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Tuesday, January 9, 2007 12:00 AM

The unkindest cut

When our son was born, my wife decided circumcision was barbaric, but my parents insisted it was an essential Jewish tradition. Behold the sad tale of how one foreskin tore a family apart.
By Neal Pollack

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  • Tuesday, January 9, 2007 12:01 PM

    lots of letters

    Of course there have been lots of letters about this. When I was 24, I realized what being cut meant to me. Most of my discoveries and realizations were quite painful to experience.

    Neal is a humorous writer, but I still found myself feeling sad by the end of the article.

    —Laid Back Radical Read Laid Back Radical's other letters

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