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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We didn't circumcise. I let DH decide and he had read about the reduced sensitivity and decided not to.

It did not work out for DS. He had this ballooning problem most of his life - where the pee couldn't get out fast enough so his skin would balloon up while it slowly leaked out? He went to a few urologists and we tried different things. Basically though he always had trouble with it and it did not work out.
At 19 he had surgery to remove his foreskin which was a biggish deal with anesthesia and big stitches which can't be good for 'sensation' (there's a whole yahoo group about it).

Anyway, I generally vote for not taking off body parts that you were born with but with boys and hygiene (what?) and with the amount of trouble it was to have it done as an adult versus a baby I'd most likely circumcise a new son.

Also if your son will be with many Jewisb boys that might sway me towards circumcision as well.

I wouldn't knock your kids Jewish heritage either - it's a wonderful community of people that you might like to participate in. [/quote]

Sorry for your son's condition. This sounds pretty rare, though, right? As in, it wouldn't be a reason to recommend general circumcision for everyone as a preventative measure?

As for the rest... once again, no one's knocking anything. It's my husband's choice ultimately how involved he wants the family to be in the American Jewish community, and as I said he's mostly indifferent to it because he's secular.  Frankly, all of our Jewish friends are my friends and colleagues -- it's through them that we have experienced varieties of American Jewish practice, from orthodox to reform to reconstructionist.  He is more comfortable with an international ex-pat crowd. Not all Israelis identify with the American Jewish community, and that's fine.  Reform Judaism is totally exotic to the Judaism that he experienced growing up.  We have nothing against it, it's just not going to be the community he naturally gravitates towards.

We prioritize diversity in our children's education and our other child attends a bilingual (not Hebrew) school so there is no reason that our son will necessarily be with more Jewish boys in his day to day life here. Of course he will when he visits Israel, which as I've said is another context.

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