On Sat, Dec 16, 2017 at 12:28:00PM, "Did You Know" wrote: > she means Europeans I think she means Ashkenazi. I second Marina's objection to irl vampires who cut and suck baby privates: > The Orthodox Jewish community will continue > the practice that has been practiced for over > 5,000 years," said Rabbi David Niederman of > the United Jewish Organization in > Williamsburg, Brooklyn, after the meeting with > the mayor. "We do not change. And we will not > change." > > David Zwiebel, executive vice president of > Agudath Israel, an umbrella organization of > Orthodox Jews, said that metzitzah b'peh is > probably performed more than 2,000 times a > year in New York City. > > The potential risks of oral suction, however, > are not confined to Orthodox communities. Dr. > Frieden said in March that the health > department had fielded several calls from > panicked non-Orthodox parents who had hired > Hasidic mohels unaware of what their services > entailed. > > In Rockland County, where Rabbi Fischer lives > in the Hasidic community of Monsey, he has > been barred from performing oral suction. But > the state health department retracted a > request it had made to Rabbi Fischer to stop > the practice. And in New Jersey, where Rabbi > Fischer has done some of his 12,000 > circumcisions, the health authorities have > been silent. [1]https://archive.fo/lrG8M References 1. https://archive.fo/lrG8M