Foreskin Man is a comic book superhero created by Matthew Hess to protest against circumcision

Circumcision

Male circumcision is the surgical removal of some or all of the foreskin from the penis. The word "circumcision" comes from Latin and ....

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Fictional character biography

Foreskin Man's alter ego is Miles Hastwick, a former coporate scientist now curator of the Museum of Genital Integrity. He is adamantly against the practice of circumcision. In the first issue, Hastwick comes up with the alter ego of Foreskin Man to fight against practicioners of and the pro-circumcision lobby whom he feels have gained too much power through "all of the well connected doctors and lawyers."

Accusations of antisemitism

The second issue of Foreskin Man, in which the hero fights against a villain named Monster Mohel

Mohel

A mohel is a Jewish person trained in the practice of brit milah "covenant of circumcision."-Etymology of the Hebrew and Aramaic term:...

 drew criticism from Jewish advocacy groups including the Anti-Defamation League

Anti-Defamation League

The Anti-Defamation League is an international non-governmental organization based in the United States. Describing itself as "the nation's premier civil rights/human relations agency", the ADL states that it "fights anti-Semitism and all forms of bigotry, defends democratic ideals and protects...

. Nancy Appel, the ADL's associate director, was quoted as saying,

"The (Monster) mohel has a dark complexion, hook nose and is practically drooling at the thought of apparently doing harm to a child, he even has claws on his fingertips. He is blood thirsty just like the grotesque Jewish stereotypes that appeared in Nazi propaganda. It's absolutely a direct parallel."