Brit Milah/Circumcision
Snip it!
Stances on Ritual Circumcision
Exhibition
24 Oct 2014 to 1 Mar 2015
Snip it! Stances on Ritual Circumcision
Exhibition catalog, including excerpts for download
Publication
2014
Circumcision
Identity Politics and / or Health Issue? Talk by Sander L. Gilman
Video Recording
8 May 2013
Snip it?!
Presentation of a study on the circumcision debate followed by a discussion
Video Recording
4 Dec 2014
Behind the Scenes: Entries on the Exhibition “Snip it! Stances on Circumcision” (9)
Entries on the Exhibition “Snip it! Stances on Circumcision”
Interviews and stories by our employees, which were published as part of the exhibition Snip it! Stances on Circumcision, you can now read here on our website.
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After the Exhibition is Before the Exhibition
Martina Lüdicke on the decision to dedicate a separate exhibition to questions of circumcision raised in the exhibition The Whole Truth
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On Belonging and Family Debates
A conversation about a circumcision that didn’t happen
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“I didn’t want to ‘get lost’”
Alice Lanzke talked with Rabbi Goldberg about the complaint that he was liable for “dangerous personal injury” due to the circumcisions he performed.
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“It was only later that I had my doubts”
Mirjam Wenzel talked with Naomi about her thoughts on ritual circumcision, then and now.
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David’s Circumcision
Shlomit Tulgan, who knows David from childhood, tells us the story of his circumcision.
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On the Hamster Wheel of Argumentation
Andy Simanowitz, guide in the exhibition Snip it!, reports on stubborn questions and spirals of argumentation.
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“Part of something greater”
Alice Lanzke spoke with Amitay and Meital from Israel about the circumcision of their son.
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A Circumcision to Keep the (Family) Peace
Alice Lanzke spoke with a Muslim mother about the question: should her four-year-old son be circumcised?
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“The best solution would be that the baby is a girl”
Jörg Waßmer prepared the inventory of Fritz Wachsner’s estate and got some insights into an internal Jewish debate about circumcision.
Essay
2015