circumcision

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Creative Bris Ceremony
Bris ceremony
Elisha Gechter
Baby Naming Ceremony on First Birthday
A mother discusses how her son's Hebrew name was chosen and a special naming ceremony on his first birthday
BimBam (formerly G-dcast)
Brit Milah: Jewish Traditions for Welcoming a Baby Boy
Watch the video to learn about finding a mohel, what a brit milah is all about, and some popular modern spins on this ancient tradition
BimBam (formerly G-dcast)
Opening Words at a Traditional Brit Milah Ceremony
Encouraging those in attendance of the bris to be present in feeling and accompanying the baby through his pain
Nicole Leifer
A Ritual That Can Cut Both Ways
Cutting and Covenant: How I Decided Whether Or Not To Circumcise My Sons
No Short Cuts For Circumcision
Adapted Traditional Bris Milah Ceremony
Shifting the focus away from the circumcision and toward welcoming
Adam Ring
A Tekhine For A New Mother
A prayer in English and Yiddish to be recited on the occasion of a son's bris
Adam Ring
Blood and Men
A feminist mom discusses circumcision
Rabbi Elyse Goldstein

Baby Naming Ceremony on First Birthday [Video]

By BimBam (formerly G-dcast)

A mother discusses how her son's Hebrew name was chosen and a special naming ceremony on his first birthday more

Tags: birthdays, circumcision, naming, welcoming, BimBam

Brit Milah: Jewish Traditions for Welcoming a Baby Boy [Video]

By BimBam (formerly G-dcast)

Watch the video to learn about finding a mohel, what a brit milah is all about, and some popular modern spins on this ancient tradition more

Opening Words at a Traditional Brit Milah Ceremony

By Nicole Leifer

Encouraging those in attendance of the bris to be present in feeling and accompanying the baby through his pain more

A Ritual That Can Cut Both Ways

Anonymous

The concept of circumcision is both a deeply powerful ritual practice and a profoundly troubling remnant of a different time. more

Cutting and Covenant: How I Decided Whether Or Not To Circumcise My Sons

By Rabbi Julie Greenberg

The thought of saying Hebrew prayers over the cutting of a baby’s flesh seemed truly barbaric to me. I wondered, “If mothers had the power to design Judaism, would circumcision have played such a... more