Comments on: Circumcision http://www.theglobalday.com/britmilah/ Tue, 02 Aug 2011 22:57:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Guest http://www.theglobalday.com/britmilah/comment-page-7/#comment-672 Guest Tue, 28 Jun 2011 16:22:00 +0000 http://www.theglobalday.com/?p=1607#comment-672 Three places where several rabbis have responded to this topic from the perspective of Jewish values and ethics are found at: http://tinyurl.com/3hstn3q, http://tinyurl.com/6gzsood, and http://tinyurl.com/3pns8gq. All on Jewish Values Online http://www.jewishvaluesonline.org/.   Three places where several rabbis have responded to this topic from the perspective of Jewish values and ethics are found at: http://tinyurl.com/3hstn3q, http://tinyurl.com/6gzsood, and http://tinyurl.com/3pns8gq. All on Jewish Values Online http://www.jewishvaluesonline.org/.  

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By: SK http://www.theglobalday.com/britmilah/comment-page-7/#comment-671 SK Tue, 28 Jun 2011 16:12:00 +0000 http://www.theglobalday.com/?p=1607#comment-671 The comments here show great ignorance.  If you wish to oppose this legislation, as most of us do, you must understand the people behind it and not simply label them Greeks, Romans, anti-Semites, perverts, or anything else.   We believe that brit milah is beneficial and even if it were not, it is a mandatory part of our culture.  What you must understand is that those cultures КТО practice female circumcision feel exactly the same way.  They hold to it just as strongly and do not want to be told what to do by outsiders КТО do not share their values.  If you wish to end the practice, you must start by understanding that they see it as beneficial and not harmful to women.  In their eyes, it is just like male circumcision.  Both are needed before children are considered proper adults. We oppose female circumcision because it harms women.  Those КТО oppose male circumcision in the United States oppose it because they believe it harms men.  They are motivated by this belief, not by hatred of Jews or Muslims.  In fact, most of the men КТО oppose circumcision are themselves circumcised.  They believe that they were harmed as children and they want to prevent other children from being harmed.  The comments here show great ignorance.  If you wish to oppose this legislation, as most of us do, you must understand the people behind it and not simply label them Greeks, Romans, anti-Semites, perverts, or anything else.  

We believe that brit milah is beneficial and even if it were not, it is a mandatory part of our culture.  What you must understand is that those cultures КТО practice female circumcision feel exactly the same way.  They hold to it just as strongly and do not want to be told what to do by outsiders КТО do not share their values.  If you wish to end the practice, you must start by understanding that they see it as beneficial and not harmful to women.  In their eyes, it is just like male circumcision.  Both are needed before children are considered proper adults.

We oppose female circumcision because it harms women.  Those КТО oppose male circumcision in the United States oppose it because they believe it harms men.  They are motivated by this belief, not by hatred of Jews or Muslims.  In fact, most of the men КТО oppose circumcision are themselves circumcised.  They believe that they were harmed as children and they want to prevent other children from being harmed. 

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By: Patrick R. Sweeney http://www.theglobalday.com/britmilah/comment-page-6/#comment-670 Patrick R. Sweeney Sat, 25 Jun 2011 09:42:00 +0000 http://www.theglobalday.com/?p=1607#comment-670 I have a message for those in San Francisco, in fact everyone else too. Repent. Repent. Change your minds, or you will surely die. I have a message for those in San Francisco, in fact everyone else too. Repent. Repent. Change your minds, or you will surely die.

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By: Nugget o malley http://www.theglobalday.com/britmilah/comment-page-7/#comment-669 Nugget o malley Sat, 25 Jun 2011 04:39:00 +0000 http://www.theglobalday.com/?p=1607#comment-669 There are anti- vaccination activists. But those are centered around different reasons. There are anti- vaccination activists. But those are centered around different reasons.

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By: Anna Nassisi http://www.theglobalday.com/britmilah/comment-page-7/#comment-667 Anna Nassisi Thu, 23 Jun 2011 15:11:00 +0000 http://www.theglobalday.com/?p=1607#comment-667 the brit mila following the first pasok of Shema it is "segnale" of relationship between the Jews and the God the brit mila following the first pasok of Shema it is “segnale” of relationship between the Jews and the God

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By: Margaretandrewduffy http://www.theglobalday.com/britmilah/comment-page-7/#comment-666 Margaretandrewduffy Wed, 22 Jun 2011 21:22:00 +0000 http://www.theglobalday.com/?p=1607#comment-666 Most of them, at least the ones I know do....  Most of them, at least the ones I know do…. 

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By: Yitzhak Malki http://www.theglobalday.com/britmilah/comment-page-7/#comment-665 Yitzhak Malki Wed, 22 Jun 2011 18:15:00 +0000 http://www.theglobalday.com/?p=1607#comment-665 They may be prefer being more tolerant with the "gay pride" They may be prefer being more tolerant with the “gay pride”

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By: Bette http://www.theglobalday.com/britmilah/comment-page-7/#comment-663 Bette Wed, 22 Jun 2011 09:53:00 +0000 http://www.theglobalday.com/?p=1607#comment-663 I wonder whether the anti-circumcision people think it's wrong to vaccinate children against disease. After all, vaccination hurts -- children cry and scream when it is performed. Perhaps they think it's abusive to "force" vaccination on kids, and parents should wait until their kids are old enough to decide for themselves whether or not they should be protected from illness. It's true that *some* children could get polio, tetanus, pertussis, etc. due to lack of protection -- but (such people might say) is that a reason to subject *all* children to this torture? And anyway, if God created the body to be perfect in its natural state, КТО are we to inject vaccines into children? I wonder whether the anti-cir