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Episode 32: Rethinking the Circumcision Part 2, with Rabbi Kevin Bernstein



August 17th, 2022  •  56 mins 34 secs  •  Download (77.8 MB)  •  Link with Timestamp

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Rabbi Kevin Bernstein is a mohel who has performed hundreds of circumcisions. In this episode, the veterinarian turned Reconstructionist rabbi offers a Reconstructionist take on this most ancient of Jewish conventual ceremonies, the brit millah. He responds to critics who question its continued relevance, attempts to demystify the process and explain what actually happens at a brit millah.