Living While Circumcised

Jay Geller is Professor of Modern Jewish Culture, emeritus, at Vanderbilt University, where he taught in the Divinity School and the Department of Jewish Studies from 1994 to 2021. He is the author of On Freud's Jewish Body: Mitigating Circumcisions (2007), The Other Jewish Question: Identifying the Jew and Making Sense of Modernity (2011), and Bestiarium Judaicum: Unnatural Histories of the Jews (2018). He has published numerous articles, book chapters, and reviews on aspects of the Shoah.

Preface
Introduction: S(h)ibboleth: Circumcision and Jewish Survival During the Shoah
1. Naturally, They Were All Circumcised
2. Crossing Over
3. Medical Examinations / Éxamens médicaux
4. Showers and Other Body Washes
5. Children's Games and Other Pastimes
6. Sex and Other Intimate Acts
7. Explaining Away Circumcision
8. Muslim and Other Circumcised Identities
9. Epispasms and Foreskin Foresight
10. Uncircumcision
11. Bluff Calling and Other Recourses
12. Cross-Dressing
13. To Bris or Not to Bris
14. Postliberation
Conclusion
Appendix 1: Euphemisms for and Indirect References to Circumcision in Scenes of (Potential) Examination and Exposure in the Sources
Appendix 2: Audio/Audiovisual Testimonies Database Rubrics, Fields, Values (with Codes)
Notes
Bibliography
Index