We oppose the proposed ban and criminalization of circumcision in San Francisco:

The San Francisco Board of Supervisors

1. San Francisco Supervisor John Avalos
2. San Francisco Supervisor David Campos
3. San Francisco Supervisor David Chiu
4. San Francisco Supervisor Malia Cohen
5. San Francisco Supervisor Carmen Chu
6. San Francisco Supervisor Sean Elsbernd
7. San Francisco Supervisor Mark Farrell
8. San Francisco Supervisor Jane Kim
9. San Francisco Supervisor Eric Mar
10. San Francisco Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi
11. San Francisco Supervisor Scott Wiener

California and San Francisco Public Officials*

1. California State Assembly Member Tom Ammiano
2. California State Senator Mark Leno
3. California State Assembly Member Fiona Ma
4. California State Senator Leland Yee
5. Mayor Richard Bloom, City of Santa Monica
6. San Francisco Treasurer Jose Cisneros
7. San Francisco City Assessor Phil Ting
8. Willie L. Brown, Jr., Former Mayor of San Francisco
9. Richmond District Democratic Club
10. The San Francisco* Republican Party
11. Michael J. Antonini*, San Francisco Republican Party
12. Jason P. Clark*, General Counsel, San Francisco Republican Party
13. Richard Chapman*, San Francisco Republican County Central Committee
14. Harmeet K. Dhillon*, Chairwoman, San Francisco Republican Party
15. Alisa Farenzena*, San Francisco Republican County Central Committee
16. Michael Goldstein, Fourth Vice Chair, San Francisco Democratic County Central Committee
17. Arlo Hale Smith, San Francisco Democratic County Central Committee
18. Daniel Higa*, Manager, San Francisco Republican Party
19. Stephanie Jeong*, San Francisco Republican Party
20. Leslie Katz, San Francisco Democratic County Central Committee, and Former San Francisco Supervisor
21. Hene Kelly, San Francisco Democratic County Central Committee
22. Johnny Knadler*, San Francisco Republican County Central Committee
23. Rodney Leong*, Vice Chair of Events, San Francisco Republican Party
24. Rafael Mandelman, San Francisco Democratic County Central Committee
25. Christina Miller*, San Francisco Republican Party
26. Thomas Moyer*, San Francisco Repbulican Party
27. Rita O’Hara*, San Francisco Republican County Central Committee
28. Laura A. Peter*, Secretary, San Francisco Republican Party
29. Richard Worner*, San Francisco Republican Party
30. David Kiachko*, San Francisco Republican Party
31. Michela Alioto Pier, Former San Francisco Supervisor
32. Christopher L. Bowman*, Past Vice Chair, San Francisco Republican County Central Committee
33. Mike De Nunzio*, Past Chair, San Franciscio Republican Party, California State Commissioner on Aging
34. Bevan Dufty, Former San Francisco Supervisor
35. Howard Epstein, Immediate Past Chair, San Francisco Republican Party
36. Dr. Terence Faulkner*, Past San Francisco Republican County Chairman
37. Jake McGoldrick, Former San Francisco Supervisor
38. Aaron Peskin, Former San Francisco Board of Supervisors President
39. Art Agnos, Former Mayor of San Francisco

Legal Community

1. American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California
2. Bay Area Association of Muslim Lawyers
3. Professor Joel Paul, Associate Dean, UC Hastings College of Law
4. Sikh American Legal Defense and Education Fund

California Medical Community

1. American Academy of Pediatrics – California
2. The San Francisco Medical Society
3. Dr. Laurence Baskin, UC San Francisco Children’s Hospital, Professor and Chief of Urology and Pediatrics
4. Dr. Martin Brotman, President, Sutter Health West Bay
5. Dr. Sang-ick Chang, Chief Medical Officer, Alameda County Medical Center
6. Dr. Craig Cohen, Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, UC San Francisco
7. Dr. Richard J. Cohen, Urologist and Oncologist, California Pacific Medical Center
8. Dr. Sandra N. Cohen, Clinical Psychologist, Pacific Campus Hospital
9. Dr. Gary Gershony, Interventional Cardiologist, John Muir Cardiovascular Institute
10. Dr. Carol Roberts Gerson, Physician and Mohelet
11. Dr. Mark Glasser, Obstetrician/Gynecologist
12. Dr. Laurie Green, Obstetrician/Gynecologist, and Director, Brown and Toland Medical Group
13. Dr. Moses Grossman, Professor of Pediatrics, UC San Francisco, Former Chief of Pediatrics, San Francisco General Hospital
14. Dr. Daniel Jacobs, Chief of Surgery, Major Bay Area Regional Hospital
15. Dr. Robert Kahn, Urologist, Pan Pacific Urology, San Francisco
16. Dr. Brian Kaye, Rheumatologist and Clinical Professor of Medicine at UC San Francisco, and Sutter East Bay Medical Foundation in Berkeley
17. Dr. Fred Kogen, Obstetrician and Mohel
18. Dr. Brian McBeth, Department of Emergency Medicine, San Francisco General Hospital and Clinical Assistant Professor, UC San Francisco
19. Dr. Jeffery J. Rabinovitz, Pediatrician
20. Dr. Michael Rokeach, Chief of Medical Staff, California Pacific Medical Center
21. Dr. H Thomas Stein, Psychiatrist
22. Dr. Madlyn Stein, Internal Medicine
23. Dr. Eric Tabas, Obstetrician and Gynecologist, Associate Clinical Professor, UC San Francisco
24. Dr. Kevin Tabb, Chief Medical Officer, Stanford Hospital and Clinics
25. Dr. Paul Volberding, Professor of Medicine, UC San Francisco
26. The Jewish Chaplaincy at Stanford Medical Center
27. Chaplain Bruce Feldstein MD, Director, Jewish Chaplaincy at Stanford University Medical Center

