The adult film industry in America came to exist, and was allowed to flourish, thanks almost entirely to the work of Jewish trailblazers.

Samuel Roth Plaintiff in Roth v. U.S.A., a Supreme (DA Court case which effectively legalized

pornography.

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famous for discovering and managing porn superstar Shauna Grant, who committed suicide a the age of 20,

Greg Lansky Entrepreneur and investor who founded Vixen Media Group.

Creator of “TUSHY” and “BLACKED”.

Herschel Savage ata ervey cohen ‘Adult film actor. Made AVN’s “Top 50 Porn Stars of All Time” list in 2002, Has appeared in over 1,000 adult films.

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hard Pacheco eka Howard Gordon ‘Adult film director and performer.

Has appeared in over 100 adult films and won multiple adult film awards,

Harry Reems ot erber suecher 2 pomograpic aut Canes Deep Treats and 1973 cassie

prosecuted soley or sppearng ina fu, One ofthe most

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Reuben Sturman Reterred to as the “Walt Disney of Pornography” (Created an underground adult product empire. SS] The biggest distributor of adult magazines in the US. in the 60s.

Mark Spiegler Adult film talent agent Founder of “Spiegler Girs”, often re 235 the industry’s top recruiting agency

S« Ron Jeremy Pornographic actor. Named as one of the top male performers of al ime, having

starred in over 2,200 different films.

Michael Lucas ate Andrei treivas Russian-lerael-American alt fi actor. director, and Journalist. Founder and CEO of Lucas Entertainment,

Now York largest gay adult fm company Produced some of the most expensive gay adult fms ofall time.

James Deen aka bryan sevita [Adult tim actor. Ranked by AVN as “Male Performer ‘of the Year” in 2009. An extremely popular figure

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Gloria Leonard aks asie kiinetsky ‘Reuit fim actress during the “Golden Age of Pen who later publuned the pornograpne High Society” magazine

‘speech rights while on the board of the Adu Video

Al Goldstein Editor of the pornographic “Screw” magazine,

Credited with normalizing hardcore pornography in the United States,

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Joe Francis aka Jonah Frankel

Entrepreneur and film producer. Founder of Girls Gone Wild.

Ralph Ginzburg Wilts, publater/ and photo-journalia Best known for publishing magazines on

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Nina Hartley ste marie vartmn Prominent adult film actress and director.

and sex positive feminist. Outspoken activ- ist for sex worker rights and liberal values.

Abella Danger

[Adult film actress. Joined the scene at the age of 1, starting in a hardcore shoot for “BangBros

By 2019, she had already starred in over 800 sce

Paul Thomas ‘Adult film director and performer. Member of the AVN Hall of Fame and the XRCO Hall of Fame.

Jenna Jameson “Adult fm actress. Named the world’s most famous adult fim performer and “The Queen Of Porn’ ‘Converted to Orthodox Judaism in 2015

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Steven Hirsch Founder and co-chaleman of Vivid Entertainment. Founded in 1984, Vivid is estimated to be one the

top producers of adult entertainment.

Seth Warshavsky 1 efag otter retere to ase “Bl Gates of Pornography ‘ nes ife ne ED

founded the Internet Entertainment Group, an 7 ought for web pornography rights In court

Radley Metzger Pioneering filmmaker and distributor. Most noted for his popular artistic

adult-oriented films.

Annie Sprinkle statien stsnbers and emo healthcare. Conrbuted to omni! pomography

Jamie Gillis a2 samey ira Gurman

‘Adult im diractot and performer, Member of the AVN

BIaL gst ot Fame, Hos appeared in more than 470 ins ‘Boserived by Al Goldston as “sexually te widest

most decadent, off-the-wall guy inthe business.

Jerry Butler oto rou ova siederman ‘Adult fm actor. Performed in around 656 fis

Member of the AVN Hall of Fame.

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“The only reason that Jews are in pornography is that we think that Christ sucks. Catholicism sucks. We don’t believe in authori-

tarianism. Pornography thus becomes a way of defiling Christian culture and, as it penetrates to the very heart of the American mainstream (and is no doubt consumed by those very same WASPS), its subversive character becomes more charged. Porn is no longer of the ‘what the Butler saw’ voyeuristic type; instead, it is driven to new extremes of portrayal that stretch the boundaries

of the porn aesthetic. As new sexual positions are portrayed, the desire to shock (as well as entertain) seems clear.”

“Those Jews who enter the pornography industry have done so as individuals pursuing the American dream.”

Largely based on the Jewish Quarterly article: “Triple-exthnics: Nathan Abrams on Jews in the American porn industry”.

-Al Goldstein (in an interview with Luke Ford, an adult film reviewer who converted to Orthodox Judaism)

-Abraham Foxman, former National Director of the ADL (as documented in Dr. Nathan Abrams’ essay “Triple-exthnics”)

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