Jewish Choices, Jewish Voices

by Dorff, Elliot N.

• ISBN13: 9780827609051
• ISBN10: 0827609051
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-05-10
• Publisher: Jewish Pubn Society

Summary

In the newest addition to the Jewish Choices, Jewish Voices series, co-editors Elliot Dorff and Danya Ruttenberg have brought together a diverse group of Jews to comment on how Judaism affects their views and actions regarding sex. Contributors range from adult movie actor Ron Jeremy, to renowned feminist scholar Martha Ackelsberg, to noted writer and blogger Esther Kustanowitz, as well as rabbis, doctors, social workers, and activists. They discuss issues of monogamy, honesty, and communication in dating and marriage; testing for and disclosure of STDs; abortion, sex education, sex work, and sexuality.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. vii
Introduction	p. ix
Dating Ethics
Case Study	p. 3
Traditional Sources	p. 4
Contemporary Sources	p. 6
Responses: Seeing Each Other and Seeing Ourselves: Jewish Ethical Dating in the Modern Age	p. 9
Doing What Is Right and Good	p. 16
Sex, Truth, and Ethical Communication	p. 23
Holy Uncertainty: Judaism and Dating	p. 28
Sexual Consequences
Case Study	p. 37
Traditional Sources	p. 38s
Contemporary Sources	p. 40
Responses: Building a Framework for Sexual Decision Making	p. 46
Making Meaning and Finding Morality in a Sexualized World	p. 53
Protect and Respect	p. 61
Sex Work and Pornography
Case Study	p. 75
Traditional Sources	p. 76
Contemporary Sources	p. 78
Responses: The Realities and Ethics of Sex Work: An Interview with Ron Jeremy	p. 82
The Sex of Work, The Work of Sex	p. 91
Deconstructing the Commercial Sex Trade Industry	p. 98
Sex Work: Whose Choice?	p. 105
Sexual Negotiation
Case Study	p. 113
Traditional Sources	p. 114
Contemporary Sources	p. 117
Responses: Negotiating Orgasm: Spirituality and the Sexual Experience	p. 121
Sex in the Structure of the Brain and the Bible	p. 127
A Bit of Heaven Here on Earth	p. 133
Conclusion: The Ethics of Sex	p. 141
Suggestions for Further Reading	p. 145
Editors and Contributors	p. 147
Index	p. 152
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