sexuality

How Do the Rabbis in the Talmud Address Rape?

With the deplorable situation in Santa Clara (the Stanford rape case), there has recently been a media focus on rape. ...

Confronting the Awkwardness of Separating During Niddah

The most recent episode of “The Joy of Text” podcast featured a discussion on the time period when couples are ...

Let’s Talk About Sex!

In my childhood, there were few things that the Orthodox rabbis charged with my daily education and my secular anti-religious ...

A Soulless Figure, A Figureless Soul

My roommate came home yesterday with a story I’ve experienced myself too many times in too many different ways.She was ...

An Israeli Orthodox Feminist Visits JOFA

When I was 17, as part of my high school matriculation requirements, I wrote a paper  on the subject of ...

When it Comes to Jewish Sexual Laws, It’s 3 Jews, 0 Opinions

Laws of family purity and sex should be private, but can they be too private?Some of this post contains adult ...

Sex and Modern Orthodox Singles: Between Halakha and Reality

I was a Girl Scout for ten years, from 3rd-12th grade. I learned how to start a fire, cook for ...

New Podcast Discusses the Intersection of Sex and Halakha

The first episode of “The Joy of Text” may make you blush. If it does, you’re likely its target audience. ...

Fix Society. Now. Please!

It’s been just over a week since Leelah Alcorn committed suicide. Leelah grew up not far from where I live ...

Sarah Tuttle-Singer on Jewrotica

There’s a new player on the Jewish blog scene, and it’s not holding back. Jewrotica is a “pluralistic and sex-positive organization ...