Beyond the Bris: The Circumcision Conversation

Beyond the Bris: The Circumcision Conversation

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The Heroic Mohel and the Disappearing Debate
How media has narrowed its coverage of circumcision since October 7—and what has disappeared in the process.
 • Rebecca Wald
Dr. Mark D. Reiss (1933–2025)
Remembering a physician, Jewish ritual reformer, and elder of the genital-autonomy movement.
 • Rebecca Wald
A British Draft Guidance Reframes the Circumcision Debate
A buried line in CPS guidance shifts the question from tradition and safety to children’s bodily rights.
 • Rebecca Wald
Does Africa Need a Version of Brit Shalom?*
GENITAL AUTONOMY ADVOCACY
 • Rebecca Wald
Male Infant Circumcision Isn’t an Outlier
A new ethics critique of the global anti-FGM campaign reveals how dominant narratives shape what counts as harm.
 • Rebecca Wald
JAMA Pediatrics Makes a Major Language Shift on Circumcision
Long dismissed as rhetorical, the term “intact” enters institutional medicine.
 • Rebecca Wald
Do Later-Circumcised Males Regret It?
Claims of “high satisfaction” rest on thin data and questionable framing. Longer-term findings reveal a sizable minority reporting harm, loss of…
 • Rebecca Wald
Beyond the Bris: The Circumcision Conversation
Beyond the Bris: The Circumcision Conversation
Exploring circumcision ethics, identity, bodily autonomy, medical history, law & culture. Clear analysis, research & advocacy-forward writing exploring informed consent, parental choice & modern Jewish life. Guest posts on related topics welcome!

Beyond the Bris: The Circumcision Conversation

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