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		<title>By: Syaza Queen</title>
		<link>http://www.jewlicious.com/2006/02/you-would-cry-too-if-it-happened-to-you/#comment-1646143</link>
		<dc:creator>Syaza Queen</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Apr 2011 05:21:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I think The Baby Is PAIN!!</description>
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		<title>By: andres</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Apr 2010 15:38:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>let religious people do to them selves what they want in rituals.  Healthy or unhealthy is questionable.  Some say sex is better, some say worst.  But since many feel that the circumsitions are painless now a days, why not allow the child to grow up a little older and decide for themselves.  I love that freedom of choice thing.

Someone mentioned that jews push non-jews (goyim? just learned what that means=me) into circumsition.  thats rediculous, those parents chose it, because they were convinced it was in their childs best interest.  

Just because one doesnt agree, doesnt mean one needs to impose their views on others.  that cuts both ways.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>let religious people do to them selves what they want in rituals.  Healthy or unhealthy is questionable.  Some say sex is better, some say worst.  But since many feel that the circumsitions are painless now a days, why not allow the child to grow up a little older and decide for themselves.  I love that freedom of choice thing.</p>
<p>Someone mentioned that jews push non-jews (goyim? just learned what that means=me) into circumsition.  thats rediculous, those parents chose it, because they were convinced it was in their childs best interest.  </p>
<p>Just because one doesnt agree, doesnt mean one needs to impose their views on others.  that cuts both ways.</p>
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		<title>By: Kelly</title>
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		<dc:creator>Kelly</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Apr 2010 05:30:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I am a student practicle nurse in Ontario, Canada...I recently attended a circumcision in hospital.  The baby was allowed to suckle on sugar water from a nurses gloved finger and a local anaesthetic was administered.  I closely watched the baby&#039;s face and he didn&#039;t even flinch when the need to anaesticise was given.  He contently suckled and slept. The disadvantages of circumcision include infection and hemorrhage (a posibility with surgical procedure).  The advantages include less urinary infections and possible prevention of cancer.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I am a student practicle nurse in Ontario, Canada&#8230;I recently attended a circumcision in hospital.  The baby was allowed to suckle on sugar water from a nurses gloved finger and a local anaesthetic was administered.  I closely watched the baby&#8217;s face and he didn&#8217;t even flinch when the need to anaesticise was given.  He contently suckled and slept. The disadvantages of circumcision include infection and hemorrhage (a posibility with surgical procedure).  The advantages include less urinary infections and possible prevention of cancer.</p>
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		<title>By: froylein</title>
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		<dc:creator>froylein</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 22:13:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Muffti and I have got a theory. And Muffti&#039;s one smart chap.</description>
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		<title>By: themiddle</title>
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		<dc:creator>themiddle</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 21:44:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>What happened to Jewish Mother?</description>
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		<title>By: W.W.</title>
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		<dc:creator>W.W.</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 19:18:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>This is SICK and BARBARIC and there is NO reason for it.
If and when i have kids, there will only be 1 condition--
NO Circumcision Period.

This Barbaric practice is right out of Religion..
According to Genesis, God told Abraham to circumcise himself, his household and his slaves as an everlasting covenant in their flesh. Those who were not circumcised were to be &#039;cut off&#039; from their people (Genesis 17:10-14).

So God told Men if they weren&#039;t Circumcised they would ALL be Banished.

For centuries, the only reason for circumcision was a religious one. Non-faith based circumcision began with the Victorians during the mid-to-late 1800s. They believed that removing the foreskin would reduce the male’s urge to masturbate. 

Funny, i&#039;m Butchered Up and i still have the urge.

Here&#039;s a Question to all of you Religious people...

If God and the Bible said...

ALL Girls upon their 16th B-day had to have 1 of their Breasts Removed, and if it wasn&#039;t done, God would remove their Reproductive Organs, would you do it to them?

