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'''{{FULLPAGENAME}}''' ({{LifeData|birth=1972-05-05|birthplace=Leningrad|birthcountry=Soviet Union|death=|deathplace=|deathcountry=}}) is a Soviet-born Jewish writer. He received a [[Brit Milah| ritual circumcision]] after he migrated to the [[United States]].
'''{{FULLPAGENAME}}''', MFA, ({{LifeData|birth=1972-05-05|birthplace=Leningrad|birthcountry=Soviet Union}}), although born to a Jewish family, was not [[circumcised]], because [[ritual circumcision]] was not permitted in the Soviet Union at that time.
 
'''{{FULLPAGENAME}}''' is a Soviet-born Jewish novelist and journalist, who migrated to the [[United States]] when seven-years-old.  
 
 
He received an unnecessary [[Brit Milah|ritual circumcision]], after which a serious, painful [[complication]] developed. He had a [[skin bridge]], which is a complication of [[circumcision]] that cannot occur in [[foreskinned]] men.
 
He teaches writing at {{UNI|Columbia University|CUNY}} and is a contributor to <i>The New Yorker</i>.


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  |quote=After the infection had subsided, the shaft of my [[penis]] was crowded by a skyline of redundant [[foreskin]] that included, on the underside, a thick attachment of skin stretching from the head to the shaft of the genital, a result of improper healing that is called a [[skin bridge]]. A small gap could be seen between this skin bridge and the penis proper.  
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Latest revision as of 22:41, 21 May 2025

Gary Shteyngart

Gary Shteyngart, MFA, (born 5 May 1972 in Leningrad, Soviet Union), although born to a Jewish family, was not circumcised, because ritual circumcision was not permitted in the Soviet Union at that time.

Gary Shteyngart is a Soviet-born Jewish novelist and journalist, who migrated to the United States when seven-years-old.


He received an unnecessary ritual circumcision, after which a serious, painful complication developed. He had a skin bridge, which is a complication of circumcision that cannot occur in foreskinned men.

He teaches writing at Columbia University and is a contributor to The New Yorker.

  • REFnews Shteyngart, Gary (4 October 2021)."A botched circumcision and its aftermath", The New Yorker. Retrieved 19 July 2024.
    Quote: After the infection had subsided, the shaft of my penis was crowded by a skyline of redundant foreskin that included, on the underside, a thick attachment of skin stretching from the head to the shaft of the genital, a result of improper healing that is called a skin bridge. A small gap could be seen between this skin bridge and the penis proper.

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