Rebecca Wald
Rebecca Wald, J.D., is a graduate of the George Washington University and Brooklyn Law School.
She is the founder and publisher of Beyond the Bris, a web-based project about the Jewish movement to question infant circumcision. Beyond the Bris has received widespread attention, and has been written about in The New York Times, The Huffington Post, Village Voice, Tikkun, The Jewish Daily Forward, Haaretz, and The Times of Israel, among others.
Wald is also contributor to IntactNews.
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Publications
- Together with Lisa Braver Moss, she is co-author of Celebrating Brit Shalom, the first-ever book on alternative bris, which will be launched on May 15, 2015.
Moss / Wald: Do You Know: About Brit Shalom, Intact America. (15 October 2021). Retrieved 9 February 2024.
Wald (8 September 2022)."Circumcision Injuries Include More Than ‘Botches’", The Times of Israel. Retrieved 19 May 2025.
Quote:“We see many incomplete circumcisions and children suffering bleeding after circumcision, abrasions and injuries of one kind or another. Lots of damage.”
- Wald (14 May 2025)."Raids targeting brit milah in Belgium should prompt reflection, not just outrage", The Times of Israel. Retrieved 19 May 2025.
Quote:The future of Judaism will not be secured through fear or inflexible adherence to the past. It will endure because we have the courage to engage deeply with our values, to ask hard questions, and to grow.
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Award for intactivism
Wald was chosen "Intactivist of the Month" by Intact America.