Answer...No
Why...Because it would be Sick, Twisted and Barbaric
And the Bible would then be called the book of the Devil

99% of parents LIE to their New Born Sons the second they are Born by saying...&quot;We will never let anyone EVER hurt you.&quot; This is usually right before they hand him to Dr. Freddie Krueger.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This is SICK and BARBARIC and there is NO reason for it.<br />
If and when i have kids, there will only be 1 condition&#8211;<br />
NO Circumcision Period.</p>
<p>This Barbaric practice is right out of Religion..<br />
According to Genesis, God told Abraham to circumcise himself, his household and his slaves as an everlasting covenant in their flesh. Those who were not circumcised were to be &#8216;cut off&#8217; from their people (Genesis 17:10-14).</p>
<p>So God told Men if they weren&#8217;t Circumcised they would ALL be Banished.</p>
<p>For centuries, the only reason for circumcision was a religious one. Non-faith based circumcision began with the Victorians during the mid-to-late 1800s. They believed that removing the foreskin would reduce the male’s urge to masturbate. </p>
<p>Funny, i&#8217;m Butchered Up and i still have the urge.</p>
<p>Here&#8217;s a Question to all of you Religious people&#8230;</p>
<p>If God and the Bible said&#8230;</p>
<p>ALL Girls upon their 16th B-day had to have 1 of their Breasts Removed, and if it wasn&#8217;t done, God would remove their Reproductive Organs, would you do it to them?</p>
<p>Answer&#8230;No<br />
Why&#8230;Because it would be Sick, Twisted and Barbaric<br />
And the Bible would then be called the book of the Devil</p>
<p>99% of parents LIE to their New Born Sons the second they are Born by saying&#8230;&#8221;We will never let anyone EVER hurt you.&#8221; This is usually right before they hand him to Dr. Freddie Krueger.</p>
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		<title>By: Debora</title>
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		<dc:creator>Debora</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2009 00:10:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Rare Circumcision Ritual Carries Herpes Risk

Traditional Jewish Practice May Put Babies at Risk for Genital Herpes Infection
                          By Jennifer Warner

WebMD Health News
Reviewed by Ngozi A. Osondu, MD
Aug. 2, 2004 -- 

A rare Jewish circumcision practice may put young infants at risk for genital herpes with potentially severe complications, according to a new study.

Researchers in Israel have documented eight cases in which male infants became infected with the herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) after undergoing circumcision that included direct oral-genital contact between the infant and the circumciser (mohel). One of the infants suffered brain damage as the result of his infection.

Male circumcision is the removal of the foreskin (prepuce), which is a fold of skin that covers and protects the tip of the penis.

According to Jewish custom and traditions, newborn Jewish boys are ritually circumcised at eight days of age, and complications are generally very rare.

However, a small number of Orthodox rabbis advocate an ancient practice in which the circumciser sucks the blood from the infant&#039;s circumcision wound until the bleeding stops, a ritual known as metzitzah.

Researchers say the vast majority of ritual circumcisions are currently performed with a sterile suctioning device and not oral suction by the mohel.

Rare Circumcision Ritual Puts Infants at Risk 
In their study, published in the August issue of Pediatrics, researchers describe eight cases in which Jewish infants developed genital herpes an average of a week after circumcision. None of the infant&#039;s mothers had evidence of oral or genital herpes, the most frequent modes of transmission to newborns.

In all cases, the traditional circumciser had performed the metzitzah custom involving direct oral contact with the infants&#039; genitals.

Six of the infants required treatment with intravenous antibiotics, and four had recurrent genital herpes infections. In addition, one infant suffered brain damage and seizures as a result of complications caused by his infection.

Four of the mohels were available for testing, and all of them tested positive for antibodies for HSV-1, which indicated that they were carriers of the virus. Yet none had tested positive for the virus in their mouth.

Researchers say that after the initial cases of herpes in circumcised infants were reported, the Chief Rabbinate of Israel pronounced in 2002 the legitimacy of using instrumental suction in cases in which there is a risk of infection.

&quot;We support ritual circumcision but without oral metzitzah, which might endanger the newborns and is not part of the religious procedure,&quot; write researcher Benjamin Gesundheit, MD, of Ben Gurion University in Israel, and colleagues.

