tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4494622260825118276.post7705556831627923280..comments2023-02-12T22:40:16.673-08:00Comments on Circumstitions News: BERLIN: Jews denounce conditions of circumcision acceptanceJosephhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14190648498809795551noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4494622260825118276.post-19561298946198100762012-09-07T19:51:09.086-07:002012-09-07T19:51:09.086-07:00When this article speaks of "Jews," what...When this article speaks of "Jews," what is really meant is rabbis and other spokespeople for Jewish organisations. These people cannot claim to speak for anyone but the organisation's inner circle. Many self-identified European Jews do not belong to a synagogue or other Jewish religious group.<br /><br />In the USA, there are urologists and pediatricians who are also certified mohels. This is especially true in Reform Judaism.<br />I have read several parents relate on the internet that the doctor-mohel who did the bris of their son used lidocaine. <br /><br />The Israeli chief rabbi who claims that Judaism forbids anesthesia was not speaking for all rabbis and all mohels. Keep in mind that non-orthodox Judaism barely exists in Israel, which is why a majority of Israelis are very secular.<br /><br />Nowhere in the Tanakh does it say that a child must experience the full raw pain of brit milah. Nowhere does it say that the mouth must come in contact with the child's penis.RDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05120095550637873753noreply@blogger.com