Gay Jewish porn star off to Israel
Michael Lucas, a gay Jewish porn star is to visit Israel at the end of the month to show solidarity with the country and perform and entertain for the gay community as well as raise awareness of gay issues.
Full story over at SomethingJewish along with various comments at Ynet.
Comments include:
“You may like this or not, but I like the idea that even a Gay porn star is proud of being Jewish, and shows this by going to Israel. That is much more than the average Jewish Hollywood celebrity has the guts to do!”
“This should not be allowed. Perversions or any sinful lifestyle should not be allowed to contaminate the IDF or Israel. Remember what happened to the Israelites when they turned to paganism. God withdrew His protection and they were taken captives by the Babylonians and dispersed. Do not offend the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. Instead, turn to your God in repentance and He will protect Israel at all times.”
Unity & Camaraderie ‘v’ Pious Religious Observance
Loose an argument and win a friend
Many millennium ago in the lands of just east of the Nile and west of the Euphrates there happened to be two very different generations, their differences recorded by the ancient Kabbalists describe one generation as being very religious and pious and the other much less pious and very much more friendly.
The generation of King Saul was very religious and pious, but for some reason even though they were so very correct and right, fortune never shined on them in battle and despite their undoubted spirituality and righteousness, nonetheless they were cosmic losers.
In contrast the generation of Achav was not particularly religious and not particularly pious, in fact they would quiet often find them serving local idols and getting involved in lots of exciting but forbidden activities nonetheless for some strange reason fortune smiled on this bunch and they were successful in every single battle and the story goes that they never lost one of their soldiers.
Now the difference between the outlook of these two generations was quite different and quite profound the first lot were very religious and pious, and quite anal about the religious observance of their fellow man, they where as a result of their religious devotion quite serious and unforgiving. They would reprimand each other and argue about what was right and what was wrong, and although they were ultimately very pious, it seems that God wasn’t too please with them after all.
The generation of Achav was quite different, they didn’t care much for the accoutrement of religious life, yes they believed in God alright but they also wanted to have a good time, life was for the living, it was about family about good friends about having a great time, it was about caring for your mates, getting drunk together, having fun together, and yes at times that lead to being in the wrong place at the wrong time and doing thing that you might later regret but they were more easygoing, and forgiving.
If their friend did them wrong, they’d have it out but almost always get over it and forgive them, mainly because they loved each other like brothers and sisters. And guess what? Fortune smiled upon this merry bunch of fun loving disreputable bunch and they won every single one of their battles.
The moral of the story is quite clear – God doesn’t want piety at the expense of you being a fun-lovingly good person and friend, if you’ve found that religion has made you a pain in the ass then you’re going in the wrong direction. Love life, love your friends and family, love the world and the world will love you straight back.
Well that is one way of twisting what Chazal said. G-d may want loving but who said fun ? G-d wants us to be his nation and perform his mitzvot , that is a very foundation of Judaism. Performance of mitzvot and achdut are very important, but neither one replaces the other, you need both.And you need torah learning! “We Must observe the commandment to love mankind in the same way that we must observe every other section of the Shulchan Oruch,” and sometimes observing all the mitzvot means you will be a “pain in the” neck to some one.
Please see Devarim Rabbah 5:10 for the original chazal.
yes it’s stated clearly in the verse “derech rishoiyim tzaleichah”
Wow… I think my computer’s harddrive just got a whole lot more kosher. 😉
Not that I’d date a porn star, but it’s nice to know I could if I wanted to… such a nice looking Jewish boy.
i think G. loves all of us and people see sex like the most horrible thing,
they focus on homosexuality, and other sex things more than others…
how do you know if a man with such desires can t be better than another?
Only G. has His link with each of us!
Dont forget He is the G. of each of us? a personal one….so He knows how
we are and what He waits from you is not the same that from another….
kol tov