HIV / STD Research Community

1. Dr. Arthur Ammann, President and Founder, Global Strategies for HIV Prevention
2. Kerry Gough, General Counsel, Global Strategies for HIV Prevention
3. Dr. John Greenspan, Associate Dean for Global Oral Health, and Director of the AIDS Research Institute, UC San Francisco
4. Dr. Daniel Halperin, Lecturer in Global Health, Harvard School of Public Health
5. Dr. Jay A. Levy, Professor of Medicine, Director of the Laboratory for Tumor and AIDS Virus Research, UC San Francisco
6. Dr. Edgar Schoen, Clinical Professor of Pediatrics Emeritus, UC San Francisco
7. Dr. Lory David Wiviott, Infectious Disease Specialist, California Pacific Medical Center
8. Jeff Spieler, Office of Population and Reproductive Health, USAID

Higher Education Endorsements

1. University of San Francisco
2. Dr. Natalie Berg*, Trustee, Board of Trustees, City College of San Francisco
3. Jeffrey Fang*, Student Trustee, City College of San Francisco Board
4. Peter Goldstein*, Vice Chancellor, City College of San Francisco
5. Dr. Don Griffin*, Chancellor, City College of San Francisco

Local Civic and Faith Endorsements

1. American Jewish Committee
2. Anti Defamation League
3. Archbishop George Niederauer, Catholic Archdiocese of San Francisco
4. Bishop Marc Andrus, Episcopal Diocese of California
5. Bishop Mark Holmerud*, Lutheran Bishop, Sierra Pacific Synod, Evangelical Lutheran Church of America
6. Board of Rabbis of Northern California
7. Cantor Lauren Bandman, Congregation Beth Am, Los Altos Hills
8. Cantor Roslyn Barak, Congregation Emanu-El, San Francisco
9. Cantor Sharon Bernstein, Congregation Sha’ar Zahav, San Francisco
10. Catholic Archdiocese of San Francisco
11. Chabad of San Francisco
12. Chadeish Yameinu Jewish Renewal, Santa Cruz
13. Paul Cohen, President, Menorah Park
14. Congregation Beth Am, Los Altos Hills
15. Congregation Beth El, Berkeley
16. Congregation Rodef Sholom, San Rafael
17. Rabbi Camille Shira Angel, Congregation Sha’ar Zahav, San Francisco
18. Council on American Islamic Relations – San Francisco Bay Area
19. Fairuz Abdullah, President, Bay Area Association of Muslim Lawyers
20. Fr. Gregory Coiro, O.F.M.Cap., Rector, The National Shrine of St. Francis of Assisi
21. Helene Casella*, Diablo Valley Hadassah
22. His Eminence Metropolitan Gerasimos, Greek Orthodox Metropolis of San Francisco
23. Imam Abdurrahman Anwar, Yaseen Foundation
24. Imam Ilyas Anwar, South Valley Islamic Community
25. Imam Tahir Anwar, South Bay Islamic Association, San Jose
26. Imam Zaid Shakir*, Zaytuna College
27. Islamic Networks Group
28. Jewish Community Relations Council of San Francisco
29. Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco
30. The Jewish Community Foundation
31. Jewish Family and Children’s Services of San Francisco, the Peninsula, Marin and Sonoma Counties
32. The Jewish Federation of the East Bay
33. Jewish Study Network
34. David Lee*, Grand Executive, Chinese American Citizens Alliance
35. Marin Interfaith Council
36. Meira Academy
37. Menorah Park
38. Monsignor John Talesfore, Pastor and Rector, Saint Mary’s Cathedral, San Francisco
39. Muslim American Society – Bay Area
40. Nehirim
41. Progressive Jewish Alliance and Jewish Funds for Justice, Bay Area
42. Rabbi Leslie Alexander, Los Gatos
43. Rabbi Mona Alfi, Congregation B’nai Israel, Sacramento
44. Rabbi Melanie Aron, Congregation Shir Hadash, Los Gatos
45. Rabbi Ryan Bauer, Congregation Emanu-El, San Francisco
46. Rabbi Allen B. Bennett, Temple Israel, Alameda
47. Rabbi Mark Bloom, Temple Beth Abraham, Oakland
48. Rabbi Shalom Bochner, Congregation Netivot Shalom, Berkeley
49. Rabbi Meredith Cahn, San Anselmo
50. Rabbi Ari Cartun, Congregation Etz Chayim, Palo Alto
