Circumcision Archives

Welcoming New Life with a Virtual Bris

By Nicole Wasilus

Life doesn’t stop for a global pandemic. For couples who are expecting a baby, this is certainly true....

Babies, Birth Ceremony, Bris, Circumcision, Mohel, Parenting Challenges

My Son’s Bris: Why I Was Not Prepared for This

By Anne Goodman

Jack’s Bris: Sam, Anne & baby Jack Before Jack was born, I thought I prepared as much as...

Baby Naming, Birth Ceremony, Birth Stories, Bris, Circumcision, Extended Family, Growing Up Interfaith, Parenting Stories

Merging the Jewish with the Non

By Chana-Esther Dayan

I was discussing my son’s Brit Milah (Bris, circumcusion) with my spiritual advisor/mentor. I was...

Bris, Circumcision, Parenting, Parenting Stories

A Few Thoughts as My Son Naps

By Chana-Esther Dayan

My son, thank G-d, was born September 13, 2011. Eight days later was his Brit Milah, his circumcision. ...

Babies, Bris, Circumcision, Parenting, Parenting Stories

Circumcision, Pros and Cons

By 18Doors

Return to the Guide to Birth Ceremonies for Interfaith Families. While most American Jewish boys are circumcised,...

Birth Ceremony, Circumcision

Handling Hesitations over Circumcision: One Couple’s Story

By Rabbi Paul H. Levenson

“Drink, Rabbi! If anything’s wrong, it’s good!”, boomed Boris, the father of the bride,...

Birth Ceremony, Circumcision

How I Counsel Interfaith Families Considering a Ritual Circumcision

By Rabbi Donni C. Aaron

Only a few months into my job as the director of the Berit Mila Program of Reform Judaism, I received a call...

Birth Ceremony, Circumcision

Introduction to The Bris (Brit Milah)

By 18Doors

Return to the Guide to Birth Ceremonies for Interfaith Families. According to traditional Jewish practice, on...

Birth Ceremony, Bris, Circumcision, Mohel

To Circumcise Or Not: That Is The Question

By 18Doors

Available in on-screen reading friendly (PDF) and printer-friendly, downloadable (PDF) versions. For more booklets,...

Babies, Booklets, Circumcision

Welcoming A Son Into An Interfaith Family: What Is A Mohel And How Do You Find One?

By 18Doors

342 January 1999 A child’s birth brings with it all the hopes, dreams and promises we have for that...

Bris, Circumcision, Mohel

Why I Am Not Having My Sons Circumcised

By Dawn Friedman

My road to Judaism was a complicated one. Raised as a secular Jew by interfaith parents (Southern Baptist mother,...

Birth Ceremony, Circumcision

Walking Seven Circles

By 18Doors

186 July 25, 2006 My wife and I completed our wedding ceremony by walking seven circles together. Not the...

Circumcision, Extended Family, Marriage, Parenting

Two Sons (One Circumcised and One Not), a Scottish Presbyterian Husband and Me (the Jewish Mother)

By Laura Abby Lipman

I hoped that I wouldn’t have a boy. A girl would be so much easier—no bris. “But why circumcision?”...

Bris, Circumcision, Parenting Challenges, Parenting Stories, Pregnancy

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