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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I can't speak to Dr. Rubin, but Rabbi Henesch is awesome. We used him for my son's bris and my sister used him for my nephew's. Both within the past 4 years. We also wanted to use him for our daughter's baby naming but he was unavailable.

He's not warm and cuddly -- in fact can be kind of a jerk with just the parents -- but he runs a fantastic ceremony. My grandparents have attended britot for dozens of babies, including their own 8 great-grandsons, and they said that Henesch's were by far the best. Usually you don't remember much about a bris but when it came time to name my daughter, everyone asked if we'd be using Henesch because he was so good at my son's bris.

Being reform won't be an issue. My brother in law has one Jewish parent but was raised more or less nothing and is not halachically Jewish. Rabbi wanted to know this but other than knowing it, didn't much care. As long as you the mother are Jewish, baby is Jewish. (Now if your own mother was not Jewish -- since Reform Jews accept either parent for religious purposes -- he might want to talk to you about formally converting the baby.)

He's not cheap, I'll say that. I think we paid about $750. And insurance did not reimburse us although some do.[/quote]

+1000.  We used Henesch and while somewhat to-the-point in private with us, he did a fantastic, warm ceremony that all the grandparents and great grandparents still talk about 3 years later.  We are non-observant but both raised conservative, and we thought it was just the right balance of hebrew prayers and english readings. I don't think he ever asked what level of observance we have. [/quote]

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