Connecting The Dots

What a season it’s been on the Bruchim Podcast! Eli and Max debrief the conversations we’ve had with an incredible variety of guests. We cover: hatafat dam brit, including its ethics, lived experience (for good and bad) and future possibilities; the significance of circumcision as a ritual act vs. a bodily state; the medicalization of circumcision and its social and religious impact; what the future looks like for brit milah and other forms of ritual genital cutting; and some of the ethical concepts we’ve tackled this season, including the caution needed for rituals involving children.

Evolve Podcast, Rethinking the Circumcision Part 2, with Rabbi Kevin Bernstein 

Responsa Radio, How to Name a Baby Girl

Rabbi Julie Pelc Adler, “What Does ‘Brit’ Mean to Liberal Jews in the 21st Century?”

Eliyahu Ungar-Sargon and Max DuBoff, Circumcision Texts in the Jewish Tradition

Max DuBoff, Circumcision and Egalitarianism