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A 5 page research paper that begins by giving the pertinent details to an interview with a member of a minority culture—in this case a Jewish mother—for the purposes of exploring health concerns connected with cultural differences. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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her husbands religion. Larrys family has been in this country for several generations. The interview was conducted at Julies home in Raleigh, North Carolina. Although a newcomer to Judaism,
Julie has embraced her religion and studied extensively. I limited the context of our interview to Jewish birth rituals, specifically Jewish ritual circumcision of male children, the "Bris Milah."
First of all, I asked Julie to describe the ritual. She explained that she preferred to have the ritual performed in the traditional manner by a Mohel at the
temple that she attends, rather then in a hospital by a doctor, although she did also say that the Mohel often performs this ritual within the home of the parents.
Traditional Jewish law guides the practice of the ritual, which dictates that it cannot be performed before the baby is eight days old. The actual procedure of the Bris
Milah is quite similar to routine circumcision, but the differences are significant. Primarily the major difference is that the Jewish ritual is within the context of family and friends witnessing
the event. According to Julie, many of the prayers that are part of the ceremony are centuries old. Some member of the family and special friends are assigned honorary
roles in the ritual. For instance, one honorary role is that of "Sandek." Julie described how the legs of her sons where held by the Sandek. Also as part of
the ritual, the boy child is given a Hebrew name, which is frequently in honor, or in memory, of a relative. The Mohel who circumcised her sons first inserted a
probe around the head of the glans of the penis. This device also serves as shield, which prevents the Mohel from cutting off an excessive degree of the foreskin. However,
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