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"Across the board, the infection rate for circumcisions is less than one half of one percent. The baby could have gotten herpes from a relative or someone in the Hospital, or many other people. You can't say for sure it was the circumcision."
-Rabbi Philip Sherman, pedophile "Mohel to the Stars"

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Report: DA Investigating Mohel In Baby Death Probe

Steve Lieberman
Journal News
March 14, 2012

A Monsey rabbi once linked to the herpes-related death of a baby through oral-suction circumcisions is part of an investigation by the Brooklyn District Attorney’s Office into a newborn baby’s recent death from the virus, authorities said Wednesday.

Rabbi Yitzchok Fischer remains prohibited by a 2007 order from performing the oral-suction ritual and was sent a letter Wednesday stating that, a New York state Department of Health spokesman said.

“He was sent a letter reminding him the summary order is still in effect and that he cannot perform this ritual,” agency spokesman Michael Moran said.

Fischer has used his mouth to suction blood from the wound after he removes the foreskin. The centuries-old ritual, called metzitzah b’peh, is used predominantly by Hasidic and ultra-Orthodox Jews.

The ritual became a public debate after the death of one of three babies who had contracted the herpes simplex one virus in late 2004 following the oral-suction circumcisions by Fischer.

In late September, a 2-week-old boy died in Brooklyn, leading to the recent investigation into the circumstances of the newborn’s death, according to Jerry Schmetterer, a spokesman for Brooklyn District Attorney Charles Hynes.

Fischer became part of the investigation, partially from his history and the previous incidents.

The baby’s cause of death was from “disseminated herpes simplex virus type 1, complicating ritual circumcision with oral suction,” said Ellen Borakove, the public affairs director for the New York City Office of the Chief Medical Examiner.

Rockland Health Department Commissioner Dr. Joan Facelle said Wednesday that there have been no reported herpes cases related to the circumcision method in Rockland.

A newspaper, The Jewish Week, recently reported that Fischer still was performing the controversial circumcisions.

The newspaper reported on taped conversations in which Fischer is heard scheduling a circumcision with a caller who asks him to perform metzitzah b’peh. On the recording, “Rabbi Fischer asks the caller whether the bris will take place ‘in Monsey or the city’, noting that he ‘can only do it in Rockland County,’ ” according to the newspaper.

http://www.lohud.com/article/20120314/NEWS03/303140069/Rabbi-part-prob
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http://www.thejewishweek.com/news/new_york/exclusive_banned_mohel_stil
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"Less commonly practiced, and more controversial, is metzitzah b'peh, (alt. mezizah), or oral suction, where the mohel sucks blood from the circumcision wound. The traditional reason for this procedure is to minimize the potential for postoperative complications, although the practice has been implicated in the spreading of herpes to the infant."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brit_milah

"The procedure is extremely quick, and relatively painless. According to most Rabbinic authorities, Jewish law does allow the use of a topical anaesthetic cream (EMLA®, or MAXELINE®). The Brit may be performed in a Synagogue, social hall, or in a private home."
-Rabbi Moshe Shulman, Certified Mohel, "BRIT MILAH (Ritual Circumcision)"
http://www.milah.net/

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www.piratenews.org/jewish-rabbis-suck-dick.html

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