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Moshe-Mordechai van Zuiden

Aug 27, 2018, 11:18 PM

Eating and having sex is not for fun

Eating and having sex is not for fun. In fact, if you do this for fun, it's not much fun at all. I'm talking about psychological values, not morality. Being ethical is also important, but for now, I will...

Aug 25, 2018, 12:10 PM

Don’t frighten the horses

As readers of my Blog may have guessed, I am not the most powerful man in the world. My hand, hovering over the button, will only start the coffee machine, not launch a nuclear Armageddon. One tweet from me...

Allen S. Maller

Aug 12, 2018, 10:52 PM

Song of Songs as a manual of Jewish sacred sexuality

Since August is the most popular month for Jewish marriages I offer the following essay for all lovers. Solomon’s Song of Songs begins with: “Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth; for your love is more...

Sharona Margolin Halickman

Aug 2, 2018, 1:18 AM

Don’t shame anyone- even a tree

In Parshat Ekev (Dvarim 8:8), we are told that the Land of Israel is a land of the seven species: “A land of wheat and barley, and grapes and figs and pomegranates; a land of olive oil and (date)...

Sharona Margolin Halickman

Jul 23, 2018, 3:01 PM

Tu B’Av: Jewish Valentine’s Day?

Now that Tisha B’Av is behind us, stores throughout Israel are selling fancy chocolates, teddy bears and heart shaped gifts that look like they belong to Valentine’s Day. How was Tu B’Av (the 15th of the month of Av)...

Jul 20, 2018, 3:10 PM

Choose your sex

Lately, there has been much discussion as to when a person should have to decide which sex to adopt as their own. Some say that children as young as three or four should be able to decide for themselves...

Moshe-Mordechai van Zuiden

Jul 14, 2018, 11:09 PM

To reclaim relational sexuality from the sex and beauty industry

Sexuality of the wealthiest part of mankind is tainted if not deformed into pseudo-sex by the beauty and sex industry that not only objectifies people but also make its consumers oversexed and sex addicted. The worst distortion though is...

Moshe-Mordechai van Zuiden

Jul 13, 2018, 12:57 PM

Again, leading Jerusalem Haredi rabbi promotes Pride March

Rabbi Israel Ariel, leading specialist on the Temple, is one of the most respected rabbis alive today. To attack him or his words practically means to ask for being disrespected. But I'm not going to attack him. G^d forbid! The...

Andy Blumenthal

Jul 1, 2018, 3:20 PM

Naked before G-d

Praying, fasting and mourning the Temple's destruction on the Ninth of Av, Tisha B'Av. (Leeor Bronis/Times of Israel)

At the Western Wall, where we bare our souls before our Maker, Marisa Papen instead displayed haughty flesh

Moshe-Mordechai van Zuiden

Jun 28, 2018, 12:39 PM

Posing naked in front of the Western Wall in Jerusalem

I understand the happiness of making a living through one's craziness, so the delight of exhibitionists who are able to shock, get publicity and make lots of money from exposing themselves. The question is, however, can society tolerate this. There...

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