SOURCE: Gesundheit, B. Pediatrics, August 2004; vol 114: pp 259-263.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Rare Circumcision Ritual Carries Herpes Risk</p>
<p>Traditional Jewish Practice May Put Babies at Risk for Genital Herpes Infection<br />
                          By Jennifer Warner</p>
<p>WebMD Health News<br />
Reviewed by Ngozi A. Osondu, MD<br />
Aug. 2, 2004 &#8212; </p>
<p>A rare Jewish circumcision practice may put young infants at risk for genital herpes with potentially severe complications, according to a new study.</p>
<p>Researchers in Israel have documented eight cases in which male infants became infected with the herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) after undergoing circumcision that included direct oral-genital contact between the infant and the circumciser (mohel). One of the infants suffered brain damage as the result of his infection.</p>
<p>Male circumcision is the removal of the foreskin (prepuce), which is a fold of skin that covers and protects the tip of the penis.</p>
<p>According to Jewish custom and traditions, newborn Jewish boys are ritually circumcised at eight days of age, and complications are generally very rare.</p>
<p>However, a small number of Orthodox rabbis advocate an ancient practice in which the circumciser sucks the blood from the infant&#8217;s circumcision wound until the bleeding stops, a ritual known as metzitzah.</p>
<p>Researchers say the vast majority of ritual circumcisions are currently performed with a sterile suctioning device and not oral suction by the mohel.</p>
<p>Rare Circumcision Ritual Puts Infants at Risk<br />
In their study, published in the August issue of Pediatrics, researchers describe eight cases in which Jewish infants developed genital herpes an average of a week after circumcision. None of the infant&#8217;s mothers had evidence of oral or genital herpes, the most frequent modes of transmission to newborns.</p>
<p>In all cases, the traditional circumciser had performed the metzitzah custom involving direct oral contact with the infants&#8217; genitals.</p>
<p>Six of the infants required treatment with intravenous antibiotics, and four had recurrent genital herpes infections. In addition, one infant suffered brain damage and seizures as a result of complications caused by his infection.</p>
<p>Four of the mohels were available for testing, and all of them tested positive for antibodies for HSV-1, which indicated that they were carriers of the virus. Yet none had tested positive for the virus in their mouth.</p>
<p>Researchers say that after the initial cases of herpes in circumcised infants were reported, the Chief Rabbinate of Israel pronounced in 2002 the legitimacy of using instrumental suction in cases in which there is a risk of infection.</p>
<p>&#8220;We support ritual circumcision but without oral metzitzah, which might endanger the newborns and is not part of the religious procedure,&#8221; write researcher Benjamin Gesundheit, MD, of Ben Gurion University in Israel, and colleagues.</p>
<p>SOURCE: Gesundheit, B. Pediatrics, August 2004; vol 114: pp 259-263.</p>
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		<title>By: adam</title>
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		<dc:creator>adam</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2009 11:13:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Actually many mohelim are more drastic in priah in that they tear the inner skin down toits roots under the corona and then continue to tear away the inner skin from all round the corona of the glans and thus strip it away entirely. 

Adam</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Actually many mohelim are more drastic in priah in that they tear the inner skin down toits roots under the corona and then continue to tear away the inner skin from all round the corona of the glans and thus strip it away entirely. </p>
<p>Adam</p>
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		<title>By: Jobber</title>
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		<dc:creator>Jobber</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Feb 2006 18:16:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>

Multi colored Tallis is fine, this is a non-important item what the color is. Multi colored robes are worn on Shabbos by men and women.

So what is the name of the cute baby, where is the pics?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Multi colored Tallis is fine, this is a non-important item what the color is. Multi colored robes are worn on Shabbos by men and women.</p>
<p>So what is the name of the cute baby, where is the pics?</p>
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		<title>By: Chutzpah</title>
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		<dc:creator>Chutzpah</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Feb 2006 03:14:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>So I went to a bris on Monday, my first cousin&#039;s son, and I walk in and practically attack the mohel with &quot;do you have a sterilized tube????!!!&quot; because I was not about to let any Rabbi put his mouth on my new little cousin.  He looked at me and smiled and said &quot;no tube&quot;, at which point my father pulled me out of the kitchen and said &quot;if you don&#039;t mind you own business I am going to throw you in the car and drive you home until this is over.&quot; Well, I got highly upset but decided to keep my mouth shut and I watched the procedure.  It took all of two minutes, the baby cried a little bit.  He had analgesic cream put on his penis one hour before the ceremony.  He was given sugar water through the hole thing.  He was fine afterward.  The mohel used a &quot;mogen clamp&quot; and he did not squeeze with his mouth or a tube.  Turns out he was a lBoard Certified Urologist who trained at Mt. Sinai Hospital. I don&#039;t know if Orthodox consider this a valid bris, but my cousin has a bris certificate she paid him $700.00 for.  He had a multi-colored tallis on, so I guess the Orthodox don&#039;t recognize this, but it&#039;s good to no there was no cock-sucking done on my new little relative.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>So I went to a bris on Monday, my first cousin&#8217;s son, and I walk in and practically attack the mohel with &#8220;do you have a sterilized tube????!!!&#8221; because I was not about to let any Rabbi put his mouth on my new little cousin.  He looked at me and smiled and said &#8220;no tube&#8221;, at which point my father pulled me out of the kitchen and said &#8220;if you don&#8217;t mind you own business I am going to throw you in the car and drive you home until this is over.&#8221; Well, I got highly upset but decided to keep my mouth shut and I watched the procedure.  It took all of two minutes, the baby cried a little bit.  He had analgesic cream put on his penis one hour before the ceremony.  He was given sugar water through the hole thing.  He was fine afterward.  The mohel used a &#8220;mogen clamp&#8221; and he did not squeeze with his mouth or a tube.  Turns out he was a lBoard Certified Urologist who trained at Mt. Sinai Hospital. I don&#8217;t know if Orthodox consider this a valid bris, but my cousin has a bris certificate she paid him $700.00 for.  He had a multi-colored tallis on, so I guess the Orthodox don&#8217;t recognize this, but it&#8217;s good to no there was no cock-sucking done on my new little relative.</p>
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		<title>By: Jewish Mother</title>
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		<dc:creator>Jewish Mother</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2006 22:45:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Yes, totally right.

