Philip Lloyd Sherman (April 26, 1956 – August 9, 2023) was an American Orthodox Jewish cantor, mohel, and actor.
Philip Lloyd Sherman was born on April 26, 1956, to a secular Jewish family[1] in Syracuse, New York.
[1] Sherman performed his first brit milah (Jewish ritual circumcision) at the age of 21 in Brooklyn in February 1978.
[4][2] Sherman also worked as an actor, and quipped on his website that he was "the only Modern Orthodox Jewish motorcycle-riding Mohel in SAG/AFTRA".
[8] Sherman disliked doctors performing ritual circumcisions, as he believed it blurred the lines between a medical procedure and a religious ceremony.
[2] Philip Sherman died from pancreatic cancer at his home in Englewood, New Jersey, on August 9, 2023, at the age of 67.