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Fast Forward Dr. Ruth Turns 90 — And Still Wants To Know Your Intimate Secrets
At her 90th birthday party, legendary sex therapist Dr. Ruth Westheimer was teased over her penchant for grilling strangers about what goes on in the bedroom, according to Page Six. During the 350-guest affair at the Museum of Jewish Heritage, Israel’s consul general in New York, Dani Dayan, joked that Westheimer asks every detail about…
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The Schmooze ‘Sex and the City’ Just Turned 20. Its Treatment of Jews Was Downright Medieval.
The most prominent Jewish character on “Sex and the City,” a TV show about wealthy New York professional women, appears in the penultimate season of the hit HBO show. In an episode that appeared in September 2002, lawyer Harry Goldenblatt storms on screen shouting and gesticulating incomprehensibly. He has intruded on a sensitive meeting in…
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The Schmooze Dana Goldberg’s Hilarious 60-Second Lesson On Lesbian Sex Myths
Dana Goldberg, the Jewish comedian and LGBT activist, had me at hello. Actually, she didn’t say “hello” because she was making a 60 second video for Advocate debunking lesbian sex myths, but she did have me at, “scissoring is a thing.” Goldberg has been making videos for the Advocate for years, but as she rises…
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The Schmooze Jewish Artist Troye Sivan Pens Chart-Topping Gay Sex Anthem
You can bet your bottom dollar that gay sex will not remain a taboo topic in mainstream culture much longer. For this we can thank Jewish and Australian singing sensation Troye Sivan, whose new hit song “Bloom” seems to be an anthem to homosexual discovery. Sivan, 22, who rose to prominence on YouTube and Star…
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The Schmooze Is Sex A Human Right? The Talmud Passage That Has The Answer Has Gone Viral.
The Talmud is like that friend of yours who has something to say about everything, and everything to say about sex. It’s a sizable text (the Steinsaltz Bavli Talmud, for example, is 29 volumes in total) that acts like a great, organically growing comments section — a literary Jewish reddit spanning hundreds of years, written…
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Books Pamela Anderson And Shmuley Boteach Wrote A Sex Tip Book — And It’s 100% Kosher
“Baywatch” star and “Playboy” model Pamela Anderson and Orthodox Rabbi Shmuly Boteach have written a book about how to have better sex. “Lust for Love: Rekindling Intimacy and Passion in Your Relationship,” is out next week. Theirs is a (professional) love to last a lifetime. Her: the most commonly featured cover model in Playboy history….
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Fast Forward New Jersey Rabbi Arrested For Having Sex With Teen Forced Into Prostitution
(JTA) — A New Jersey rabbi registered as a sex offender was among three people arrested in connection with the human trafficking and prostitution of a 17-year old girl. Rabbi Aryeh Goodman, 35, of East Brunswick, has been charged with engaging in prostitution with a child and one count of endangering the welfare of a…
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Fast Forward Gov. Eric Greitens Admits Affair — Accused Of Blackmailing Mistress With S&M Pic
Eric Greitens, the Republican governor of Missouri, admitted Wednesday to having an extramarital affair after a CBS affiliate St. Louis reported that Greitens had tried to blackmail his mistress with a picture showing her bound, blindfolded and partly undressed. KMOV 4 obtained a recording of Greitens’ former hairdresser confessing the affair — from 2015 —…
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