Hi, I am Jewish, dh is not. We intend to bring our babies up with knowledge of both religions but not to practise either really. We've decided no circumcision if it is a boy (or for that matter if it is a girl!!)and we're happy with this - so I am not looking for arguments or persuasion on either side as we have made our decision - I don't care if you think it is brutal or if you think it is essential - what I am interested in though is how your family took it. My grandfather is not happy that we will not have a boy circumcised. He will come round to it - he wasn't happy I got married on a Saturday but he still came to the wedding and was relatively nice about it - but he'll just have a strop first, and you know, a new baby is a blessing and I cannot be bothered to have the argument. Anyone else go through this? My family are not religious by the way - my grandfather goes to an orthodox synagogue but is not what we would call a frummer, and I grew up ion the reform movement. And nor are we having the baby christened which my dh's family expect I think but don't really care about either way - it's just how they assume things are done.