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News Pioneering Orthodox sex therapist accused of harassment
Updated April 13, 9:15 p.m ET with statements from Sharon Weiss-Greenberg. Multiple claims of harassment have emerged against a pioneering figure of women’s empowerment from former employees of the organization she helped found. Bat Sheva Marcus, a renowned sex therapist who was the president of the Jewish Orthodox Feminist Alliance, was accused in scathing Facebook…
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Sports ‘March Madness for Jews’: Why the Sarachek tournament is such a big Orthodox deal
For all the ways the sport unifies the Orthodox world, there is nothing like basketball to draw out its differences.
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News Orthodox groups launch uphill battle against daylight saving time bill
Orthodox advocacy groups are launching a longshot bid to stall a bipartisan bill that would make daylight saving time permanent across the nation. In a letter expected to be sent to congressional leaders on Monday, an advanced copy which was obtained by the Forward, the Orthodox Union warned that the bill, which was passed by…
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Opinion That’s Amar’e! Black Orthodox superstars making outreach to the masses
In a recent HBO special, superstar NBA player and coach Amar’e Stoudemire is seen by millions — not dunking, but davening. He followed that by making headlines in the Jewish world, announcing he’s ready for a shidduch and to remarry. Not to be outdone, another celebrity — top-selling rapper and producer Nissim Black — last…
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News Orthodox leaders travel to Israel to lobby government against issues important to Conservative and Reform movements
A group of American and European Orthodox leaders are heading to Israel on Tuesday for a 48-hour mission to lobby the government to shelve plans that would change the status quo on religious issues that are supported by liberal Zionists and the Reform and Conservative streams of Judaism. The mission is organized by Am Echad,…
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News No ‘Super Jewish’ district, but increased Orthodox influence in New York’s capital
Orthodox leaders are welcoming newly drawn lines that could for the first time give a member of the upstate New York community a shot at a seat in the state legislature. A new Rockland County district is the good news for Orthodox Jews looking for more representation in Washington and Albany, where the Democratically controlled…
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Fast Forward Stereotypes say Orthodox Jews avoid mental health treatment. The science says otherwise.
A new study counters the assumption that Orthodox Jews are reluctant to seek treatment for mental illness. It also concludes that when experiencing lower grade anxiety and depression, they pursue professional help more so than the general population. Writing in this month’s issue of the journal Transcultural Psychiatry, the study’s authors note stereotypes of Orthodox…
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Opinion I’m an Orthodox med student. My community needs real sex education
“You know, halacha (Jewish law) almost never allows contraception use,” an acquaintance boldly asserted to me recently. More than factually erroneous, the statement belied a misguided attempt to fill a void. In the absence of proper education, he had formed a lopsided picture of Judaism that would inform his personal moral code. This is not…
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