First Person on Circumcision

The thought of attending caused me so much anxiety that I decided to be kind to myself and give myself permission not to attend.

Every day we travel down the highway of life. Yet there are times that we are tuned in and the reception is perfect and other times that we are so far away that all we hear is static...

Herring, lox, smoked whitefish on a bed of lettuce, fresh bagels, cream cheese... But what to serve when the meal is for your own Bris?

In a world where a person is worth something only after he proves himself, my child was nothing but a cute 6.5-pound mass. But in a world that views a new baby as the very future of a nation, the key to our continuance, my child was a star . . .