- Yisrael Campbell
Yisrael Campbell is a Philadelphia born Israeli comedian. [ http://www.jewishexponent.com/article/15381/] [http://epoch-archive.com/a1/en/edition.php?dir=uk/nnn/2008/02-Feb/06] [http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1215330927315&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull]
Cambbell, 45, grew up Catholic in a Philadephia suburb. One of his aunts is a Catholic nun. A typical Campbell joke is that the fact that his aunt is a nun, “ Which of course makes Jesus my uncle… is good for getting parking in Jerusalem." Campbell converted to Judaism with a Reform rabbi, but says that a “spiritual hunger” led him to have a second conversion with a Conservative rabbi. On a four month visit to Israel in 2000 he decided to have a third conversion and live as an Orthodox Jew. [So this Catholic goes to Israel ... and other jokes from the Holy Land , THE GLOBE AND MAIL, Michael Posner, 05/05/08)]
Campbell is married. He and his wife, Avital, a Talmud teacher, have three children, including four-year-old twins, and live in Jerusalem. [So this Catholic goes to Israel ... and other jokes from the Holy Land , THE GLOBE AND MAIL, Michael Posner, 05/05/08)]
The Guardian wrote that “As far as we know, Lenny Bruce never had sex with an Orthodox Jew, but if he had he would have produced Yisrael Campbell.” [ “Wildly Emotional – In a very quiet way,” The Guardian, Dec. 17, 2007.]In 2006 Campbell appeared with the
Israeli-Palestinian Comedy Tour .Campbell is the subject of a 2008 documentary film,
Circumcize Me .Outside link
http://yisraelcampbell.com/live/
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