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Gerald N. Weiss

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==Early life==
Gerald Weiss was born in New Orleans, {{USSC|LA}}, on 14 June 1923 and was most likely [[Brit Milah| circumcised]] on the eighth dayin accordance with the [[Abrahamic covenant]].He graduated [https://medicine.tulane.edu/ Tulane Medical School] in 1945.
==Adult life==
Weiss's military career took him to Washington, {{USSC|DC}}, where he met and married Elaine Judith Bressler in 1948. They had three children. The Weiss family were strongly strong believers in [[Judaism]].
The Weisses moved to northern Colorado after his retirement where he helped to start [https://templeorhadash.org/ Temple Or Hadash].<ref>{{REFweb |url=https://templeorhadash.org/our-history/ |title=Our History |publisher=Temple Or Hadash |date= |accessdate=2022-10-31}}</ref>
Weiss died in northern Colorado on 20 December 2021 at the age of 98 years.
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}}</ref>Unfortunately, Weiss's false claims published in an Israeli medical journal served to buttress the equally false claims of [[Aaron J. Fink]] and give them an appearance of credibility they did not deserve and set the foundation for the three African randomized controlled trials that erroneously and falsely promoted male circumcision as a preventative for HIV infection,<ref name="boyle2011">{{BoyleGJ HillG 2011}}</ref> and eventually lead to [[PEPFAR]].
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{{SEEALSO}}
* [[Bias]]
* [[Judaism]]
* [[United States of America]]
{{LINKS}}
* [https://www.vesseyfuneralservice.com/obituary/Gerald-Weiss Gerald N. Weiss Obituary]
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