LA Times reporter explains why he chose Blake as son’s mohel
Author Sam Apple explained why he chose to have Emily Blake circumcise his son in a July 10, 2007 Los Angeles Times article titled, “America’s next top mohel“.
“A website for parents led me to a female mohel, and I arranged a dinner interview. Over grilled salmon, she demonstrated her technique with a lollipop and a circumcision instrument known as a Gomco Clamp. I liked that she was not afraid to brandish her Gomco in public. When she said that performing circumcisions was her calling in life, I was moved. This was the type of devotion I had been seeking. On an impulse, I put down my fork and asked her to circumcise my son. She said she would.”
Emily is also featured in Apple’s book, American Parent: My Strange and Surprising Adventures in Modern Babyland.
