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He received an unnecessary [[Brit Milah| ritual circumcision]], after which a serious, painful [[complication]] developed.
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[[File:GaryShteyngart.jpg|thumb|{{FULLPAGENAME}}]]'''{{FULLPAGENAME}}''', MFA, ({{LifeData|birth=1972-05-05|birthplace=Leningrad|birthcountry=Soviet Union|death=|deathplace=|deathcountry=}}), is although born to a Soviet-born Jewish novelist and journalistfamily, was not [[circumcised]], who migrated to the because [[United Statesritual circumcision]] was not permitted in the Soviet Union at the age of seven yearsthat 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 [https://www.columbia.edu/ {{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
|url=https://wwwarchive.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/10/11md/a-botched-circumcision-and-its-aftermathu323b
|last=Shteyngart
|first=Gary
|init=G
|author-link=Gary Shteyngart
|publisher=The New Yorker
|date=2021-10-04
|accessdate=2024-07-19
|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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* [[Skin bridge]]
* [[United States of America]]
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* {{URLwikipedia|Gary_Shteyngart|Gary Shteyngart}}
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