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Dr. '''Max Ronald Mintz''', {{MD}}, is a retired Houston-area pediatrician who now works solely as a ''[[mohel]]'', or ritual circumcisor of Jewish babies.<ref name="HoustonChronicle">{{REFnews
|last=Heilman
|first=Uriel
|date=2012-05-10
|accessdate=2012-06-16
}}</ref> His discussion will include reasons some of these parents have shared with him... He offers his "services" to Jewish and non-Jewish parents who want their children [[circumcised]].<ref name="HoustonChronicle"/>
== History ==
Mintz started off as a doctor, but he became a ritual circumcisor when he circumciseda [[circumcised]] a son of wife's cousin in 1979 who lived in BeumontBeaumont, {{USSC|TX}}, Texas 90 miles east of Houston, Texas{{USSC|TX}}, and the only three mohels [[mohel]]s in Houston at the time were already booked.<ref name="HoustonChronicle"/>
Mintz began to keep count of his circumcisions [[circumcision]]s 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 aimed 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"/>
== Circumcision of gentile children and financial interest ==
Mintz makes his living circumcising not only-Jewish children, but also gentile, non-Jewish children as well.<ref name="HoustonChronicle"/> While for Jewish children, he circumcises out of religious conviction, he circumcises non-Jewish children for the aesthetic or health reasons his gentile clients give him.<ref name="HoustonChronicle"/> However there is financial interest involved, as he charges $350.00 per child.<ref name="HoustonChronicle"/> As a licensed pediatrican, one may assume that he qualifies for [[third-party payment]] from insurance providers.
== Circumcision Symposium at the {{UNI|University of Texas Medical Branch |UTMB}} ==
On Friday, Jun 15, 2012, UTMB hosted the symposium "[https://www.joseph4gi.com/2012/06/texas-utmb-debates-pros-cons-and.html Cutting Edge Debate: Pros, Cons and Contexts of Male Circumcision]" from 2:00pm to 4:00pm at the Moody Gardens Hotel as part of their 61st Pediatrics by the Gulf annual Pediatric Review and Update.<ref name="UTMB">{{REFnews
|last=Dannenmaier
|first=Molly
}}</ref>
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"/>
== Quotes ==
{{SEEALSO}}
* [[Brit Milah]]
* [[Financial Incentive]]
* [[Judaism]]
* [[Metzitzah b'peh]]
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