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'''{{FULLPAGENAME}}''', MFA, ({{LifeData|birth=1972-05-05|birthplace=Leningrad|birthcountry=Soviet Union}}), | [[File:GaryShteyngart.jpg|thumb|{{FULLPAGENAME}}]] | ||
'''{{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 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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