But it is still not cool to alter a photograph. He did not used to have that white cloth on his chest, when the photo was first posted. His large, well developed chest gave away that this is no 8-day-old baby. He is older than that by months. 

So now the chest is covered up.  Hmm.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yes, totally right.</p>
<p>But it is still not cool to alter a photograph. He did not used to have that white cloth on his chest, when the photo was first posted. His large, well developed chest gave away that this is no 8-day-old baby. He is older than that by months. </p>
<p>So now the chest is covered up.  Hmm.</p>
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		<title>By: Netsach Shebe Netsach</title>
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		<dc:creator>Netsach Shebe Netsach</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2006 05:38:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>This issue of infants getting a type of herpes through metzitzah b’peh is new to me even though I have seen many Bris done. What I have heard is the fear of aids, lo alaynu. Even the Satmar Mohel I have seen didn&#039;t do metzitzah b’peh, although he may have given the familys the option, I don&#039;t know. The spectre of Aids seems a lot more menacing then then cold sores. For some time, awhile back,  the only Mohel in town, LA,  that people trusted it seemed was a Satmar. Even Lubavatchers I heard were  using him.  I don&#039;t know what the issues were that people prefered to use the Satmar, I doubt that metzitzah b’peh had anything to do with that. 
I did have the privelage to shlep around a Mohel who was a Rav with Litvak background. I flew him around actually. He needed someone with a light plane that was able to get into little airfields near his customers in across state jobs. As it turns out going by airline is often more time consuming in going from one smaller town to another, if he got more then one job in the State, California, in one day. Going by car may take even longer or is impossible. So often for this Rabbi-Mohel, he would hire somebody with a small  plane. His Cut, pun intended, would be something like $500. If he got more then 2 cuts a day in far out towns it would be worth paying  the pilot some of that. 
The Lubavitchers didn&#039;t like this Rabbi to do thier Bris jobs for some reason. He does or doesn&#039;t do something that is a different in some way. However, they certainly let the Litvok Rabbi perform the Bris  he does in thier Chabad Houses and participate in the following simcha. When I find out those technical stuff is maybe I will post it, but for now I don&#039;t know. 
One thing I know that this Litvok did that that alot of the Lubavithers I know didn&#039;t approve of was doing a bris for a baby that whose mother wasn&#039;t jewish. One time I flew the Litvok Mohel to a town in Central California. The father of the boy is Jewish, but not the mother. The Mother wasn&#039;t into doing conversion, but she let the kid be circumcised by a Mohel. The Rabbi told me he needs me to sign the document as a kosher witness that says this baby was circumsized properly. The idea being that once this boy decides to convert, he wont have to go through any form of circumcision.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This issue of infants getting a type of herpes through metzitzah b’peh is new to me even though I have seen many Bris done. What I have heard is the fear of aids, lo alaynu. Even the Satmar Mohel I have seen didn&#8217;t do metzitzah b’peh, although he may have given the familys the option, I don&#8217;t know. The spectre of Aids seems a lot more menacing then then cold sores. For some time, awhile back,  the only Mohel in town, LA,  that people trusted it seemed was a Satmar. Even Lubavatchers I heard were  using him.  I don&#8217;t know what the issues were that people prefered to use the Satmar, I doubt that metzitzah b’peh had anything to do with that.<br />
I did have the privelage to shlep around a Mohel who was a Rav with Litvak background. I flew him around actually. He needed someone with a light plane that was able to get into little airfields near his customers in across state jobs. As it turns out going by airline is often more time consuming in going from one smaller town to another, if he got more then one job in the State, California, in one day. Going by car may take even longer or is impossible. So often for this Rabbi-Mohel, he would hire somebody with a small  plane. His Cut, pun intended, would be something like $500. If he got more then 2 cuts a day in far out towns it would be worth paying  the pilot some of that.<br />
The Lubavitchers didn&#8217;t like this Rabbi to do thier Bris jobs for some reason. He does or doesn&#8217;t do something that is a different in some way. However, they certainly let the Litvok Rabbi perform the Bris  he does in thier Chabad Houses and participate in the following simcha. When I find out those technical stuff is maybe I will post it, but for now I don&#8217;t know.<br />
One thing I know that this Litvok did that that alot of the Lubavithers I know didn&#8217;t approve of was doing a bris for a baby that whose mother wasn&#8217;t jewish. One time I flew the Litvok Mohel to a town in Central California. The father of the boy is Jewish, but not the mother. The Mother wasn&#8217;t into doing conversion, but she let the kid be circumcised by a Mohel. The Rabbi told me he needs me to sign the document as a kosher witness that says this baby was circumsized properly. The idea being that once this boy decides to convert, he wont have to go through any form of circumcision.</p>
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		<title>By: Ephraim</title>
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		<dc:creator>Ephraim</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2006 19:58:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Kelsey, I&#039;m getting a little confused about your stand on the issue of millah. As far as I can tell, you are viscerally opposed to the practice and you have posted a number of links to virulently anti-circumcision websites to support your position. 

