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Circumcise Me is a 2008 movie about the American-born Israeli comedian Yisrael Campbell.[1]
It was produced by Matthew Kalman, foreign news correspondent in Jerusalem for USA Today, Canada's Globe & Mail and other newspapers, and David Blumenfeld, an Israel-based photographer who has photographed for Time, Newsweek and other publications.[2]
The film, originally screened under the title It's Not in Heaven: The Comedy of Yisrael Campbell,[3] is about a Catholic convert to Judaism who has become a stand-up comedy star in Israel. Campbell's routine riffs on the fact that he converted to Judaism three times, once Reform, once Conservative and once Orthodox.[4]
The Economist calls the film “hilarious and moving.”[5]
The film has been screened in Toronto and Jerusalem, and is scheduled to be released in the United States autumn 2008.[6]
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References
- ^ http://fr.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1215330927315&pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull
- ^ http://fr.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1215330927315&pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull
- ^ http://www.thestar.com/article/420610
- ^ ” Jewish comedy not just a punchline,” Michael Posner, Globe and Mail, May 2, 2008
- ^ ”Belonging in Israel,” Apr 24th 2008, TEL AVIV, The Economist, [1]
- ^ http://fr.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1215330927315&pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull
Categories:- 2008 films
- English-language films
- Jewish documentary films
- Stand-up comedy concert films
- 2000s comedy films
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