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'''{{FULLPAGENAME}}''', MFA, ({{LifeData|birth=1972-05-05|birthplace=Leningrad|birthcountry=Soviet Union}}), is a Soviet-born Jewish novelist and journalist, who migrated to the [[United States]] when seven-years-old.  
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'''{{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.


He teaches writing at {{UNI|Columbia University|CUNY}}.
'''{{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 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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  |title=A botched circumcision and its aftermath
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