So, anyway, I checked out one of the links, which I suppose you posted to prove your point that the stupid goyim have been duped into mutilating themselves by watching Jewish porn or something. 

One of the links takes you directly to a page about circumcision in Hungary, where the practice has been virtually non-existent up until quite recently. I was expecting more &quot;circumcision is the root of all evil&quot; rants; instead, the page was filled with nothing but personal testimonials from both men and women who couldn&#039;t contain their wild enthusiasm for circumcision, gushing about how much better the sex was now that that messy forskin was out of the way. What was striking was how esctatic the women were, saying that sex was wildly better when the man was circumcised, how much more beautiful and studly the organ looked, how they were going to make sure that their male children were all circumcised, etc. One woman even went so far as to say how much she envied Jewish women now that she knew how much better sex was with a circumcised man.

So, what gives? Are we sexual cripples who conspire to deprive the unsuspecting goyim of their natural manliness by forcing our barbaric emasculating practices on them, or are we super studs who drive women so crazy with our improved organs that all of the gentile women want to make their men look like us?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Kelsey, I&#8217;m getting a little confused about your stand on the issue of millah. As far as I can tell, you are viscerally opposed to the practice and you have posted a number of links to virulently anti-circumcision websites to support your position. </p>
<p>So, anyway, I checked out one of the links, which I suppose you posted to prove your point that the stupid goyim have been duped into mutilating themselves by watching Jewish porn or something. </p>
<p>One of the links takes you directly to a page about circumcision in Hungary, where the practice has been virtually non-existent up until quite recently. I was expecting more &#8220;circumcision is the root of all evil&#8221; rants; instead, the page was filled with nothing but personal testimonials from both men and women who couldn&#8217;t contain their wild enthusiasm for circumcision, gushing about how much better the sex was now that that messy forskin was out of the way. What was striking was how esctatic the women were, saying that sex was wildly better when the man was circumcised, how much more beautiful and studly the organ looked, how they were going to make sure that their male children were all circumcised, etc. One woman even went so far as to say how much she envied Jewish women now that she knew how much better sex was with a circumcised man.</p>
<p>So, what gives? Are we sexual cripples who conspire to deprive the unsuspecting goyim of their natural manliness by forcing our barbaric emasculating practices on them, or are we super studs who drive women so crazy with our improved organs that all of the gentile women want to make their men look like us?</p>
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		<title>By: Chutzpah</title>
		<link>http://www.jewlicious.com/2006/02/you-would-cry-too-if-it-happened-to-you/#comment-174214</link>
		<dc:creator>Chutzpah</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2006 00:44:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Regardless of the obvious anti-semetism on that site, infants have died of herpes from mohels and it is a very serious concern.  Use of sterilzed tube is necessary in brit. No child&#039;s health should be put at risk for fear of insulting a Rabbi.  As my grandmother would say &quot;their shit stinks the same as everyone elses&quot;.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Regardless of the obvious anti-semetism on that site, infants have died of herpes from mohels and it is a very serious concern.  Use of sterilzed tube is necessary in brit. No child&#8217;s health should be put at risk for fear of insulting a Rabbi.  As my grandmother would say &#8220;their shit stinks the same as everyone elses&#8221;.</p>
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		<title>By: alli</title>
		<link>http://www.jewlicious.com/2006/02/you-would-cry-too-if-it-happened-to-you/#comment-173756</link>
		<dc:creator>alli</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2006 14:56:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>This is one of my most favorite antisemetic websites. Check out the alleged picture of metzitzah b’peh by copying and pasting the link below...

