Oh dear, I have to make a slight and highly qualified dissent to the circumcision debate. NOT being circumcized is a fairly substantial risk factor for HIV infection in certain parts of the world, especially but not only sub-Saharan African. So adult circumcision in regions with high HIV incidence have become a major initiative to combat the AIDS pandemmic.

However, there's no question the history of circumcision in the American non-Jewish context is full of bogus nonsense.

And here I was going to just leave a pleasant note about the book. Oh well.