News & Observer | newsobserver.com | Audio slide show: Brit Milah: An ancient Jewish tradition



Ken and Emily Matz, held a Brit Milah, known in English as a bris, in their Cary home for their newborn son, Jordan. The ceremony was lead by a local mohel, Dr. Richard Adelman, who is only one of two in the area. It is a religious and ritualistic practice of circumcision that Jews have done for thousands of years.

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