simchat

Why not say simchat bat has a certain degree of sexism and wish for a direct equivalent for boys?

Feminism and Brit Milah: Reconciling Faith and Personal Politics « Gender Across Borders 2009

As you point out, simchat bat and brit shalom are essentially the same thing, because neither involve circumcision.

Feminism and Brit Milah: Reconciling Faith and Personal Politics « Gender Across Borders 2009

A ceremony geared toward girls — simchat bat — in which the baby is welcomed into the faith and officially given a Hebrew name, is now practiced in most denominations of Judaism.

Feminism and Brit Milah: Reconciling Faith and Personal Politics « Gender Across Borders 2009

This is Allie, who will be acting as kvatterin during Margie's simchat bat.

MORE FROM GINNY BATES: ALLIE AND MARGIE Maggie Jochild 2007

We thought to call it simchat shanah, a celebration of the year.

Simchat Shanah–A (Funky?) Liturgical Innovation | Jewschool 2007

I think the brilliance of the new simchat shannah was not so much the choices of selections for the seasons to be included but the idea to use the seasonal framework in general.

Simchat Shanah–A (Funky?) Liturgical Innovation | Jewschool 2007

It includes detailed information about what takes place at a simchat bat or naming ceremony, as well as information on ways a child's interfaith family can participate in the ceremony.

InterfaithFamily.com 2009

Thinking outside the sphere of standard practice, we emended prayers to be inclusive in language, we held seders that focused on women’s oppression and liberation, and we developed new ceremonies – simchat bat, for instance, to welcome daughters into the covenant at birth.

Maralee Gordon: Statement 2010

And there is a weight given to brit milah that simchat bat simply doesn’t have.

Feminism and Brit Milah: Reconciling Faith and Personal Politics « Gender Across Borders 2009