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[quote=Anonymous]I read the OP but not the rest of this long thread.

I am not sure of the dilemma.  The son is not Jewish according to Orthodox Judaism OR according to Conservative Judaism. He would only be Jewish according to Reform if he was raised and educated as a Jew, which does not seem to be the intent of the parents.  There is no obligation in Jewish law for this baby to be circumcised, because circumcision is only required for Jews. The father seems to want (or not?) but the father made the choice to marry a non-Jewish woman who has not converted to Judaism (as for the state of Israel, the most change anyone might expect is recognition of conversion by the non-Orthodox streams, which would not solve any of OPs problems).

I suggest the OP and her husband find a Reconstructionist rabbi who can come up some rite of passage that makes them happy.

I had a daughter only but would have had a son circumcised.  I remember no pain from mine, and  having to do it as an adult is more painful (I know people who came from the USSR where circumcision was banned, and had it it as adults - the ban was no favor to them). But then I am  Jew, married to a Jew, who raised my child as a Jew, within a tradition that includes Jewish law. [/quote]

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