Dr. Ruth: On the Holocaust, the Internet — and sex
Ron Csillag interviews Dr. Ruth Westheimer ahead of her talk at this year’s Holocaust Education Week.
Memoir tackles obsession, eating disorders, sexuality
“My avoidance of sex was the result of shame connected to my overeating. How could I feel turned on when I was used to experiencing my body as the hated battleground of my addiction?”
Do Jews have an unhealthy relationship with sex?
Attitudes to sex in the Jewish consciousness occupy two fairly extreme poles – one that firmly constrains it and the other that’s pathologically preoccupied with it. So what’s the deal? Do Jews have an unhealthy relationship with sex?
The Shavit story is, sadly, all too familiar
In Canada, we are well acquainted with the all-too-real dynamic of trying to placate one’s sexual harasser or assaulter, to make it all OK
Jewish schools stick with sex-ed curriculum choices
While Ontario revised its sex-ed curriculum, private elementary schools aren’t obligated to follow the public school reforms, but private high schools are
Child sexual abuse must be addressed: Orthodox rabbis
Rabbi Michael Whitman of Montreal’s Adath Israel Synagogue told The CJN he hopes the proclamation will send a clear message this is an issue the community must take very seriously and be open about
Undercover video surfaces of chassidic principal allegedly abusing boy
Even for those who argue that this is not a case of sexual abuse, it’s impossible to say the school administrator’s behaviour is in any way acceptable, says one advocate
We owe it to our kids to expose sexual predators
Exposure is the best – perhaps the only – form of protection. We owe it to our kids.
I’m sorry for my silence
I never reported it when an older yeshiva student attempted to grope me – is it possible I could have partially prevented harm to others?
Child sexual abuse in community rampant, audience told
Jews must put aside fear of shaming their community, their families and themselves to fight a growing wave of child sexual abuse, speakers told an audience at Shaarei Shomayim Congregation
