Jonathan Friedman is a New York City-based human rights activist. He holds a bachelor of science in engineering from The Cooper Union. Jonathan is the webmaster and newsletter editor for Attorneys for the Rights of the Child, Projects Coordinator at foregen, a contributer to the Beyond the Bris Project, and participates in community volunteer projects in New York City.
(NEW YORK, NY) — Celebrity Rabbi Shmuley Boteach debated the issue of circumcision with Jewish filmmaker Eliyahu Ungar-Sargon, creator of CUT: Slicing through the myths of circumcision, this past Monday at the Manhattan Jewish Experience in the Upper West Side section of Manhattan. Rabbi Boteach is the author of "Kosher Sex" and has appeared alongside celebrities such as Oprah Winfrey, Michael Jackson, and Christopher Hitchens.
(NEW YORK, NY) — James F. Smith, M.D. is calling on obstetricians and gynecologists to stop performing routine infant circumcision. Dr. Smith argues that infant circumcision belongs in the medical field of pediatrics, and that pediatricians are the ones who should be performing circumcision.
(NEW YORK, NY) — UN Women has published their first report on the progress and remaining inequalities for women around the world. Progress of the World's Women: In Pursuit of Justice, cites a 91% prevalence of FGM in Egypt, as well as similarly high prevalence figures for FGM in many sub-Saharan countries.
Genital integrity activists marched under the banner of Intact America during last Sunday's NYC Pride parade as an estimated 2 million people watched from the sidelines.
