Anti-Circumcision Book Signed by Howard Stern Being Auctioned

No-circ book signed by Stern. By REBECCA WALDAn anti-circumcision satire book, autographed on its cover by Jewish circumcision critic Howard Stern, is being auctioned off on eBay in time for holiday gift giving. The book, I Want My Foreskin For Giftmas, was brought to Stern’s studio by guest Ron Low back in March. Low, who…

San Francisco “Cut” Screening

Left to right: Jonathon Conte, Eli Ungar-Sargon, Lisa Braver Moss, Mark Reiss and Rebecca Wald.  Photo / David Wilton By REBECCA WALDThis weekend I had the pleasure of attending a screening of Eli Ungar-Sargon’s documentary Cut: Slicing Through the Myths of Circumcision in San Francisco. The event was hosted by the Bay Area Intactivists and event…

Eli Ungar-Sargon Debates “Kosher Sex” Author Rabbi Shmuley Boteach on the Ethics of Jewish Circumcision

Introductory remarks from a July 18 debate at The Manhattan Jewish Experience a debate between documentary filmmaker Eliyahu Ungar-Sargon and Rabbi Shmuley Boteach, author of the book “Kosher Sex.”  By ELI UNGAR-SARGON Good evening ladies and gentlemen. My name is Eli Ungar-Sargon and I’m an independent filmmaker. My first feature-length documentary, “Cut” is an exploration…

Blood, Sweat & Tears Lead Singer Protests Infant Circumcision

Talking genital integrity: performer Jason Paige sits down for an interview with Beyond the Bris. By REBECCA WALD Los Angeles performer Jason Paige wants the audience of his one-man comedy show to realize his song about his botched bris isn’t a joke. So he calls a few audience members to the stage and has them face him. The…

Jewish Circumcision Opponents Grow More Vocal

By REBECCA WALD As the legal maneuvering begins in San Francisco over a ballot initiative that seeks to prohibit the non-medically necessary circumcision of minors there, a number of Jewish people opposed to the practice are stepping forward to weigh in on the circumcision question. Earlier this week, the Jewish Circumcision Resource Center of Boston,…

Circumcision and Change

Francis Kissling Francis Kissling has written an excellent piece, “Circumcision and Change,” in her blog “On Faith,” that is part The Washington Post online. She states in part: “It may be time for Jews to look more closely at circumcision in the context of their own modern view of sexuality, gender and reproduction. Just as…

To the Mohel Who Cut Me

By SHEA LEVY This is an email I sent to the mohel who performed my circumcision 21 years ago. My goal in sending this was to show him the perspective of someone who wished he hadn’t been circumcised, so that he would understand what his profession could do and maybe so he would question his…