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]

Videos

Peace Corps in Sri Lanka

Celebrating Hanukkah in Sri Lanka

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References

  1. REFbook 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. REFweb Ilene Gelbaum, CNM. Retrieved 26 September 2023.
  3. REFweb Mohel USA. Retrieved 26 September 2023.
  4. REFweb 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. REFconference Gelbaum, Ilene: Newborn Circumcision: the Nurse-Midwifery Model, 35th Annual Meeting of the American College of Nurse-Midwives. (May 1990) Retrieved 27 September 2023.