Vuolo 's pictorial appeared in the November 2001 issue of '' Playboy '' . Some have incorrectly claimed that Vuolo is the first Jewish Playmate . Vuolo herself has agreed it is more likely that she merely is the first '' openly '' Jewish Playmate . Photos of her 1994 bat mitzvah ceremony at age 13 were included in her pictorial . The fact that she attended synagogue while she was active with '' Playboy '' led to a fair amount of media attention , including an interview with columnist Shmuley Boteach , who criticized Vuolo for her pictorial , and argued that she was exploited by '' Playboy '' , and that it and pornography in general dehumanizes women , and could lead to things like rape and spousal violence . Boteach paralleled the effects of pornography on men 's perception of women with American slavery and The Holocaust . Vuolo challenged this view , saying that '' Playboy '' is not pornography , and that her experience with the magazine was one of expansion of her career opportunities , and not exploitation . Vuolo 's membership in her college sorority was also revoked as a result of her pictorial
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