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European Circumcision Debate Will Include Jewish American
Psychologist and Author Ronald Goldman Criticizes the Practice</big>
BOSTON – January 7, 2014 – Ronald Goldman, Ph.D., Executive Director of the Circumcision Resource Center,
a nonprofit educational organization in Boston, has been invited by the
Council of Europe to participate in an interdisciplinary dialogue about
circumcision at a meeting in France on January 28.
There
is a growing European debate about circumcision. In October the Council
of Europe, an organization of 47 member States, overwhelmingly passed a
non-binding resolution
that called circumcision, among other procedures, a violation of the
physical integrity of children according to established human rights
standards. Circumcision is uncommon in Europe except among Jews and
Muslims.
As the only non-European invited to this meeting, Dr.
Goldman said, “I look forward to contributing to the effort to raise
awareness about circumcision in Europe in light of its physical,
sexual, and psychological harm.” He is the author of Circumcision: The Hidden Trauma and Questioning Circumcision: A Jewish Perspective.
Information from the Circumcision Resource Center and the Jewish Circumcision Resource Center
(a section of the CRC) was used to support the Council’s report on the
resolution. The resolution, which received international media
attention, urges member States to raise awareness, provide training,
initiate public debate, and promote an interdisciplinary dialogue about
the procedures.
Other invited guests to the meeting include an
official representative of the French Jewish community, a
representative of the Muslim community from Turkey, and a medical
professional from Germany.
About CRC
The
Circumcision Resource Center has the purpose of informing the public
and professionals about the practice of male circumcision. Its mission
is to raise awareness and facilitate healing. Since 1991, the Center
has been a valuable source of male circumcision information for parents
and children's advocates; childbirth educators and allied
professionals; medical, mental health, and academic people; Jews; and
others. Dr. Goldman
has participated in over 200 media interviews with local and national
radio and television programs, newspapers, and periodicals. He also
gives lectures and seminars on circumcision and counsels parents and
circumcised men.
