohel ]] practice.<ref name="UTMB"/>
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