Mohel

The People

One thing I really agonized about in the days immediately following my son’s birth was the question of circumcision. Where I come from, circumcision is the norm. Was I about to yield to a needlessly brutal practice? Today on the podcast I talk to Emily Blake. Emily left her job as an OB-GYN to become a mohel, the religious figure who performs circumcision on newborn Jewish boys. In this interview, she explains the practice and defends it as a relatively pain-free act.