Recent mohel recommendations?
Hi all, as we prepare for our son’s birth we would appreciate hearing of any experiences (positive or negative) with mohels in the last few years. Who is currently performing bris ceremonies in the Bay? Ideally we would be looking for a mohel who has a medical background and is open to performing a bris for a modern/interfaith Jewish family.
May 3, 2022
Parent Replies
If I had to do it over again, I would use a doctor familiar with the procedure and even go to the doctor's office for the procedure, have a bris celebration at home on another day. The reason why is that the mohels here are not adept enough to make a perfect cut, leaving the appendage misshapen. It may not be noticeable as a baby or young child but becomes much more noticeable when the child reaches puberty and adulthood. Good Luck!
Joel Piser is the go-to for caring circumcision by a working urologist.
Rabbi Moshe Trager is a fantastic person and mohel. He works throughout the Bay Area. Cannot recommended him enough.
http://calimohel.com
We used Dr. Weiss-Ishai (https://www.thebrisdoctor.com) for our son’s bris in December 2021. She was phenomenal and I’d highly recommend her. She created a really beautiful ceremony and incorporated my non-Jewish parents. I also appreciated that she’s a practicing pediatrician. It made me feel more comfortable with the process. It was nice she came to our home and performed the bris so we didn’t have to go anywhere. She also seemed to really care about our son and his healing process. She proactively checked in on us to see how we were doing, which I really appreciated. I would highly recommend her for a bris.
Just had a great experience with Dr. Debra Weiss-Ishai!
I second the recommendation for Joel Piser. He performed my first son’s bris in 2019 and we will go to him again for #2 this fall. His wife—a hand surgeon!—actually does the procedure, so I’m not sure you could even find a better option in terms of technique and accuracy.