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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here.  Actually I found your post helpful.  These are all good things to think about.  On one hand, I don't want my child to be denied the opportunity for a bar mitzvah. or a jewish wedding.  On the other hand, I resent the idea that I'd have to cut off part of my child's body in order for him to participate in these rites of passage.  I'd ideally like to find a jewish community (Humanistic perhaps?) that would accept him and us regardless of what his penis looks like, and that would place priority on the many other ways that we are committed to Judaism.  I'm not sure if such a community exists -- we are exploring that and will be meeting with some rabbis, and I will ask him about some of the things you mention, as they are good to think about.  
 
[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm going to come at it from a Jewish angle, verses a circumcision angle.... If you don't have a bris, there will be no bris certificate or official naming ceremony.  The naming is nice for all the relatives.  The bris certificate is always good to have, cause, we'll. you never know!  Also, do you plan your son to have a bar mitzvah?  The rabbi may not let him have one if he hasn't had a bris.  He may not be able to have a Jewish wedding if he doesn't have a bris.  Are you okay with all of that?  Maybe even talk to a rabbi if you are having issues with the medical part of the bris.  Good luck.[/quote]

Sorry, op!  I just reread your original question, and realized this wasn't very helpful to ur question.  I wish you luck regardless![/quote][/quote]

Me again-- I hope you can find a congregation you feel at home in!  I don't know where you live, but temple Micah by cathedral heights is super progressive.  Also on 16th street, near silver spring, there's a congregation that I believe meets in the basement of the ethical society (?), that is pretty humanistic and open, too. Feel well![/quote]

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