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sexuality
Let’s talk about sex
Tess Cutler
August 5, 2015
This may have been the most distracting, scatter-brained interview I’ve ever conducted. Dogs were barking, phones were ringing off the hook, and Internet was iffy, at best.
Anne Frank’s inferred sexuality in novel upsets kin
Jewish Journal
June 22, 2010
The family of Anne Frank is accusing a British author for exploiting the famed diarist\’s relationship with Peter van Pels for her new novel.\n
Theater: De-fusing ‘Random Sharp Objects’
Naomi Pfefferman
September 28, 2007
In the semi-autobiographical play \”Random Sharp Objects,\” two Jewish women engage in a kind of impromptu psychoanalysis session.
Voices of women loud and proud with ‘Vox Femina’
Robert David Jaffee
December 14, 2006
\”We want to give the women of Los Angeles a voice,\” said Levine, pointing out that every world song in their repertoire \”has a population right here\” in Los Angeles. She added that world music is \”the music of the people.\”
Books: It’s the end of the world as we know it — again
Robert David Jaffee
November 2, 2006
Jonathan Kirsch\’s compelling new book, \”A History of the End of the World\” is discussed and compared to other views about the end-time.
Faithful, happily ever after, right?
Amy Klein
September 28, 2006
Does everyone cheat? Surely I\’ve been living in a sheltered world. Where I come from infidelity is the rare exception to the rule; and yet, in the world I live now, the distinction seems to be between people who admit they cheat and people who don\’t.
Uhry’s Latest Knocks Down Stereotypes
Robert David Jaffee
June 15, 2006
Alfred Uhry\’s \”Without Walls,\” starring Laurence Fishburne, deals not only with race but also sexuality.
Food for Thought
Rabbi Daniel Greyber
April 13, 2006
Scientists will tell you that the senses of smell and taste are most strongly associated with memory. I think eating resembles what learning the Passover story should be — we allow something from outside of ourselves to enter us; we \”digest it\” and change it (it is we who must tell the story so that our children can hear it) and it changes us and nourishes us and stays with us forever.
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