Circumcision

Welcome To The Tribe, Little Man

Meredith Lopez | Posted 12.02.2009 | Living

Read More: Jews, Reformed Judaism, Bris, Thanksgiving, Jewish Traditions, Circumcision, Orthodox Judaism, Long Island, Judaism, Non-Jews, Religion, Living News
Meredith Lopez

Suddenly, my Reformed upbringing and eight-week study abroad program in Israel seem puny compared to her full-on, by-the-books, hardcore Orthodox ways.

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Circumcision For Boys, Men?: Health Officials Weigh Recommendation To Fight HIV Risk

The New York Times | Roni Caryn Rabin | Posted 09.24.2009 | Living

Read More: Stds, Cdc, Sexual Health, Aids, HIV Prevention, Hiv, Male Circumcision, Circumcision, HIV/AIDS Africa, AIDS Prevention, Living News

Public health officials are considering promoting routine circumcision for all baby boys born in the United States to reduce the spread of H.I.V., the...

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Male Circumcision and the HIV/AIDS Myth

Ali A. Rizvi | Posted 09.03.2009 | Living

Read More: Lancet Study, Research, Penis, Abraham, Men's Health, Fgm, Kellogg, HIV/AIDS, God, World Health Organization, Female Genital Mutilation, Africa, Circumcision, Foreskin, Medicaid, Health Care, Condoms, Penile Cancer, Female Circumcision, HIV/AIDS Africa, Living News
Ali A. Rizvi

The best way to prevent HIV and other STIs -- whether you're circumcised, uncircumcised, gay, straight, male or female -- is through education and condom use.

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Sudan's Female Genital Mutilation Countered By Henna-Dyed Hands

NYCity News Service | Posted 08.28.2009 | World

Read More: Bible, Female Genitalia, Foreign Affairs, Fgm, Sudan Genital Mutilation, Sudan Female Genital Mutilation, Darfur, Sudan, Female Genital Mutilation, Sudan Fgm, Genital Mutilation, Henna, Quran, Darfur Sudan, Advocacy, Sudan News, Circumcision, Female Genital Mutilation in Sudan, Sudanese Henna Designs, World News
NYCity News Service

Sudan has tried to eradicate female genital mutilation since 1946 to little avail. But now women's health groups have taken the crusade in their own hands--or rather, their own painted hands--in an effort to subvert the practice.

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Kemal Ozkan: Turkey's "Sultan Of Circumcision" Upholds Traditional Practices

The Globe and Mail | MATT MOSSMAN | Posted 07.02.2009 | World

Read More: Religion, Islam, Turkey, Kemal Ozkan, Foreign Affairs, Circumcision, Muslim Circumcision, Advocacy, Turkey Circumcision, World News

For thousands of Turkish schoolboys each year, the path to manhood leads to a round banquet hall in suburban Istanbul and a seat on a kiddie train....

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Genital Mutilation: African Women Risk Lives To Fight For Others

The Independent | Katrina Manson | Posted 03.30.2009 | World

Read More: Africa Femail Circumcision, African Genital Mutilation, Female Genital Mutilation, The Independent, Female-Circumcision, Africa, Genital Mutilation, Amazonion Initiative Movement, Circumcision, Fgm, Sexual Mutilation of Women, Sierra Leone, World News

The female journalist was snatched by members of a secret society, forcibly stripped and made to parade naked through the streets. It might sound like...

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Why Men Are Fighting For Their Foreskin

Details | Elisa Ludwig | Posted 11.09.2008 | Style

Read More: Recircumcision, Circumcision, Foreskin, Style News

Like most American men of his generation, Jonathan, 40, was circumcised at birth. In the United States, the practice became widespread between the Wor...

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