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Dear Max: Contemplating Circumcision
Directed by Alex Kahn, Elizabeth Hogenson · 2023
In an animated letter to his son, Alex Kahn weighs the Jewish tradition of the bris against his doubts as a parent.
A thoughtful, personal animated documentary about tradition, faith and a father's dilemma.
In the animated short documentary “Dear Max,” Alex Kahn weighs the Jewish tradition of a bris ceremony against his concerns as a parent.
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