Picking a mohel can be an overwhelming experience. Most parents reach out to their friends for assistance but meeting with potential mohalim and discussing their practices is the best way to know who's right for you. Here is the pamphlet which will soon be given out in the hospitals in Israel to help parents navigate this process.
MEDICAL SOURCES
June 23, 2015
“Direct oral suction ignores the teachings of modern medicine and the overwhelming consensus of modern rabbinic rulings. Behavior by mohelim and local politicians that ignores fundamental principles of hygiene, and abrogates their responsibility to protect innocent children, is shameful and simply wrong, despite their express desire to maintain ancient religious traditions.”
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US National Library of Medicine
National Institute of Health
American Academy of Pediatrics
American Academy of Pediatrics
Rav David Brofsky
Dr. Gary Gelbfish
Risk of cervical cancer, HPV, and some sexually transmitted infections is less among circumcised partners, study shows
The Advertiser-News
MDLinx Internal Medicine
Frontiers in Public Health
Hindawi: Advances in Urology
Hindawi: Advances in Urology
Science Daily
Science Daily
World Journal of Clinical Pediatrics
Our risk-benefit analysis showed that benefits exceeded procedural risks, which are predominantly minor, by up to 200 to 1. We estimated that more than 1 in 2 uncircumcised males will experience an adverse foreskin-related medical condition over their lifetime.
PubMed
Circumcised men have a 47% reduced risk of HPV. This includes 83% reduced risk of HPV on the urethra, 56% reduced risk on the glans, and 47% reduced risk on the shaft.
AAP News and Journals
Conclusions: [The] data suggest[s] that circumcision does not alter feeding after circumcision. This information will be useful in counseling families regarding circumcision in the newborn period.
PMC
This first systematic review of male circumcision and ulcerative STI strongly indicates that circumcised men are at lower risk of chancroid and syphilis. There is less association with HSV‐2. Potential male circumcision interventions to reduce HIV in high risk populations may provide additional benefit by protecting against other STI.
AAP News and Journal
CONCLUSIONS: The large number of nonmedical postneonatal circumcisions suggests that neonatal circumcision might be a missed opportunity for these boys. Delay of nonmedical circumcision results in greater risk for the child, and a more costly procedure. Discussions with parents early in pregnancy might help them make an informed decision about circumcision of their child.
AAP
CONCLUSIONS: The medicolegal impact of neonatal infection by the mohel has to be redefined. Our findings provide evidence that ritual Jewish circumcision with oral metzitzah may cause oral–genital transmission of HSV infection, resulting in clinical disease including involvement of the skin, mucous membranes, and HSV encephalitis. Furthermore, oral suction may not only endanger the child but also may expose the mohel to human immunodeficiency virus or hepatitis B from infected infants. The same consideration that led the Talmudic sages once to establish the custom of the metzitzah for the sake of the infant could now be applied to persuade the mohel to use instrumental suction.
Circumcision Choice
A group of concerned citizens who have first-hand experience dealing with the crazy online world of anti-circumcision activism. They are neither trying to promote circumcision nor discourage it, but they definitely want to promote good information for parents and other interested people with regards to routine infant circumcision.
Someone needs to stand up for informed consent and parental choice when it comes to circumcision. Someone also needs to stand up against the bullying and hate speech by anti-circumcision fanatics! Enough is enough!
PubMed.gov
Conclusions: Complications of circumcision are rare in Israel and in most cases are mild and correctable. There appears to be no significant difference in the type of complications between medical and ritual circumcisions.