Cutting and Covenant: How I Decided Whether Or Not To Circumcise My Sons, by Rabbi Julie Greenberg
" I did not take him for surgery. His body is intact and un-cut. Now he is an older teen who participates actively in the synagogue. Not once have I witnessed or heard from him about a single instance of raised eyebrows or persecution about his penis. My child’s foreskin was never an issue when he was in preschool and the children changed into swimming suits before running in the sprinkler,In the organized Jewish world, there are places that would deny him participation over this issue, but those are not the places that recognize this person for who he is. If he ever does choose to engage in that kind of community, he knows the path of circumcision is open to him."
" I did not take him for surgery. His body is intact and un-cut. Now he is an older teen who participates actively in the synagogue. Not once have I witnessed or heard from him about a single instance of raised eyebrows or persecution about his penis. My child’s foreskin was never an issue when he was in preschool and the children changed into swimming suits before running in the sprinkler,In the organized Jewish world, there are places that would deny him participation over this issue, but those are not the places that recognize this person for who he is. If he ever does choose to engage in that kind of community, he knows the path of circumcision is open to him."
"Man muss diese versteinerten Verhältnisse dadurch zum Tanzen zwingen, dass man ihnen ihre eigne Melodie vorsingt!" K.M.
