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Mazel tov! You’ve given birth to a nice Jewish boy! Though sleep-deprived and shell-shocked, you’ve got eight days to plan a penis party, because as any observant Jew will tell you, a hospital-administered circumcision isn’t gonna cut it with Jewish law.
While superstition may prevent some parents from doing any advance planning, others get a jump on things during pregnancy. “I got the names of two or three mohels, scouted out two potential locations and had a caterer in mind,” says Greenwich Village mom Michelle Wolfson. “Once my son was born, we started making calls and somehow it all worked out. We held it at the Village Temple and served food from the Second Avenue Deli.”
Whether you’ve got eight days or eight months, here’s your guide to everything parents need to know about pulling off and surviving a city bris. Not sure what a bris is? Check out our “Cheat sheet for jittery goys.”
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Charles
Mon, Jan 07, at 09:05pm
You are factually incorrect in your article. You write that "Among very observant Jews, it’s preferable to delay the bris by a day or two rather than cause others to violate the laws of the Sabbath by driving or cooking. " This is absolutely false. Observant Jews either stay at the family's/friends house the night before a Shabbos bris, or they walk there, or they miss it altogether. Bris is NEVER delayed a day or two for convenience.
leo
Sun, Jan 06, at 03:45pm
I have been a subscriber for a while and found it highly offensive to be referred to as a "jittery goy", I'm sure a jew would find it offensive to be called a nervous kike. The mag is TONY, not Time Out Israel. C'mon, prejudice is so over, unity is in, TONY Kids is so behind the times. but that wouldn't ever be printed. A a catholic i have panned 4 baptisms, yetThe comment you type in this box will appear on the site
