Quest for the Missing Piece

Running Time: 52 mins.

Hebrew, Russian, German with English subtitles

A funny, disconcerting romp through the debate over circumcision… the unkindest cut of all.

Using a gentle touch in a sensitive area, filmmaker Oded Lotan takes us on a bris tour: a Jewish baby, a Moslem seven-year-old, and an adult Russian-Israeli soldier. Circumcision may be a Biblical mitzvah, but many commandments are routinely ignored by most Jews. Why not this one? Lotan introduces us to his gay, goy lover; to his mother, who endorses circumcision, but not gay love; and to a Tel Aviv anti-circumcision group dedicated to having “intact” Jewish children.

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Awards

  • Special Mention
    2008   Torino GLBT Film Festival
  • Special Mention
    2007   Docaviv International Film Festival
  • Special Mention
    2007   Montreal World Film Festival
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Screening Times

$9/adults, $7/students, seniors over 65 and JCC members. All screenings are at the Tucson JCC unless otherwise noted.   map >>

  • Thu15Jan

    Double Feature

    Thursday, January 15 - following Circumcise Me

 

 

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