The community was also lacking a moel to perform circumcisions.

In Nairobi and in rural Kenyan centers with small hospitals, parents approach doctors and ask them to perform hygienic circumcisions.

He would sometimes inject 94% ethanol solution into his members stomachs, or perform circumcisions on the children and adults of the group.

"Most people find it a plus," said Dr. Marjorie Cramer, a Manhattan plastic surgeon who has been performing circumcisions for 14 years.

The tsunga performs circumcisions (e.g. excision and infibulation) on the girls of the tribe.

Even in some places where it is illegal, medical personnel perform circumcisions in government hospitals.

Bring on a mohel - the man who performs circumcisions - and get a laugh.

Traditionally, a community member performed circumcisions in the boy's home, though some families now have the procedure done in a medical center.

The bridegroom, 44, based in New York, performs Jewish, interfaith and nonreligious circumcisions.