I just watched some weirdo from the Bay Area debate Rabbi Shmuley Boteach on CNN about the issue of circumcision.
While I am on his side, Shmuley is all wrong.
It is precisely in its primitivity, the tribal character of the brit ritual--with all its blood, pain, and mystery--that the power (and hence the validity and relevance) of circumcision lies. The "hygiene" or "medical" argument is not the path to take; rather, a defense of circumcision should rely on what it has always relied on--namely, ....
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