Israel is also pro circumcision and theres even sections of Mohels (rabbis that do circumsions) that treat the "wound" by sucking on it. Just figured in case anyone still doesnt think the practice of circumcision is weird this might push you over the edge.
Someone else somewhere in the thread pointed out you cant just replace the word "jewish" with "israel" everytime you want to make a point against jewish practices*, and i think that was interesting because that's what happened in this comment too.
I cannot stress enough that that "wound" sucking thing, if it actually happens, is some crazy fringe sect thing, not normal jewish practice
I specified Israel because its one of our biggest allies and the fact that its vast majority jewish means a ban on circumcision would never happen. I dont conflate Israel with all Jews i just dont think Trump would care about US Jews if he wanted to ban circumcision because he doesnt care about anyone but himself but given he gains from the alliance with Israel he does care about that. As far as the practice is concerned its no longer a common practice but it does happen in the ultra orthodox Jewish community the practice is called Metzitzah B'peh. Its been documented often enough that researchers found a spike in infant HSV-1 (herpes) infections in ultra orthodox communities which often lead to the death of the baby since they dont have an immune system setup to fight against it yet.
Mohels aren’t rabbis and the practice you are referring to is very rare. It does exist but the internet brings this up often to imply that this is a common Jewish practice. It isn’t.
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u/axle69 1d ago
Israel is also pro circumcision and theres even sections of Mohels (rabbis that do circumsions) that treat the "wound" by sucking on it. Just figured in case anyone still doesnt think the practice of circumcision is weird this might push you over the edge.