51. Rabbi Steven Chester, Temple Sinai, Oakland
52. Rabbi Karen S. Citrin*, Peninsula Temple Beth El, San Mateo
53. Rabbi Micah J. Citrin*, Peninsula Temple Beth El, San Mateo
54. Rabbi Eli Cohen, Chadeish Yameinu Renewal, Santa Cruz
55. Rabbi Yonatan Cohen, Congregation Beth Israel, Berkeley
56. Rabbi David J. Cooper, Kehilla Community Synagogue, Piedmont
57. Rabbi Menachem Creditor, Congregation Netivot Shalom, Berkeley
58. Rabbi Judah Dardik, Beth Jacob Congregation, Oakland
59. Rabbi David Dunn Bauer, Nehirim
60. Rabbi Dennis J. Eisner, Peninsula Temple Beth El
61. Rabbi Yitzchok Feldman, Emek Beracha Congregation, Palo Alto
62. Rabbi Stacy Friedman, Congregation Rodef Sholom, San Rafael
63. Rabbi Pamela Frydman, Holocaust Education Project, Academy for Jewish Religion
64. Rabbi Marvin Goodman, Board of Rabbis
65. Rabbi Daniel Goldblatt*, Beth Chaim Congregation, Danville
66. Rabbi Sarah Graff, Congregation Kol Emeth, Palo Alto
67. Rabbi Laurie Matzkin*, Congregation Kol Emeth, Palo Alto
68. Rabbi Shaye Guttenberg, Jewish Study Network
69. Rabbi Julie Hilton Danan, Ph.D., Congregation Beth Israel, Chico
70. Rabbi Micah Hyman, Congregation Beth Sholom, San Francisco
71. Rabbi Jonathan Jaffe, Congregation Emanu-El, San Francisco
72. Rabbi Yoel Kahn, Congregation Beth El, Berkeley
73. Rabbi Patricia Karlin-Neumann, Senior Associate Dean for Religious Life, Stanford University
74. Rabbi Yosef Langer, Chabad of San Francisco
75. Rabbi Michael Lerner, Editor, Tikkun Magazine, Chair, The Network of Spiritual Progressives
76. Rabbi Chai Levy, Congregation Kol Shofar, Tiburon
77. Rabbi Sheldon Lewis, Rabbi Emeritus, Congregation Kol Emeth, Palo Alto
78. Rabbi Richard Litvak, Temple Beth El, Aptos
79. Rabbi Janet Marder, Congregation Beth Am, Los Altos Hills
80. Rabbi Mark Melamut, Congregation B’nai Emunah, San Francisco
81. Rabbi Sydney Mintz, Congregation Emanu El, San Francisco
82. Rabbi Adam Neftalin Kelman*, Executive Director, UC Berkeley Hillel
83. Rabbi Stephen Pearce, Congregation Emanu El, San Francisco
84. Rabbi Daniel Pressman*, Congregation Beth David, Saratoga
85. Rabbi Larry Raphael, Congregation Sherith Israel, San Francisco
86. Rabbi Adam Rosenwasser, Congregation Beth Am, Los Altos Hills
87. Rabbi Aaron Schonbrun, Saratoga
88. Rabbi Joshua Strulowitz, Congregation Adath Israel, San Francisco
89. Rabbi Julie Saxe-Taller, Congregation Sherith Israel, San Francisco
90. Rabbi Reuven H. Taff, Mosaic Law Congregation, Sacramento
91. Rabbi Peretz Wolf-Prusan, Senior Educator, Lehrhaus Judaica, San Francisco
92. Rabbi Yisroel Zaetz, Chabad, San Francisco
93. Rabbi Shlomo Zarchi, Congregation Chevra Thilim, San Francisco
94. Raoul Wallenberg Jewish Democratic Club
95. Reverend Amos Brown, NAACP Bay Area, Third Baptist Church
96. Reverend David Brown, Calvary Presbyterian Church of San Francisco
97. Reverend James DeLange, San Francisco Interfaith Council
98. Reverend Canon Charles P. Gibbs*, Executive Director of United Religions Initiative
99. Reverend Carol Hovis, Marin Interfaith Council
100. Reverend Jim Kitchens, Calvary Presbyterian Church of San Francisco
101. Right Reverend William Swing, Founder and President of United Religions Initiative
102. Reverend Cecil Williams, Founder and Minister of Liberation, Glide Memorial Church
103. San Francisco Interfaith Council
104. Simon Wiesenthal Center Campus Outreach
105. Arthur Slepian, Chair, LGBT Alliance of the Jewish Community Federation
106. Stephen Suleyman Schwartz*, Executive Director, Center for Islamic Pluralism
107. The Very Reverend Dr. Jane Shaw, Dean of Grace Cathedral, San Francisco
108. Temple Beth Abraham, Oakland
109. Yaseen Foundation

