It is the duty of the father to have his child circumcised; and if he fails in this, the beth din of the city must see that the rite is performed.Talmud Kid. 29a. According to traditional Jewish law, in the absence of a grown free Jewish male expert, a woman, a slave, or a child, that has the required skills, is also authorized to perform the circumcision, provided that she or he is Jewish.Talmud Avodah Zarah 27a; Menachot 42a; Maimonides' Mishneh Torah, Milah, ii. 1; Shulkhan Arukh, Yoreh De'ah, 264:1 However, most streams of non-Orthodox Judaism allow women to be mohalot (, plural of mohelet, feminine of mohel), without restriction. In 1984, Deborah Cohen became the first certified Reform mohelet; she was certified by the Berit Mila program of Reform Judaism.Berit Mila Program of Reform Judaism Retrieved 2 February 2015
