The Heretic
2008-03-17 14:35:44 UTC
Only Orthodox Jewish rabbis continue the sick practice of
sucking the penis of the baby after they sexually mutilate the
poor infant. When, and why did other Jewish groups stop the
practice of infant fellatio? Was God's law contravened by human laws? Was it
too much of a PR problem? Did God relent, and
tell them they didn't have to suck baby dicks anymore?
Photo of a Rabbi sucking a baby penis:
http://www.sexuallymutilatedchild.org/mohel.htm
Mohel Rabbi Yosef David Weisburg
The Jerusalem Post Magazine, Nov. 5, 1976, p. 14
The practice is known as oral suction, or in Hebrew, metzitzah b'peh: after
removing the foreskin of the penis, the practitioner, or mohel, sucks the
blood from the wound to clean it.
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" Pressure from Orthodox leaders on the issue led Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg
and health officials to meet with them on Aug. 11. The mayor's comments on
his radio program the next day seemed meant to soothe all parties and not
upset a group that can be a formidable voting bloc: "
"The health department, after the meeting, reiterated that it did not intend
to ban or regulate oral suction."
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/26/nyregion/26circumcise.html
By ANDY NEWMAN
Published: August 26, 2005
A circumcision ritual practiced by some Orthodox Jews has alarmed city
health officials, who say it may have led to three cases of herpes - one of
them fatal - in infants. But after months of meetings with Orthodox leaders,
city officials have been unable to persuade them to abandon the practice.
The city's intervention has angered many Orthodox leaders, and the issue has
left the city struggling to balance its mandate to protect public health
with the constitutional guarantee of religious freedom.
"This is a very delicate area, so to speak," said Health Commissioner Thomas
R. Frieden.
The practice is known as oral suction, or in Hebrew, metzitzah b'peh: after
removing the foreskin of the penis, the practitioner, or mohel, sucks the
blood from the wound to clean it.
It became a health issue after a boy in Staten Island and twins in Brooklyn,
circumcised by the same mohel in 2003 and 2004, contracted Type-1
herpes.Most adults carry the disease, which causes the common cold sore, but
it can
be life-threatening for infants. One of the twins died.
Since February, the mohel, Rabbi Yitzchok Fischer, 57, has been under court
order not to perform the ritual in New York City while the health department
is investigating whether he spread the infection to the infants.
Pressure from Orthodox leaders on the issue led Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg
and health officials to meet with them on Aug. 11. The mayor's comments on
his radio program the next day seemed meant to soothe all parties and not
upset a group that can be a formidable voting bloc: "We're going to do a
study, and make sure that everybody is safe and at the same time, it is not
the government's business to tell people how to practice their religion."
The health department, after the meeting, reiterated that it did not intend
to ban or regulate oral suction. But Dr. Frieden has said that the city is
taking this approach partly because any broad rule would be virtually
unenforceable. Circumcision generally takes place in private homes.
Dr. Frieden said the department regarded herpes transmission via oral
suction as "somewhat inevitable to occur as long as this practice continues,
if at a very low rate."
sucking the penis of the baby after they sexually mutilate the
poor infant. When, and why did other Jewish groups stop the
practice of infant fellatio? Was God's law contravened by human laws? Was it
too much of a PR problem? Did God relent, and
tell them they didn't have to suck baby dicks anymore?
Photo of a Rabbi sucking a baby penis:
http://www.sexuallymutilatedchild.org/mohel.htm
Mohel Rabbi Yosef David Weisburg
The Jerusalem Post Magazine, Nov. 5, 1976, p. 14
The practice is known as oral suction, or in Hebrew, metzitzah b'peh: after
removing the foreskin of the penis, the practitioner, or mohel, sucks the
blood from the wound to clean it.
----------------------
" Pressure from Orthodox leaders on the issue led Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg
and health officials to meet with them on Aug. 11. The mayor's comments on
his radio program the next day seemed meant to soothe all parties and not
upset a group that can be a formidable voting bloc: "
"The health department, after the meeting, reiterated that it did not intend
to ban or regulate oral suction."
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/26/nyregion/26circumcise.html
By ANDY NEWMAN
Published: August 26, 2005
A circumcision ritual practiced by some Orthodox Jews has alarmed city
health officials, who say it may have led to three cases of herpes - one of
them fatal - in infants. But after months of meetings with Orthodox leaders,
city officials have been unable to persuade them to abandon the practice.
The city's intervention has angered many Orthodox leaders, and the issue has
left the city struggling to balance its mandate to protect public health
with the constitutional guarantee of religious freedom.
"This is a very delicate area, so to speak," said Health Commissioner Thomas
R. Frieden.
The practice is known as oral suction, or in Hebrew, metzitzah b'peh: after
removing the foreskin of the penis, the practitioner, or mohel, sucks the
blood from the wound to clean it.
It became a health issue after a boy in Staten Island and twins in Brooklyn,
circumcised by the same mohel in 2003 and 2004, contracted Type-1
herpes.Most adults carry the disease, which causes the common cold sore, but
it can
be life-threatening for infants. One of the twins died.
Since February, the mohel, Rabbi Yitzchok Fischer, 57, has been under court
order not to perform the ritual in New York City while the health department
is investigating whether he spread the infection to the infants.
Pressure from Orthodox leaders on the issue led Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg
and health officials to meet with them on Aug. 11. The mayor's comments on
his radio program the next day seemed meant to soothe all parties and not
upset a group that can be a formidable voting bloc: "We're going to do a
study, and make sure that everybody is safe and at the same time, it is not
the government's business to tell people how to practice their religion."
The health department, after the meeting, reiterated that it did not intend
to ban or regulate oral suction. But Dr. Frieden has said that the city is
taking this approach partly because any broad rule would be virtually
unenforceable. Circumcision generally takes place in private homes.
Dr. Frieden said the department regarded herpes transmission via oral
suction as "somewhat inevitable to occur as long as this practice continues,
if at a very low rate."
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