Bruchim Summer Update 2025
Hello Friends of Bruchim, We’re delighted to bring you an update on the exciting things we’ve been doing this summer, and how you can get involved!
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Be Honest About the Bris: A Jewish Call for Greater Integrity
February 1, 2022, BY Max Buckler — As a founding member of Bruchim, the new Jewish nonprofit advocating for Jews who hold critical views of brit milah, I seek to build bridges between those who continue to practice the traditional ritual and the growing number of Jews who have come to believe, as I do,…
Asking Questions About Circumcision: Is that Allowed?
January 30, 2022, BY Rabbi Barbara Thiede — No, circumcision does not make a Jew. No, what ancient peoples called circumcision wouldn’t count as one for us. And, no, we do not have proof that circumcision was unquestioned or even highly valued by our ancestors. History and mythology have a complicated relationship. The latter is not…
Upcoming Book Talk: Why Abraham Murdered Isaac: The First Stories of the Bible Revealed
Please join Bruchim for a special live event — open to all — with Bruchim’s own Biblical Scholar In Residence, Rabbi Tzemah Yoreh, Ph.D. Your RSVP to info@bruchim.online is appreciated but not necessary. Follow this link on Thursday February 3rd at 8:15 p.m. EST to join the program, which will take place on Zoom and…
Talking Through Taboos: A Gemara (Commentary) on Judaism Unbound Episode 303 – “Bris” means “Covenant,” not “Circumcision”
January 31, 2022 — This piece is the FIRST EVER Judaism Unbound “Gemara” (commentary). It is a reflection, written by Eli Hurwitz, on a Judaism Unbound podcast episode (Episode 303: “Bris” Means “Covenant,” Not Circumcision). It explores the idea of kavanah (spiritual intent), as applied to difficult Jewish conversations. By Eli Hurwitz, New Voices/Judaism Unbound…
Dan and Lex: Judaism Unbound Podcast Episode 306 – Circumcision — Ignorance and Bris
December 24, 2021 — Dan and Lex close out Judaism Unbound’s 4-episode mini-series on Jewish circumcision. They explore, in particular, the treatment by Jewish institutions of families who have opted not to circumcise their children, and of those children themselves. The need for Bruchim’s advocacy on behalf of non-circumcising Jewish families is highlighted, along with…
