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Many have wondered why God would create men with a [[foreskin]] with documented protectiveDeMeo (1989), immunological, sensoryby geographical study, identifies East Africa and sexual [[Foreskin#Physiological_functions| physiological functions]] only the Near East as the origin of male circumcision. He says it then spread to required that Egypt where the Jews learned about it be cut off after eight days .<ref name="demeo1989">{{REFdocument |title=The Geography of lifeGenital Mutilations |trans-title= |language= |url=http://www.nocirc.org/symposia/first/demeo1.html |contribution= |quote= |trans-quote= |quote-lang= |last=Demeo |first=James |author-link= |publisher=''The Truthseeker'' |format= |date=1989-01 |accessdate=2020-02-26}}</ref>

Many have wondered why God would create men with a [[foreskin]] with documented protective, immunological, sensory, and sexual [[Foreskin#Physiological_functions| physiological functions]] only to require that it be cut off after eight days of life. Some contemporary Jewish parents feel that [[circumcision]] is a painful amputation that inflicts pain, physical, [[Sexual effects of circumcision| sexual]], and [[Psychological issues of male circumcision| psychological]] harm to a child. They wish to protect a son from such harm and so have adopted a non-cutting naming peaceful naming ceremony usually called [[Brit Shalom]] instead of the traditional [[Brit Milah]].