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Circumcise Me
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Wikipedia article
'Circumcise Me' is a 2008 film about the American-born Israeli comedian Yisrael Campbell.
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.
The film, originally screened under the title 'It's Not in Heaven: The Comedy of Yisrael Campbell', 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."Jewish comedy not just a punchline", Michael Posner, 'Globe and Mail', May 2, 2008
'The Economist' calls the film "hilarious and moving".
The film has been screened in Toronto and Jerusalem, and was scheduled to be released in the United States autumn 2008.
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