Lediglich eine nach eigenen Angaben wachsende Minderheit in den jüdischen Gemeinden praktiziert an Stelle der Brit Mila die Brit Schalom. Dabei erfolgt die Namensgebung für das Kind ohne Zirkumzision. Die Organisation Jews against Circumcision setzt sich dafür ein, dass die Brit Mila durch die Brit Schalom ersetzt wird.[16] Auch unter den Konservativen Juden gibt es Gegner der Zirkumzision.[17][18]

Some claim that God commands Jews to circumcise however, the Al Qaida terrorists justify 9/11 by stating that “Allah told us to kill all of the infidels.” We dismiss them as lunatics. Why, then, do we not dismiss people who tell us that God wants us to mutilate our baby boy’s genitals?

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)

♦ Jewish boys in countries where routine circumcision is rare, such as Holland, are left intact and still remain Jews in good standing.

♦ In Sweden, 60% of Jewish boys are intact.

♦ Many Soviet Jews, left intact for fear of communist persecution, have chosen to remain so, even though communism no longer exists.

Modern Jewish scholars have found that circumcision is not even mentioned in the earliest, “J”, version of Genesis nor the next three rewrites by other authors. Most importantly, the story of Abraham is there in its entirety, except the part about the Covenant being “sealed” with circumcision. So do not be afraid of divine punishment. God did not mandate circumcision.

Another reason incorrectly professed to be a rationale to circumcise is hygiene. Over 85% of the world’s males are intact, and cleanliness is not an issue for them. If boys can learn to blow their nose, brush their teeth, clean their backsides after defecating, and shower daily, then they can learn to wash their penises, inside and out, and retract the foreskin after it naturally separates.

Even the great Rabbi Mainmonides recognized the problems with circumcision:”...How can products of nature be deficient so as to require external completion, especially as the use of the foreskin to that organ is evident?
The bodily injury caused to that organ is exactly that which is desired...there is no doubt that circumcision weakens the power of sexual excitement, and sometimes lessens the natural enjoyment; the organ necessarily becomes weak when it loses blood and is deprived of its covering from the beginning.”