“ can cut down the costs . . . particularly in an economy when invitees may not be able to spare the cash for a flight to Jamaica, or even the drive to Florida.” --“On Distant, but Economical, Weddings," The New York Times The high point of the destination bris I’d arranged for Sally Shviger was going to be the tossing of the foreskin. So that after the circumcision, at which Sally’s uncle, Reb Mordecai, officiated, Sally’s husband Leroy wrapped the tiny piece of precious child in white linen, stood with his back to a group of his single man-friends, and tossed it high over his shoulder. At Sally’s wedding, Dawn Ginsbergh had caught the bouquet, and we were all rooting for Dawn’s boyfriend Heshy Farkas to make the catch so he’d have to pop the question. But as...

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