Dr. Daniel Berman and Prof. Brenda Breuer and Prof. Awi Federgruen

Dr. Daniel Berman is an infectious disease specialist at Albert Einstein Hospital and Montefiore Medical Center; Professor Brenda Breuer is director of epidemiologic research, Department of Pain Medicine and Palliative Care, Beth Israel Medical Center; Professor Awi Federgruen is Charles E. Exley professor of management at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Business.

Op-Eds

Consent Forms For Metzitzah B'Peh - Empowering Parents Or Interfering In Religious Practice?

By Dr. Daniel Berman and Prof. Brenda Breuer and Prof. Awi Federgruen

In a recent Jewish Press op-ed article (“In Defense of Parental Consent for Metzizah B’Peh,” Oct. 18), the reader was asked to “imagine” (emphasis ours) what the author described as a “commonplace scenario" where parents who are ignorant about MBP have a child die as a result of this procedure.