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April 20th, 2009, 15:46
http://nyblueprint.com/articles/view.aspx?id=499
by: Alan Zeitlin | Apr 19 2009
Judaism is a religion that welcomes the act of questioning. But few question the act of circumcision, which is commanded to Abraham by God, according to the Bible.
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In her documentary “Partly Private,” which premieres at the Tribecca Film Festival, Danae Elon wonders whether or not she should circumcise her son. She is leaning against it and her father is against anything religious. Yet her husband, Philip, wants to keep the tradition of his father and his grandfather, who was a rabbi. Should she stick to her guns or acquiesce to her husband’s wishes out of a love for her spouse?
In her quest to learn more about circumcision, Elon travels to Italy, Israel, Turkey and England, but gets arrested on the Upper West Side of her native Manhattan. Elon visits a sex-toy-shop, a church, a spot where Abraham may have circumcised himself and a location where Jesus’ foreskin might have been stored.
The film is fascinating, humorous and disturbing. You’ll be mystified as you see the “Circumcision Palace,” in Turkey where boys between the ages of six and nine dress in elaborate outfits, wave to clowns and go on a ride, only to be to shot up with Novocain and then circumcised. One boy cries that he doesn’t want to go through with it. . . .
more http://nyblueprint.com/articles/view.aspx?id=499
{UPDATE: here's a link to view a trailer: http://blogs.amctv.com/movie-news/2009/04/video-partly-private-trailer.php}
by: Alan Zeitlin | Apr 19 2009
Judaism is a religion that welcomes the act of questioning. But few question the act of circumcision, which is commanded to Abraham by God, according to the Bible.
- - - - -
In her documentary “Partly Private,” which premieres at the Tribecca Film Festival, Danae Elon wonders whether or not she should circumcise her son. She is leaning against it and her father is against anything religious. Yet her husband, Philip, wants to keep the tradition of his father and his grandfather, who was a rabbi. Should she stick to her guns or acquiesce to her husband’s wishes out of a love for her spouse?
In her quest to learn more about circumcision, Elon travels to Italy, Israel, Turkey and England, but gets arrested on the Upper West Side of her native Manhattan. Elon visits a sex-toy-shop, a church, a spot where Abraham may have circumcised himself and a location where Jesus’ foreskin might have been stored.
The film is fascinating, humorous and disturbing. You’ll be mystified as you see the “Circumcision Palace,” in Turkey where boys between the ages of six and nine dress in elaborate outfits, wave to clowns and go on a ride, only to be to shot up with Novocain and then circumcised. One boy cries that he doesn’t want to go through with it. . . .
more http://nyblueprint.com/articles/view.aspx?id=499
{UPDATE: here's a link to view a trailer: http://blogs.amctv.com/movie-news/2009/04/video-partly-private-trailer.php}