Yuri Foreman is an Israeli professional boxer who held the WBA super welterweight title from 2009 to 2010. He was born in Gomel, Belarus, but currently fights out of Brooklyn, New York. Foreman has also pursued Jewish religious studies during his boxing career, and in 2014 was ordained as a rabbi. He has been referred to as the "Boxing Rabbi."
Foreman in 2008
Foreman and Miguel Cotto at their weigh-in, 2010
Gomel or Homyel is a city in Belarus. It serves as the administrative centre of Gomel Region and Gomel District, though it is administratively separated from the district. As of 2024, it is the second-largest city in Belarus with 501,102 inhabitants.
Top: Gomel State Circus Arena (left) and Gomel State Post Office heritage building (right) Center: Rumyantsev-Paskevich Palace and statue of Nikolay Rumyantsev Bottom: Saint Peters and Pavel Orthodox Church, Gomel Nativity of Virgin Mary Church, and Gomel City Council (left to right)
Gomel's inner fortress in the 12th century
Pyotr Alexandrovich Rumyantsev-Zadunaisky (1725–1796)
Nikolay Petrovich Rumyantsev (1754–1826)