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Jews Might Not ‘Dominate’ Porn but They Sure Are Good at It

Jenna Jameson, who dreams of Bibi, gets trolled by a white supremacist

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Jonathan Zalman
December 05, 2016
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Jenna Jameson. Wikimedia
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Jenna Jameson. Wikimedia

David Duke, a sad sack racist who goes around calling himself a politician and doctor, appears to be so bored at home, and so entirely striving to give his huddled masses some bigot-flavored food to chomp at, that he’s now going after former porn star Jenna Jameson, the most popular adult film actress of the 90s.

This all began when Jameson, who’s engaged to an Israeli man, began tweeting her love for Bibi, and showing her excitement towards Trump and the Israeli Prime Minister’s impending friendship; it then grew into Jameson expressing her attraction to a “very badass” and “hot” Bibi. (And, like, look. Let’s be honest. Bibi does kind of have that brooding, No Country for Old Men look going on. And that voice! Gevalt!). Then, Duke responded in his typical idiotic fashion, saying that Jews “dominate” porn, which is an anti-Semitic way of saying that Jews control the industry, like they do the media, and the banks, and all the ponies in the world, and that it’s an “ethnic weapon.”

Also, did someone not inform Duke that “dominate” is a poor choice of words in this context? Anyway, you can’t make this sh*t up.

Jews don’t “dominate” porn, whatever that may mean, but they sure have had a decent few runs in it, providing entertainment to millions of people. A sampling:

Al Goldstein, the publisher of Screw and “loudmouth Brooklyn pit bull” who died in 2013 at the age of 77. A year after his death Tablet contributor Jeremy Elias wrote:

You don’t romanticize Al Goldstein. You don’t romanticize a 300-pound New York pornographer who incessantly detailed his penchant for pastrami, oral sex, and Cuban cigars. You don’t romanticize a man who made millions off sex hotlines and prostitution ads, and you certainly don’t romanticize the 11-foot middle finger statue on the lawn of Goldstein’s Pompano Beach mansion, where he liked to ‘moon’ passing boats.



He might be crucial to your first amendment rights. He may have been the first to portray sexuality in all its realness, and one of the first to depict homosexuality on newsstands. But you still don’t romanticize Al Goldstein.

Joanna Angel, is a hugely successful adult film star, writer, and director, working in the alternative/punk porn scene. She grew up in New Jersey.

Nina Hartley, a pornography legend, is the daughter of a Jewish mother, but her parents practiced Buddhism. Though she has said she’s an atheist, she has also described herself as a neo-pagan with a Buddhist trait.

Ron Jeremy. I think I’ll leave this here for the hedgehog.

Harry Reems, who was born Herbert Streicher, played the role of Doctor Young in Deep Throat. Yes, that one.

Michael Lucas, whom Tablet Executive Editor Wayne Hoffman documented here, is a pornographic actor and director, and founder of the New York-based gay porn production company Lucas Entertainment. Of his 2009 film Men of Israel, Hoffman noted:

Journalists from The Atlantic to Out Magazine to Yediot Aharonot have taken notice, deeming the project a landmark because it is the first gay adult film to feature an “all-Israeli” cast. Fair enough. But they’ve missed the larger story: Men of Israel is a landmark because it is the first gay porn film to feature an all-Jewish cast.

Jonathan Zalman is a writer and teacher based in Brooklyn.

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