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The president of a religious feminist organization apologized in a video Wednesday for silencing victims of a former president of the group who has been accused of sexual harassment. Jewish Orthodox Feminist Alliance, a nonprofit that has led the charge for empowering women in Orthodox Judaism, was implicated when two former executive directors said that…
(JTA)— On a leafy residential street in central Tel Aviv, the back entrance of an apartment building leads to two small rooms called “the red room” and “the green room.” Each is modestly furnished with a futon, a private shower and erotic artwork. Candles and a CD player are available to set the mood. They…
The fact that Dr. Ruth Westheimer, arguably the most famous sex therapist alive today, is also a Holocaust survivor always struck me as nothing more than a surprising coincidence. Survivors went on to occupy a range of professions — why not sex therapy, too? But it turns out that enduring trauma — or at least…
