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Talli Rosenbaum

Aug 2, 2026, 8:56 PM

Beyond boundaries: Rethinking Jewish sex education

A pair of cardinals, female and male, perch on tree branch. (iStock)

Religious young people need a primer on pleasure, intimacy, relational integrity, and how to ask their questions (or they'll risk the internet for answers)

Jul 29, 2026, 7:34 AM

Speaking up was the turn. It wasn’t the finish line.

Speaking up was the turn. It wasn't the finish line. I used to think that once the words were out — once I'd finally said what happened, once other women stood up behind me — the hardest part was over. I...

Jul 27, 2026, 4:09 AM

One woman’s journey from fear to faith-rooted courage

For three years, I told myself that silence was love. Every time I chose not to speak, I convinced myself I was shielding the people I loved most from a pain I couldn't take back once it was out...

Jun 5, 2026, 7:19 PM

Love, marriage, and sex

My father, Rabbi Dr. Nathan Drazin (1906-1976), published his book Marriage Made in Heaven in 1958. The book, which provides a frank discussion on sex and marriage from an Orthodox Jewish perspective, was originally released by Abelard-Schuman in London...

May 26, 2026, 1:41 PM

The Selective Fluidity of Identity

Some identities are liberated. Others remain externally policed. Image © Ivan Bassov, 2026. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.

Why Some Identities Become Subjective While Others Remain Objective In my previous essay, Demystifying Gender, I explored how the word gender gradually evolved from a grammatical category into something far larger and more abstract. Originally, gender referred primarily to classification in...

May 12, 2026, 11:32 AM

Flatbush Girl and the Problem with Neo-Conservative Orthodoxy

Orthodoxy is not merely a Brooklyn neighbourhood of sheitels and babkas — it is a system of obligation (Josh Wilburne, Unsplash).

A righteous cause does not sanctify every tactic. Agunos deserve justice, but Orthodox women’s bodies should not become weapons in someone else’s revolution.

Reuven Chaim Klein

Mar 15, 2026, 2:11 AM

Advice from the Kidneys – kilayot, atzeh, and tuchot

The kidneys are vital organs that essentially act as the body's filtration system, ensuring that toxins are removed from the blood. They are thus responsible for filtering waste products and other excess substances from the blood, which are then...

Reuven Chaim Klein

Nov 29, 2025, 10:20 PM

Survivor Series – klitah, pleitah, and seridah

In a standard Chumash, at the end of every Parashah there is a comment from the Masoretes that tells the reader how many verses were in that particular Parashah and provides a mnemonic for easily memorizing that number. In general, these mnemonics consists of...

Nov 28, 2025, 9:32 AM

Counting seven clean days: Female-halachic dissonance

Jozef Israëls: A Jewish wedding (1903), Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

One woman wrote to a rabbi in 2021: “It’s terribly frustrating that I feel powerful attraction to my husband specifically in the week of the 7 clean days, with the height of desire occurring on mikveh night, and the...

Reuven Chaim Klein

Nov 16, 2025, 5:49 AM

Exploring Love – ahavah, r’chim, chibah, and agav (Part 1 of 2)

The verb for “loving” appears in the Bible for the first time when Hashem commands Abraham to offer up his son “that he loves” (Gen. 22:2) — Isaac. Afterwards, Isaac himself becomes the subject of ahavah, as the Bible reports...

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