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Abraham Leo Wolbarst (1872 – 1952) [1] was an American physician.. A Jewish American physician, Wolbarst was a promoter of universal circumcision for boys, which he famously claimed prevented penile cancer due to the accumulation of smegma in uncircumcised males, which he believed to be carcinogenic.
1824 illustration from Lipník nad Bečvou. The brit milah (Hebrew: בְּרִית מִילָה , Modern Israeli: [bʁit miˈla], Ashkenazi: [bʁis ˈmilə]; "covenant of circumcision") or bris (Yiddish: ברית , Yiddish:) is the ceremony of circumcision in Judaism and Samaritanism, during which the foreskin is surgically removed. [1]
According to traditional Jewish law, if no Jewish male expert is available, a Jewish woman who has the required skills is also authorized to perform the circumcision. [16] Non-Orthodox Judaism allows women to be mohalot ( מוֹהֲלוֹת , plural of מוֹהֶלֶת , 'mohelet' , feminine of mohel ), without restriction.
[7] [9] [10] "In Jewish history, the banning of circumcision (brit mila) has historically been a first step toward more extreme and violent forms of persecution". [10] These periods have generally been linked to suppression of Jewish religious, ethnic, and cultural identity and subsequent "punishment at the hands of government authorities for ...
Filmmaker Eli Ungar-Sargon, who is opposed to circumcision, said in 2011, regarding its current popularity, that "calling it a marginal phenomenon would be generous." [ 11 ] This was confirmed by a survey conducted by the Jewish Journal among mohalim and brit shalom celebrants in the Los Angeles area. [ 11 ]
A former doctor has admitted causing “painful cruelty to children” by running a mobile circumcision service. Mohammad Siddiqui, 58, from Birmingham, was a practising doctor when he started ...
PALM BEACH COUNTY, Fla. — A former Florida doctor, who was found liable for $100 million last week in a medical malpractice case centered on an infant's botched circumcision, has been linked to ...
Dr. Feroze Sidhwa, a trauma and critical care surgeon at San Joaquin General Hospital in Stockton, Calif., was among the group of 11 doctors and nurses who served with Perlmutter. He said ...