{"id":1590,"date":"2012-02-09T22:42:00","date_gmt":"2012-02-09T22:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beyondthebris.com\/progressive-rabbis-on-creating-a-covenant-without-circumcision\/"},"modified":"2012-02-09T22:42:00","modified_gmt":"2012-02-09T22:42:00","slug":"progressive-rabbis-on-creating-a-covenant-without-circumcision","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beyondthebris.com\/progressive-rabbis-on-creating-a-covenant-without-circumcision\/","title":{"rendered":"Progressive Rabbis on Creating a Covenant without Circumcision"},"content":{"rendered":"<table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-CqQZFejE9o0\/TzatWF1a4lI\/AAAAAAAAAIM\/7PmC000-wTA\/s1600\/rabbi-blane.jpg\" style=\"clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"200\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-CqQZFejE9o0\/TzatWF1a4lI\/AAAAAAAAAIM\/7PmC000-wTA\/s200\/rabbi-blane.jpg\" width=\"133\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">Rabbi Steven Blane<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;\">By REBECCA WALD<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;\">Heads up on a new <\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/intactnews.org\/node\/142\/1327690351\/progressive-rabbis-creating-jewish-covenant-without-circumcision\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Intact News article<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;\"> that quotes five rabbis who perform peaceful Jewish welcoming ceremonies and also believe the time has come for Jews to abolish circumcision. These Rabbis represent a range of Jewish movements and include influential Jewish Studies scholar Howard Eilberg-Schwartz and Rabbi Steven Blane, Dean of the Jewish Spiritual Leader\u2019s Institute.&nbsp;<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;\">Rabbi Blane, Rabbi of Congregation Havurah Sim Shalom, and Dean of the Jewish Spiritual Leader&#8217;s Institute, states in part:&nbsp;&#8220;It seems very silly that people who are not Jewish would engage in circumcisions. It makes no sense to me either. And neither does today from where I&#8217;m at, neither does a <i>brit milah<\/i> work for me\u2026.<\/span><br \/><a name='more'><\/a><span style=\"font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;\">I&#8217;ve spoken with neurosurgeons as well, and I know that babies undergo&#8211;that there&#8217;s a lot of pain involved\u2026.Our faith should be about healing and joy, not about inflicting more pain.&nbsp;And so from my perspective I&#8217;m very interested in performing brit shalom. You can do everything you do in that ceremony&#8211;except the violent part. Everything works. You can adapt a couple of brahot and it&#8217;s beautiful&#8230;.That&#8217;s the beauty of who we are today. We should be joyful and not hurt little babies&#8230;.I too am rooted in tradition. I went to Yeshiva. I&#8217;ve davened with Lubavitch. I&#8217;ve led services in the Conservative synagogues and in the Reform synagogues.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;\">Read the complete article: <\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/intactnews.org\/node\/142\/1327690351\/progressive-rabbis-creating-jewish-covenant-without-circumcision\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Progressive Rabbis on Creating a Jewish Covenant without Circumcision<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;\">.<\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rabbi Steven Blane By REBECCA WALDHeads up on a new Intact News article that quotes five rabbis who perform peaceful Jewish welcoming ceremonies and also believe the time has come for Jews to abolish circumcision. 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