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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Rabbi Raphael Malka is absolutely incredible:

http://www.otbrit.com/

He circumcised our last two sons, who were born at home.  He is a delightful man, and his skills are unparalleled.  My MIL is a pediatrician who has performed thousands of circumcisions herself, and she observed his work and admitted she had never seen such skill.  My boys did not cry and did not bleed after the first diaper change.  If our new baby is another boy, we will be honored to have him to our home again.

We are faithful Catholics, and my MIL is Hindu, and Rabbi was just lovely to us.  [/quote]

So your MIL has done thousands of circumcisions?  That's impressive.

Ro Rabbi Malka circumcises a lot of non-Jewish boys as well as Jewish ones?[/quote]

Yes, my MIL h[b]as been a pediatrician for almost 50 years[/b].

Yes, Rabbi Malka cares for Jewish and non-Jewish boys, and I could not recommend him more highly.

My new, spring baby is a girl, but I will still be sure to email him and thank him for his incredible skill, and promise that any boys of mine will be honored to have him back to our home.[/quote]

So basically she started practicing right at the beginning of the great cultural lie regarding circumcision, and has continued practicing right through the end of this era.  You do realize that within another decade or two, circumcision will be mostly eradicated in this country?  As the numbers rapidly drop in this country, your future sons will be one of a very small number who are cut.  Unfortunately your MIL has managed to spread her misinformation down through her son and grandsons.  I wonder, if your husband was not cut, would you still find there to be any justification for doing this to your sons?  For all the people who like to pretend they do it for "medical" reasons, I guarantee that if Dad wasn't cut, the sons wouldn't be either.

As a faithful Catholic, you owe your future sons more than continuing to stick your head in the sand regarding this issue.  Circumcision truly goes against everything you believe in, and when it finally dawns on you what you have committed against your sons, I bet you find yourself begging their forgiveness.

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My MIL began practicing medicine in another country before she immigrated here.  Her first son is not circumcised, her second son is circumcised.  She respects the decisions of her patients, though she personally has a preference for circumcision, [b]due to her vast experience with boys who needed circumcision later in life[/b].

I respect the vehemence of your beliefs.  I have equally passionate, informed beliefs about many parenting decisions.  But circumcision, unlike sterilization or artificial contraception, is not a moral wrong according to our faith.[/quote]

You continue to pretend that you have researched circumcision, when it is clear you haven't.  If you are so sure of your beliefs, why not do some more research?  Those of us who have spent some time studying circumcision, understand why it is that so many boys "needed" circumcisions later in life - and it certainly isn't because the foreskin is defective.   Have you explored www.catholicsagainstcircumcision.org?  While the Church has not made a statement against circ, it definitely does not in any way fall in line with its notions of protecting the integrity of the body.

Regarding your MIL, it is no surprise that this country swayed her view of circ.  That cultural experience is very unique to the United States.  Unfortunately her younger son, and now his children, are suffering the ramifications of a cultural lie.  I wonder what her peer pediatricians in India (I believe you said she was Indian) think of her cutting so many thousands of baby boys?  [/quote]

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