A fan of the show forwarded me this note in response to my aside about the handsomeness of Israeli soldiers:
A star of gay pornographic films is traveling to Israel to entertain the troops and shoot two films, RAW STORY has learned.
Michael Lucas, head of Lucas Entertainment, is planning to give troops free admission to a live sex show in Tel Aviv. It will be his third appearance there.
"I toured Israel before with Rob Ramos in 2004 (Haifa and Tel-Aviv) and with Wilfried Knight in 2005 (Tel-Aviv)," he wrotes in the announcement on his blog. "I haven’t decided yet who will be my partner for the live sex show I’m doing there (Israel has no problem with that type of entertainment)."
"I am very proud to be going to my home away from home and entertain gay Israelis in a time of war," he adds.
Lucas also plans to shoot two films while visiting–an adult film, and a documentary about his visit.
"People need to see the faces of war, and I plan to shed light on the world where gay Israel exists," Lucas told Something Jewish. "I will expose the reality that the people of Israel face right now, especially that of gay Israelis who are targeted by the hate of Hezbollah."
Lucas is also currently casting for what he says will be Israel’s first gay adult film.
Lucas’ blog, which contains adult content, may be read here.
I can neither confirm nor deny that I’m gay, and can also neither confirm nor deny that I’m Jewish. I can confirm, however, that Mr. Lucas is Jewishtastically good-looking. And he’s very happening right now. As he writes:
As I get ready to leave for my performance in Tel-Aviv next week, substantial publicity has been coming my way. After this morning’s report of my trip on MSNBC, and my mention on Page 6, I googled three words: "Michael Lucas Israel," and over 50 articles came up. In fact, I believe there is no Jewish-oriented website that doesn’t mention it!
It’s every Jewish mother of a gay porn star’s dream — that her son would do well on Google. Who knows? Maybe he’ll meet a nice Jewish boy on his trip to Israel? A doctor, even.
