Rabbi objects to kosher porn
http://www.tmz.com/2007/01/25/rabbi-yells-cut-on-assraelis-package/
Rabbi Yells “Cut!” Over Porn Flick Posted Jan 25th 2007 3:00PM by TMZ Staff Filed under: Wacky and Weird
The producer of an all-Israeli porn flick is under attack from rabbis
who say his use of a food-certification symbol ain’t kosher.
Yesterday, Tight Fit Productions of Van Nuys, Calif., the purveyors
of “Assraelis,” which was shot entirely in Israel with all-local
talent, and in Hebrew (with, uh, English subtitles), received a cease-
and-desist order letter from a lawyer representing Rabbi Yehuda
Rosenbaum of KOF-K Kosher Certification, a New Jersey company that
puts its stamp of approval on Kosher goods. Tight Fit’s DVD-cover
claim of Israeli authenticity is accompanied by a Hebrew letter
normally reserved for rabbi-ordained meats, grains, and other
foodstuffs.
KOF-K’s lawyer says that Tight Fit is using the symbol “illegally” in
violation of State and Federal Law, and plans to sue “if the
situation is not rectified as quickly as possible.” Oren Cohen, the
owner of Tight Fit, finds the action “funny,” but will modify the
cover art before the film’s release next week — to satisfy what he
calls the “very nice” rabbis.
No word from Cohen, who himself does not observe the Kashrut, on
whether, despite their Kosher claims, meat and milk products were
mixed during the making of “Assraelis.”