By now, I am sure you have heard of the debate in San Francisco and Santa Monica- both in California- on the legality of Cicumcision.
What's the debate about?

When Guditta Tornetta and I met, last year, we had a conversation about this. I agreed with her- circumcission is not necessary for all male babies. I do not believe that any doctors should be performing them- UNLESS:

1. They are Mohels
2. They are perfoming this on Jewish boys at eight days old, or another Jewish boy aho had to delay due to helath restrictions.

I believe that the only reason a boy should undergo a Brit Milah- is for Religious reasons and observance.

Other's, whose religious tennets do not require this procedure, should not be doing it.

As the mother of sons, I must emphatically say, I would not have allowed anyone to touchmy son with anything sharper than a cotton ball if I didn't have a darned good reason to do so. And when my religious guide- the Torah- said that to have my sons counted as part of the Jewish People, I had to make sure that they were circumcised on the eighth day after birth- I did so.

So the debate is mute. This is about religious persecuttion. You don't like what my people have been doing for thousands of years? Fine. Don't join in. Leave your babies uncircumcised. I will continue to help Jewish parents with the Brit Milah- They are sons of the Covenant It is their connection with their people for thousands of years.