Making the modern mohel
Emily was featured in a CT Jewish Ledger article on June 1, 2011 titled, “Making the modern mohel”.
A board-certified ob-gyn and mohel, Dr. Emily J. Blake has performed thousands of circumcisions since 1990 and covers for Atkins on occasion.
“Through my medical training, I had become skilled in performing circumcision, but my Jewish identity led me to question the difference between a medical circumcision and the brit milah,” says Blake, who works throughout the Northeast. “I was moved to obtain the religious training that would allow my medical abilities to be guided by a profound spiritual intent.”
