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Zoom bris

eight-day-old Ezra Samuel Knaster was welcomed into the covenant with his bris milah, there were only four people in the room, including Ezra. Ezra’s virtual bris — via Zoom — was another sign of the strange times of social distancing and quarantine. It was also a statement that no matter the obstacles, nothing can stop some revered rituals of Jewish life. Ezra’s parents Melanie and Brandon Knaster knew that they were having a boy before he was born March 26, so they planned on having a bris, on his eighth day of life — health permitting — with all the usual elements of such a celebration. That meant a large guest list, honors for family members and, of course, food. By mid-March, the COVID-19 pandemic started […]
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