Circumcision: Maiming infants

junepark · 2011-07-04T22:07:04+00:00

In the 613 mitzvos, we are commanded to:

(N 41) Not imprinting any marks on our bodies (Lev. 19:28)

(N 45) Not making cuttings in our flesh (Deut. 16:1)"

"It is a violation of Torah commandments to physically assault or harm another person (Exodus 21:18-27). Yet that is exactly what circumcision is! Thus, it is against the most fundamental concept of Jewish law."

Jews Against Genital Mutilation Sites:

www.JewsAgainstCircumcision.org

www.BeyondTheBris.com

Bris Shalom/brit shalom = No Genital Mutilation. All My Jewish Friends have Bris Shaolmed and kept their babies intact.

Jewish Genital Integrity/Human Rights Links:

My Son: The Little Jew with a Foreskin: http://www.mothering.com/health/my-son-the-little-jew-with-a-foreskin

Jewish Mother Against Circumcision: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HfnqN3YgTd8

Jewish American Scholar Leonard Glick - Circumcision: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4UEbsg-k5Y

Our Son's Bris Shalom: Welcoming Covenant: http://www.drmomma.org/2010/08/our-sons-bris-shalom-welcoming-covenant.html

I'm a Physician, a Jew, a Father & Grandfather: My position on Circumcision: http://www.drmomma.org/2009/08/im-doctor-jew-father-grandfather-my.html

Brit Shalom Celebrants: http://www.circumstitions.com/Jewish-shalom.html

BattleChicken · 2011-07-05T19:26:32+00:00

I had it done to me when I was a baby, and up until the day my son was born a year ago, I was prepared to have him cut too - it happened to me, what's the big deal?

Then I met BattleChicken Jr... After he was real in front of me, I changed my mind completely; He was a little person, and I ACTUALLY considered having a doctor cut into a part of his body and cause him pain over a tradition. I stopped seeing it as something harmless and started seeing it as ritualized mauling.

I decided then that if my son wanted it done, he could choose to do it later in life. Really, isn't that kind of the idea behind the action anyway? Isn't a conscious choice on the part of the circumcision-ee sort of required for the symbolism of the action to mean anything anyway?

Title	Circumcision: Maiming infants
Author	MarcoVincenzo
Upvotes	13
Comments	2
Date	July 4, 2011 3:53 PM UTC (15 years ago)
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