National Organizations and Individuals

1. Agudath Israel of America
2. ALEPH: Alliance for Jewish Renewal
3. American Jewish Committee
4. American Islamic Fellowship of Atlanta
5. American Muslim Voice Foundation
6. Anti Defamation League
7. Berit Mila Program of Reform Judaism and the National Organization of American Mohalim
8. B’nai B’rith International
9. Central Conference of American Rabbis
10. Dean Joshua Holo, Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion
11. El-Tawhid Juma Circle: A Coalition of Gender-Equal/GLBTQ-Friendly Mosques in North America
12. Foundation for Ethnic Understanding
13. Donna Friedman, Student Rabbi, Aleph Jewish Renewal
14. Hadassah, The Women’s Zionist Organization of America, Inc.
15. Hebrew Union College – Jewish Institute of Religion, Los Angeles Campus
16. International Rabbinic Fellowship
17. Islamic Society of North America
18. Jewish Community Relations Council of Atlanta
19. Jewish Council for Public Affairs
20. Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles
21. Jewish Federations of North America
22. Jewish Labor Committee
23. Jewish Reconstructionist Federation
24. Jewish War Veterans of the USA
25. Light of Reformation Mosque of D.C
26. Muslim Nurses Association
27. National Council of Jewish Women
28. Rabbi George Barnard, Northern Hills Synagogue, Cincinnati, OH
29. Rabbi Jordana Schuster Battis
30. Rabbi Andrea Berlin, Union for Reform Judaism
31. Rabbi Michael Chernick, PhD, Professor of Jewish Jurisprudence and Social Justice, Hebrew Union College
32. Rabbi Gary S. Creditor, Temple Beth El, Richmond, Virginia
33. Rabbi Gideon Estes, Congregation Or Ami, Houston, Texas
34. Rabbi Jason Herman, New York
35. Rabbi Michael Gold, Tamarac, Florida
36. Rabbi Benjamin Goldstein, Temple Beth El Mekor Chayim, New Jersey
37. Rabbi Sean Gorman, Toronto
38. Rabbi Irwin Kula, National Jewish Center for Learning and Leadership
39. Rabbi Judd E. Kruger Levingston, Philadelphia
40. Rabbi Jane Rachel Litman, Jewish Reconstructionist Federation
41. Rabbi Sue Mauer Morningstart, Aleph Jewish Renewal, OR
42. Rabbi Jay Moses, New York
43. Rabbi Elana E. Perry, Temple Sinai, Atlanta, Georgia
44. Rabbi Perry Raphael Rank, Midway Jewish Center in Syosset, Long Island
45. Rabbi Dr. Bernhard Rosenberg, New Jersey
46. Rabbi Ronald Roth, Fair Lawn Jewish Center/Congregation B’nai Israel, New Jersey
47. Rabbi Dr. Arthur Segal*, Jewish Spiritual Renewal of The Low Country, South Carolina
48. Rabbi Josh Whinston, Temple Beth David, Cheshire, Connecticut
49. Rabbi Dan Wigodsky, White Plains, NY
50. Rabbinical Assembly
51. Rabbinical Council of America
52. Temple Israel, Natick, Massachusetts
53. Union for Reform Judaism
54. Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America
55. United Muslims of America
56. United Muslims of America Interfaith Alliance
57. United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism
58. Unity Mosque of Toronto
59. Judy Yudof, Former International President, The United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism

*Affiliation for identification purposes only

(updated 7/9/11)