[speechlesstx]

Foreskin Man. That's right ladies and gentlemen, unhindered by arguments of science, medicine or reason, the anti-circumcision crowd has created a superhero to combat the evil Mohel. You just can't make this stuff up...



The Anti-Defamation League is none too happy about it, and some of us are wondering why they didn't depict a monstrous Imam about to attack some defenseless child.

[excon]

Hello Steve:

Circumcision is ritualistic child abuse... I'll be you don't have any kind words about Africans who ritually circumcise their daughters..

excon

[speechlesstx]

Ah, so you're OK with anti-Semitism? That's odd for a Jew. As far as I know we don't have a pressing problem with female circumcision in the U.S. We DO have a problem with lunatic, anti-Semitic leftists.

[tomder55]

The medical community is divided about the benefits of circumcision . I agree that a lot of the circumcisions are rooted in ritual . But much of the ritual of the desert religions come from practical health reasons that may or may not be valid today.
Here is one medical link for the benefit. There are others that are con.
Benefits from Circumcision, Medical, Hygiene

Edit... the illustration makes it look like the Rabbi is about to perform the "blood libel"

[excon]

Ah, so you're ok with anti-Semitism?

Hello again, Steve:

I'm against Priests molesting people too, but I wouldn't call me anti-Catholic. Just cause I'm a Jew doesn't make everything Jews do, OK.

excon

[speechlesstx]

So you are OK with these morons' anti-Semitism? That's the point of this post, not the merits of circumcision, female mutilation or abuse by priest. Try to stay focused here.

Nancy J. Appel, ADL Associate Regional Director, issued the following statement:

“This is an advocacy campaign taken to a new low. This is a sensitive, serious issue where good people can disagree and which the Jewish community feels is an assault on its values and traditions going back thousands of years and centered in the Hebrew Bible. It is one thing to debate it, is another thing to degrade it. ’Foreskin Man,’ with its grotesque anti-Semitic imagery and themes, reaches a new low and is disrespectful and deeply offensive.

“The comic book portrays mohels — those specially trained to perform the traditional Jewish circumcision ceremony — as rapacious, bloodthirsty and bent on harming children. Some of the imagery calls to mind age-old anti-Semitic canards such as the blood libel, the accusation that Jews ritually murder Christian children. Another comic in the series also calls up more subtle anti-Jewish themes, such as when a character complains that the ‘pro-circumcision lobby’ has ‘all of the well-connected doctors and lawyers.’

“We would have hoped those backing the anti-circumcision effort in San Francisco would know better than to use this type anti-Semitic imagery to advance their cause. No matter what one’s personal opinions of male circumcision, it is irresponsible to use stereotypical caricatures of religious Jews to promote the anti-circumcision agenda.”