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.aztlan.net/metzitzah_b_peh.gif&amp;imgrefurl=http://www.aztlan.net/metzitzah_b_peh.htm&amp;h=400&amp;w=600&amp;sz=34&amp;tbnid=TDY4kA57tmTPuM:&amp;tbnh=88&amp;tbnw=133&amp;hl=en&amp;ei=MQbqQ_LtDM2uQcjf8LAM&amp;sig2=gpw-QuaOEZ_3OnUeV8eaOA&amp;start=2&amp;prev=/images%3Fq%3Dmetzitzah%2Bb%25E2%2580%2599peh%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26rls%3DGGLG,GGLG:2005-52,GGLG:en%26sa%3DN</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This is one of my most favorite antisemetic websites. Check out the alleged picture of metzitzah b’peh by copying and pasting the link below&#8230;</p>
<p><a href="http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.aztlan.net/metzitzah_b_peh.gif&#038;imgrefurl=http://www.aztlan.net/metzitzah_b_peh.htm&#038;h=400&#038;w=600&#038;sz=34&#038;tbnid=TDY4kA57tmTPuM:&#038;tbnh=88&#038;tbnw=133&#038;hl=en&#038;ei=MQbqQ_LtDM2uQcjf8LAM&#038;sig2=gpw-QuaOEZ_3OnUeV8eaOA&#038;start=2&#038;prev=/images%3Fq%3Dmetzitzah%2Bb%25E2%2580%2599peh%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26rls%3DGGLG,GGLG:2005-52,GGLG:en%26sa%3DN" rel="nofollow"></a><a href='http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.aztlan.net/metzitzah_b_peh.gif&#038;imgrefurl=http://www.aztlan.net/metzitzah_b_peh.htm&#038;h=400&#038;w=600&#038;sz=34&#038;tbnid=TDY4kA57tmTPuM:&#038;tbnh=88&#038;tbnw=133&#038;hl=en&#038;ei=MQbqQ_LtDM2uQcjf8LAM&#038;sig2=gpw-QuaOEZ_3OnUeV8eaOA&#038;start=2&#038;prev=/images%3Fq%3Dmetzitzah%2Bb%25E2%2580%2599peh%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26rls%3DGGLG,GGLG:2005-52,GGLG:en%26sa%3DN'>images.google....</a></p>
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		<title>By: Jewish Mother</title>
		<link>http://www.jewlicious.com/2006/02/you-would-cry-too-if-it-happened-to-you/#comment-173349</link>
		<dc:creator>Jewish Mother</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2006 18:42:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Was the photo altered???</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Was the photo altered???</p>
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		<title>By: DK</title>
		<link>http://www.jewlicious.com/2006/02/you-would-cry-too-if-it-happened-to-you/#comment-173308</link>
		<dc:creator>DK</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2006 15:31:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I don&#039;t know, Ben-David.  All those prayers that contrast Israel with  &quot;Those with foreskins.&quot;  Seems like maybe we are the ones whose identity as a civilication is so invested with a few millimeters of skin.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I don&#8217;t know, Ben-David.  All those prayers that contrast Israel with  &#8220;Those with foreskins.&#8221;  Seems like maybe we are the ones whose identity as a civilication is so invested with a few millimeters of skin.</p>
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		<title>By: michael</title>
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		<dc:creator>michael</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2006 11:57:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I just want to go on the record saying, &quot;Please, Ben-David, no circumcision home videos.&quot;

