A Jewish grandmother thinks about identity and intermarriage
I'm not a fan of circumcision, though the bris milah is required for male Jewish children and is considered an essential component of Jewish identity. ...
A Parent, A Child, A Knife—and a Command from God. What Would You Do?
A few years ago during Yom Kippur, the holiest holiday on the Jewish calendar, I was in a little wooden synagogue on the Lower East Side of New York City. The rabbi, a venerable man ...
A Jewish Mother Considers Family, Tradition and the Pain of Belonging
Eight days after birth, a Jewish male infant is circumcised in a ceremony called the bris milah (bris means "covenant" in Hebrew). It's a party: relatives and friends ...
