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Tag: Shomer Negiah

0 Education Jewish Law

A Modern Orthodox high school wants to end taboos around sex education

Micole Friedman in JTA · 8 May 2024

SAR High School in Riverdale, New York is challenging taboos around sex education in Modern Orthodox high schools by introducing a Jewish Sexual Ethics course that combines Jewish values with open discussions on safe sexual practices.

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Is pandemic dating making us all Orthodox?

Forward · 11 Feb 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the dating scene, with singles now discussing exclusivity, grocery shopping habits, and even taking coronavirus tests before the first kiss.

0 Holidays Culture

The Voices of Women

Sara Fredman in Tablet · 6 Sep 2018

The text discusses the author's experiences at an Orthodox Jewish summer camp where she learned about concepts like kol isha and shomer negiah, which restrict men from listening to women singing and touching members of the opposite sex.

0 Gender/Identity Education

Sex and the Religious Girl

Yona Rose in Tablet · 12 Mar 2018

A woman from an Orthodox Jewish background reflects on her experiences with sexuality and intimacy, highlighting the challenges faced by religious girls in discussing these topics due to societal taboos and restrictions.

0 Gender/Identity Jewish Law

Men Refusing To Sit by Women? That's the Symptom. Here's the Sickness.

Forward · 20 Apr 2015

The issue of ultra-Orthodox Jewish men refusing to sit next to women on airplanes, citing shomer negiah (abstinence from touch with the opposite sex), highlights a deeper misogynistic trend within some ultra-Orthodox communities.