Rabbinical Board

Rabbi Yitzhak Tuvia Weiss, Shlita
Chief Rabbi of Jerusalem

Hacham Shaul J. Kassin, Shilta
Chief Rabbi Sephardic Community

Rabbi Shmuel Birnbaum, Zt'l
Rosh Yeshiva, MIR

Rabbi Reuven Feinstein, Shlita

Rabbi Yisroel Belsky, Shlita
Rosh Yeshiva, Torah Vodaath

Executive Committee

Rabbi Binyomin Landau
Romi Cohn, Chairman
Rabbi Mordecahi Kohn
Rabbi Yitzchok Kruger
Morris H. Abraham

Medical Advisory Council

Dr. Robert Adler
Dr. Yitzchok Ariel, MD
(professor immunology)

Dr. Mordechai Beityakov

Dr. Daniel S. Berman F.A.C.P.
(professor immunology)

Dr. Max Bulmash, MD
Dr. Stuart Ditcheck, MD
 
Dr. Kenneth Glassberg, MD
prof. urology, Columbia U.
director, div. of pediatric urology
Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital

Dr. Sidney Kalish, MD
Dr. Albert Matalon, MD
Dr. Robert Matalon, MD
Dr. Eddy Reichman, MD
Dr. Elias Sasson, MD

Dr. Sherman J. Silber, MD
Prof. urology and microsurgery
St. Luke's Hospital
Saint Louis, MO.

Dr. Jeff Soloman
Dr. Steve Styler, MD
Dr. Baruch Uabov
Dr. Joseph Wahba, MD
Dr. Jacob Warman, MD

OBJECTS AND PURPOSES OF THE AMERICAN BOARD OF RITUAL CIRCUMCISION

PROFOUNDLY conscious that the precept of Bris Milah or ritual circumcision, has, since time immemorial, been a central tenet of the Jewish faith, from the very nascence of the Jewish religion;

RECALLING that, since the days of Abraham our forefather, the practice of Bris Milah has constituted a sacred and immutable covenant between the Jewish people and the Creator;

MINDFUL that the sanctity of life is a peremptory norm of Jewish life and the body of Halacha, being the system of ethic-legal principles, rules, practices and usages which governs every aspect of its conduct;

REAFFIRMING that the practice of Bris Milah takes place within the framework of the peremptory Jewish norm of the sanctity of life;

REALIZING that this requires the exercise of extreme caution in matters relating to, or impinging upon, the health and well-being of infants upon whom Bris Milah is performed;

NOTING with pride that these principles have been unequivocally endorsed by leading halachic authorities down through the ages;

DESIRING to make a positive contribution to the implementation of these principles, both in letter as well as in spirit;

THE AMERICAN BOARD OF RITUAL CIRCUMCISION IS HEREBY CONSTITUTED WITH THE FOLLOWING OBJECTS AND PURPOSES:

1. To create, disseminate and administer proper standards for the practice of Bris Milah in accordance with sound medical principles, based on the finest current scientific and medical knowledge.

2. To this end, to identify and consult with the most outstanding scientific and medical experts in all relevant fields.

3. To implement all of this under the strict guidance and control of a rabbinical board, comprising of halachic authorities of the highest caliber.

 

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