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Jews in porn, imams on Ellis Island, and more

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July 22, 2009

On Tablet Magazine today, Wayne Hoffman points out that Men of Israel, the first gay pornographic film to feature an all-Israeli cast, is also the first gay porn with openly Jewish men. Allison Hoffman braves the rain to chronicle a group of European rabbis and imams as it receives a private tour of Ellis Island. Columnist Seth Lipsky reflects on President Obama’s recent meeting with Jewish American community leaders and the conversation’s “unstated assumption … that the settlements were, in the main, not a good thing and were even part of the problem.” And Alexa Bryn profiles Ma’aleh, an Orthodox film school in Jerusalem whose student body is 70% female. Plus, The Scroll will be around all day.

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