The Medical Protective Effect of Circumcision - Dr. Rabbi Mordechai Halperin, one of the founders of the Israeli Society for Medical Ethics, director of the Dr. Falk Schelsinger Institute for Medical-Halachic Research, chief editor of Assia, the Hebrew quarterly review of medical ethics and Jewish law and co-editor of the international journal Jewish Medical Ethics discuss the classical medical benefits of male circumcision, including its effect on the reduction of HIV infection.