I'm Aiton Weinstein.

And I'm Naor Menninger.

And you're listening to Two Nice Jewish Boys.

This podcast is made in collaboration with the Jewish Journal.

Porn. It's one of those things we just don't like to talk about.

But by all estimates, at least, at the very least, half of us watch it on a regular basis.

For the most part, when it comes to porn, we're happy to consume, but we wouldn't want anything to do with it.

Think about it.

How would you react if you found out that a family member or a friend

or anybody you knew for that matter was working in porn? We're not here to pass judgment,

of course, but you can't deny the cognitive dissonance we all have with this. Now, being a non-straight

kid in Israel during the 1980s was no walk in the park. Jonathan Agassi, then Jonathan Langer, from the small city of Hulon, suffered throughout his

childhood from bullying, from rejection, and even from sexual abuse.

But Jonathan made it through the rough years, and eventually he would grow up to become

the most well-known Israeli gay porn star.

But, as is usually the case, his trauma didn't stay behind.

Tomil Heyman's documentary Jonathan Agassi saved my life, chronicles Jonathan's story,

and is premiering next month in Austin, Texas.

So, without further ado, the one, the only, Jonathan Agassi, thank you so much for joining us. Just one correction. He was an international star.

He was international star, but he was probably the most well, he wasn't the most well-known international.

He was one of the most well-known international star.

The Israeli always came first. It always came the Israeli. But you were like one of

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