Circumcise Me

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Circumcise Me is a 2008 biographical film about the American-born Israeli comedian Yisrael Campbell.{{cite news|url=http://fr.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1215330927315&pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130706010512/http://fr.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1215330927315&pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 6, 2013 |title=JPost |publisher=Fr.jpost.com |accessdate=November 10, 2013}} 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,{{cite news |author=Susan Walker |url=https://www.thestar.com/article/420610 |title=A barrel of laughs with serious notes |newspaper=Toronto Star |date=May 2, 2008 |accessdate=November 10, 2013}} 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 film has been screened in Toronto and Jerusalem, and was scheduled to be released in the United States in 2008.

Reception

The Economist called the film "hilarious and moving".{{cite news |title=Belonging in Israel |date=April 24, 2008 |newspaper=The Economist |url=http://www.economist.com/node/11081863 |accessdate=February 2, 2014}}

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