Although, are you going to show those when your sons bring home girlfriends? That would be hilarious.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I just want to go on the record saying, &#8220;Please, Ben-David, no circumcision home videos.&#8221;</p>
<p>Although, are you going to show those when your sons bring home girlfriends? That would be hilarious.</p>
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		<title>By: Ben-David</title>
		<link>http://www.jewlicious.com/2006/02/you-would-cry-too-if-it-happened-to-you/#comment-173230</link>
		<dc:creator>Ben-David</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2006 10:30:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>sigh... 

Kelsey: 
It&#039;s clear from the follow-up I described that many of the men in the survey - at least a third! - got cut for totally non-religious reasons. You cannot assume they all had strong Jewish connections.

&#039;periah&#039; means &#039;peeling&#039; or &#039;revealing&#039;.

Not cutting.


The foreskin is like the sleeve of a lined jacket.

Jewish circumcision: the mohel pulls the outer layer BEYOND the head of the organ, cuts off some of it, preserves the (sensitive) inner layer. Periah is when the mohel folds back the inner layer to meet the outer skin, and bandages them. This &quot;reveals&quot; the head of the organ.

Hospital circumcision: a bell-shaped guard is forced under the foreskin. A clamp is applied, and both inner and outer skin are cut off BELOW the head of the organ.

I have home videos if you want - at least, from my two youngest sons....

Please consider how pathetic it is to be so ego-invested in a few millimeters of skin... how absurd it is to ascribe so many problems to this... an exact mirror image of the Victorian absurdity that masturbation solved everything from schizophrenia to betwetting...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>sigh&#8230; </p>
<p>Kelsey:<br />
It&#8217;s clear from the follow-up I described that many of the men in the survey &#8211; at least a third! &#8211; got cut for totally non-religious reasons. You cannot assume they all had strong Jewish connections.</p>
<p>&#8216;periah&#8217; means &#8216;peeling&#8217; or &#8216;revealing&#8217;.</p>
<p>Not cutting.</p>
<p>The foreskin is like the sleeve of a lined jacket.</p>
<p>Jewish circumcision: the mohel pulls the outer layer BEYOND the head of the organ, cuts off some of it, preserves the (sensitive) inner layer. Periah is when the mohel folds back the inner layer to meet the outer skin, and bandages them. This &#8220;reveals&#8221; the head of the organ.</p>
<p>Hospital circumcision: a bell-shaped guard is forced under the foreskin. A clamp is applied, and both inner and outer skin are cut off BELOW the head of the organ.</p>
<p>I have home videos if you want &#8211; at least, from my two youngest sons&#8230;.</p>
<p>Please consider how pathetic it is to be so ego-invested in a few millimeters of skin&#8230; how absurd it is to ascribe so many problems to this&#8230; an exact mirror image of the Victorian absurdity that masturbation solved everything from schizophrenia to betwetting&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: Jewish Mother</title>
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		<dc:creator>Jewish Mother</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2006 20:02:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Wait a minute. Wasn&#039;t the kid&#039;s chest visible before, at the start of this discussion on Friday last? 

The people here are only advocating a very early circumcision. Later, yes, it gets worse. At eight days it can be dealt with and you are clean for life.  

I mean, get married, have a kid, then tell others how to live. Do the hard stuff. Activism can be an escape from harder tasks. Indignation is earier than positivism. 

Just saying.

Did somebody change the photo? 

Did somebody add a white cloth to cover his chest during this discussion? 

I mentioned his &quot;barrel chest&quot; indicating his age as being much older than eight days; more like four months or more.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Wait a minute. Wasn&#8217;t the kid&#8217;s chest visible before, at the start of this discussion on Friday last? </p>
<p>The people here are only advocating a very early circumcision. Later, yes, it gets worse. At eight days it can be dealt with and you are clean for life.  </p>
<p>I mean, get married, have a kid, then tell others how to live. Do the hard stuff. Activism can be an escape from harder tasks. Indignation is earier than positivism. </p>
<p>Just saying.</p>
<p>Did somebody change the photo? </p>
<p>Did somebody add a white cloth to cover his chest during this discussion? </p>
<p>I mentioned his &#8220;barrel chest&#8221; indicating his age as being much older than eight days; more like four months or more.</p>
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