Police: Man On Way To Perform Circumcision Was Drunk
Delicate Ritual Is Traditional Jewish Procedure
POSTED: 2:10 p.m. EDT August 23, 2002
UPDATED: 2:12 p.m. EDT August 23, 2002
A suburban Detroit man will appear at a pretrial hearing on Monday on charges he was driving drunk on his way to perform a circumcision.
Samuel Greenbaum (pictured, left), 58, is one of five Detroit-area mohels, those who perform a delicate Jewish ritual, called a bris.
West Bloomfield, Mich., police said that Greenbaum failed a breathalyzer test after he was spotted driving erratically.
Ken Gutman, the father of the infant who was being feted at the bris, said that he was initially worried about the mohel when he was an hour late. About 70 family and friends had gathered at the Gutman home in West Bloomfield Township for the occasion.
The incident happened on June 18 a few blocks from Greenbaum's destination, according to the Oakland County Sheriff's department. Greenbaum told police that he had attended another bris earlier in the day and had a couple of glasses of wine there.
Greenbaum is a cantor and former president of The Congregation at Beth Shalom in Oak Park, Mich.
Samuel Greenbaum (pictured, left), 58, is one of five Detroit-area mohels, those who perform a delicate Jewish ritual, called a bris.
West Bloomfield, Mich., police said that Greenbaum failed a breathalyzer test after he was spotted driving erratically.
Ken Gutman, the father of the infant who was being feted at the bris, said that he was initially worried about the mohel when he was an hour late. About 70 family and friends had gathered at the Gutman home in West Bloomfield Township for the occasion.
The incident happened on June 18 a few blocks from Greenbaum's destination, according to the Oakland County Sheriff's department. Greenbaum told police that he had attended another bris earlier in the day and had a couple of glasses of wine there.
Greenbaum is a cantor and former president of The Congregation at Beth Shalom in Oak Park, Mich.Copyright 2002 by Lifewhile.com. The Associated Press contributed to this report. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
