Ilene Gelbaum

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Ilene A. Gelbaum, CNM, (born 1946 in Brooklyn, NY, USA) is a retired advanced practice certified nurse-midwife and a promoter of male infant circumcision from Anaheim, CA. She advocates performance of non-therapeutic circumcision of infant boys by advanced practice certified nurse-midwives.[1]

Gelbaum is associated with Kaiser Permanente.[2]

Gelbaum also practices as a mohelet or female mohel.[3][4]

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."[5]

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Peace Corps in Sri Lanka

Celebrating Hanukkah in Sri Lanka

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  1.   Bigelow, Ph.D, Jim (1995): Psychological Factors Related to Infant Circumcision, in: The Joy of Uncircumcising. Edition: Second Edition. Aptos: Hourglass. P. 95. ISBN 0-934061-22-X. Retrieved 27 September 2023.
  2.   Ilene Gelbaum, CNM. Retrieved 26 September 2023.
  3.   Mohel USA. Retrieved 26 September 2023.
  4.   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.
  5.   Gelbaum, Ilene: Newborn Circumcision: the Nurse-Midwifery Model, 35th Annual Meeting of the American College of Nurse-Midwives. (May 1990) Retrieved 27 September 2023.