Men of Israel is a 2009 gay pornographic film released by Lucas Entertainment studio. Journalists from The Atlantic, Out Magazine and Yediot Aharonot noted it as a landmark film as the first pornographic movie shot on location with an all-Israeli cast;Great Exxxpectations, Wayne Hoffman, Tablet Magazine, July 21, 2009. while Tablet magazine and the Los Angeles Times remarked on it being the first to feature an all-Jewish cast.Gay-Porn Mogul Hopes to Arouse Interest in Israel , David Graham, Newsweek, September 23, 2009.First-Ever All-Israeli Gay Porn Movie , DNA magazine, May 9, 2009. Director Michael Lucas—who is Jewish and obtained his Israeli citizenship (made aliyah) in 2009—undertook the film as "a bold move to promote Israeli culture and tourism" and to counterbalance what he saw as biased portrayals of Israel in mainstream media.Pornographic Stimulus Plan, Michael Kaminer, The Forward, September 16, 2009.
