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Sex, Violence, and, Shades of Grey
The Fifty Shades of Grey trilogy is everywhere. I saw a woman reading it the subway last week and another ...
American Jews, Jewish History, Modern Jewish History, Study
Jewish Vacations: The Catskills
A mid-20th-century haven for Jews trying to get away from it all.
Gender & Sexuality, Jewish Texts, JOFA's Torch, Live, Study, Talmud
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. ...
Israel, Jewish History, Mixed Multitudes, Study
Anticipating Day after Night
Next week, we’re going to have Anita Diamant, author of the new book Day after Night, blogging for us. It’s ...
Bar/Bat Mitzvah, Celebrate, Gender & Sexuality, Jewish Law, JOFA's Torch, Live, Study, Women & Feminism
Celebrating Our Daughters: From Simchat Bat to Bat Mitzvah
I had been thinking about my eldest daughter’s bat mitzvah for a long time. We belong to a Modern Orthodox ...
Bible, Jewish Texts, Study, Torah Commentaries
Parashat Miketz: Coercion vs. Love
This Torah portion begs the question of whether it’s acceptable to use coercive power to have people to do something that’s good for them.