Yisrael Campbell is a Philadelphia-born Israeli comedian. [1] [2] [3] Campbell grew up Catholic in a Philadelphia 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. [4] Campbell and his wife, Avital, a Talmud teacher, have three children, including twins, and live in Jerusalem. 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." [5] In 2006 Campbell appeared with the Israeli-Palestinian Comedy Tour. Campbell is the subject of a 2008 documentary film, Circumcize Me.

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References

1. http://www.jewishexponent.com/article/15381/
2. http://epoch-archive.com/a1/en/edition.php?dir=uk/nnn/2008/02-Feb/06
3. http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1215330927315&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
4. So this Catholic goes to Israel... and other jokes from the Holy Land, The Globe and Mail, Michael Posner, 05/05/08)
5. "Wildly Emotional – In a very quiet way," The Guardian, Dec. 17, 2007.